Coolify Has a Free API That Replaces Your $100/Month Hosting Bill

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Coolify is an open-source, self-hostable alternative to Netlify, Vercel, and Heroku. Deploy anything on your own hardware with zero vendor lock-in.

What Is Coolify?

Coolify is a self-hosted PaaS that runs on any VPS. You get the convenience of Heroku with the control of bare metal.

The Coolify API

Coolify v4 exposes a REST API for full automation.

Authentication

export COOLIFY_TOKEN="your-token"
export COOLIFY_URL="https://your-coolify-instance.com"

curl -s "$COOLIFY_URL/api/v1/servers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COOLIFY_TOKEN" | jq .

Deploy an Application

curl -s -X POST "$COOLIFY_URL/api/v1/applications" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COOLIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"project_uuid": "proj-1", "server_uuid": "srv-1", "git_repository": "https://github.com/user/repo", "build_pack": "nixpacks", "ports_exposes": "3000"}'

Database Management

curl -s -X POST "$COOLIFY_URL/api/v1/databases/postgresql" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COOLIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"project_uuid": "proj-1", "server_uuid": "srv-1"}'

Cost Comparison

Setup	Monthly Cost
Vercel Pro	$20/user
Heroku	$5-25/app
Railway	$5-20/service
Coolify + $5 VPS	$5 total

What Can You Deploy?

Any Docker container
Node.js, Python, Go, Rust, PHP apps
PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
WordPress, Ghost, n8n, Appwrite, MinIO

Getting Started

curl -fsSL https://cdn.coollabs.io/coolify/install.sh | bash

One command. You now have your own PaaS.

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