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Alex Spinov
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Coolify Has a Free Self-Hosted Alternative to Heroku and Vercel

Coolify is an open-source, self-hosted alternative to Heroku, Netlify, and Vercel. Deploy anything to your own server with a beautiful UI.

What You Get for Free

  • Any language — Node, Python, PHP, Go, Rust, Java
  • Docker support — deploy any Dockerfile or compose
  • Databases — PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis one-click
  • SSL — automatic Let's Encrypt
  • Git integration — GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
  • Monitoring — built-in metrics
  • Backups — automated database backups

Install

curl -fsSL https://cdn.coollabs.io/coolify/install.sh | bash
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Dashboard at http://your-server:8000.

Why Self-Host?

  • No vendor lock-in — your server, your rules
  • No bandwidth limits — pay only for the VPS
  • Privacy — data stays on your infrastructure
  • Cost — $5/mo VPS vs $20+/mo PaaS

Coolify vs Heroku

Feature Coolify Heroku
Price Free (your server) $5-25/mo per app
Docker Native Supported
Databases One-click Add-on ($)
Control Full Limited

Need self-hosted deployment? Check my work on GitHub or email spinov001@gmail.com for consulting.

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