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Best Open-Source Alternatives
to Heroku / Vercel in 2026

Stop paying for Heroku / Vercel. These free, open-source tools give you full data ownership, no vendor lock-in, and deploy for as little as $5/month on your own VPS.

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coolify
63.4k ⭐ · Apache-2.0
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Feature Open SourceHeroku / Vercel
Free to use (forever)
Self-hosted / private data
Open source (auditable code)
No vendor lock-in
Docker / 1-click deploy
Unlimited users / events
Custom domain & branding
Managed updates & backups
Built-in CDN & scaling
Enterprise SLA & support

Deploy coolify in Minutes

This tool ships with Docker support — the fastest way to get a production instance running.

  1. 1
    git clone https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify

    Clone the repository to your server

  2. 2
    cp .env.example .env && nano .env

    Configure environment variables

  3. 3
    docker-compose up -d

    Start all services in the background

  4. 4
    open http://localhost:3000

    Finish setup in the web UI

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coolify

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63.4k

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A free and self-hosted PaaS alternative to Heroku / Netlify / Coolify / Vercel / Dokku / Portainer running on Kubernetes

Alt to Heroku / VercelTypeScriptGPL-3.0Docker
Oct 2026
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