Coolify

An open-source & self-hostable Heroku / Netlify alternative.

5.0•37 reviews•

495 followers

An open-source & self-hostable Heroku / Netlify alternative.

5.0•37 reviews•

495 followers

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Coolify is an open-source and self-hostable all-in-one (IaaS) solution to host your applications, databases, or other open-source services. It's an alternative software to Heroku and Netlify and other similar software out there.

Coolify Reviews

The community submitted 37 reviews to tell us what they like about Coolify, what Coolify can do better, and more.

5.0

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Reviewers see Coolify as a practical, easy-to-use deployment platform for self-hosted apps, databases, and full-stack projects, especially on small VPS setups and even in production. They repeatedly praise its clean UI, quick onboarding, one-click services, automatic SSL, and the way it replaces manual Docker and SSH work while still feeling flexible and under the user’s control. The few recurring gaps are backups, more advanced port mapping, remote Docker support, and stronger documentation. One founder, from the makers of CartGhost, also highlights its open-source setup and flexibility.

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easy setup (6)

application deployment (5)

feature development (4)

open source (4)

community support (3)

self-hostable (3)

user interface (2)

VPS compatibility (2)

Cons

backup options (3)

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What's great

community support (3)open source (4)easy setup (6)server management (1)user interface (2)application deployment (5)feature development (4)self-hostable (3)

I use Coolify every day as the place where all my local projects live, and I honestly cannot imagine going back to manual Docker and SSH. It turns my simple server into a small Heroku-style platform that I fully control, but without any vendor lock-in or surprise bills.

The web UI is clean and fast, deployments are easy, and spinning up new services or databases takes just a few clicks instead of a whole evening of copy-pasting configs. I really like that it works with pretty much any stack I throw at it and can run on my own hardware or a small VPS.

For me, Coolify hits the sweet spot between power and simplicity: I get automatic SSL, monitoring, and one-click services, but it still feels like I am in charge of my own infrastructre.

It has become my default dashboard for experiments, hobby projects, and tools I want to keep close to home. If you enjoy self-hosting and want an easy way to manage multiple apps on your own server, Coolify is a joy to use.

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18 views6mo ago

•1 review

Great software and user experience, I have hosted and used lots of systems before that did try do something similar but never felt they actually care about usability aspect, how easy/quick you can host this stuff, spin up new projects. Very active developer maintaining this and working basically full time on it. Highly recommended if you tried before something like Dokku or maybe Docker hosting via your nas/home server via Ansible-NAS, DietPi HomelabOS Openmedia Vault etc

What's great

easy setup (6)feature development (4)

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11 views3yr ago

•1 review

Feels incredibly stable for its current stage in development. It's easy to set up and even easier to deploy an application. The "service"-section, which installs a pre-defined list of services with only one click, is an incredible time saver. The only thing I am missing is a more advanced port mapping configuration, so that you can easily run things like AdGuard Home.

What's great

easy setup (6)application deployment (5)

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5 views3yr ago

•3 reviews

I like the fact that the tool is opensource. It has all the features I need for developing. Not overloaded with high-end enterprise functionality, most people don't need regularly. Nice that you can easily use custom domains and the tool cares about the SSL certificates. It works well on a low-end VPS. Can confidently recommend it for everyday use.

What's great

open source (4)SSL certificates (1)VPS compatibility (2)custom domains (1)

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2 views3yr ago

•1 review

I create my product hunt account just to give this project 5 stars because it deserves much more attention. Is an amazing product to easily deploy full stack projects. In my case, is the solution after heroku leaving the free tier. I tried some solutions but they lack some features, are outdated or didn't work well. Coolify solves every problem that the alternatives has. Need the option to make backups, but I think that it will come more soon that later because is listed, and they listen the community.

What's great

community support (3)application deployment (5)

What needs improvement

backup options (3)

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6 views3yr ago

•1 review

super amazing alternative to paid PaaS options. incredibly fast to set up, zero-effort to spin up new services, and quite powerful! it's really nice seeing a solid open source self hostable option out there for PaaS functionality, and even though it's still got a long way to go from being what I would consider a fully comprehensive platform, there is an impressive amount of steady feature development. in a year I can see this being my go-to for literally any project I build.

What's great

open source (4)easy setup (6)feature development (4)self-hostable (3)

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5 views3yr ago

•10 reviews

Is an amazing product to easily deploy full stack projects. In my case, is the solution after heroku leaving the free tier. I tried some solutions but they lack some features, are outdated or didn't work well. Coolify solves every problem that the alternatives has. Need the option to make backups, but I think that it will come more soon that later because is listed, and they listen the community.

What's great

free tier (1)application deployment (5)feature development (4)

What needs improvement

backup options (3)

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2 views11mo ago

•1 review

I found it very usefull for even production server, Just need some imporvement in their documentation. Faced some issues in remote docker stuff and It would be great, If we can add remote backup server in it. This is very useful when running in production.

What needs improvement

documentation (1)backup options (3)docker support (1)

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2 views3yr ago

•1 review

I use it in my Advanced Web Design class to self-host all the projects, backends, and even databases.

What's great

self-hostable (3)

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2 views3yr ago

•2 reviews

Simple, powerful and customizable - solved both personal projects architecture and professionally on the company I work on. UI/UX is probably the highlight, onboarding was easy and intuitive for my colleagues.

What's great

easy setup (6)user interface (2)

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2 views2yr ago