Alternatives to CapRover
Self-hosted platform-as-a-service built on Docker and Nginx. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
CapRover
Self-hosted platform-as-a-service built on Docker and Nginx.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as CapRover.
Coolify
Self-hosted platform for deploying apps, databases and services on your own servers.
Coolify is also Apache-2.0 and self-hosted, adding Git-push deployments and a large one-click catalogue without being built around Docker Swarm, with an optional paid cloud controller.
Dokku
Minimal Docker-powered platform-as-a-service for a single server.
Dokku gives a Heroku-style git push deploy on one server under the MIT license, but it is command-line driven with no built-in web interface and is single-server by design.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Docker Engine
The container runtime that builds, packages and runs applications in Docker containers.
Docker Compose
A command-line tool that defines and runs multi-container applications from a single YAML file.
PocketBase
Backend in a single Go binary with SQLite, authentication and file storage.
Supabase
Postgres-based backend with authentication, storage and instant APIs.
Woodpecker CI
Lightweight CI/CD engine that runs pipelines for Gitea, Forgejo, GitHub and GitLab.
Gitea
Host Git repositories and code review on your own server.
