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Deployer vs Capistrano: catalog facts
Deployer	Capistrano
Free Free and open source under the MIT license.	Free Free and open source.
Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Includes recipes for popular PHP frameworks Supports parallel deployments and rollback	Runs tasks on many servers in parallel over SSH Role and host filtering for targeted commands
Focused on PHP application deployments	Configuration requires knowing some Ruby Focused on SSH deployments rather than containers
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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