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Kamal vs Deployer: catalog facts
Kamal	Deployer
Free Free and open source, developed by Basecamp.	Free Free and open source under the MIT license.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Zero-downtime deploys and rolling restarts Works on any server you can reach over SSH, without a platform subscription	Includes recipes for popular PHP frameworks Supports parallel deployments and rollback
You still maintain and secure the servers yourself Command-line and configuration file only	Focused on PHP application deployments
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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