# Coolify

> Self-hosted Heroku alternative

**Category:** DevOps  
**Pricing:** open-source  
**URL:** https://coolify.io  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify  
**Added:** 2026-08-19

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## The Hook

Coolify is the self-hosted platform you can actually run.

## What's Good

Full control on your own infrastructure. Deploy any language or framework. Manages databases, Redis, and S3 storage. The UI handles what Docker Compose cannot.

## The Catch

Self-hosting means self-operating. Some features are less polished than commercial alternatives. Single-server focus limits scale.

## Verdict

Self-hosted PaaS that is actually usable.