mini PaaS: Docker orchestration tools

K8s and Docker Desktop are not the only way to manage docker containers.

a single "brain" app orchestrating a bundle of off-the-shelf containers (Caddy, DBs, Auth) on a single server—is exactly how wildly popular tools like Dokku, CapRover, Coolify, and CasaOS work.

Dokku - The smallest PaaS implementation you've ever seen

dokku/dokku: A docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications @GitHub

Docker powered mini-Heroku. The smallest PaaS implementation you've ever seen.

Shell + Go, MIT

By default, Dokku does not use or include any database. Instead, it uses an extensible plugin system to provision and manage the specific datastores your application requires.

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CapRover · Scalable, Free and Self-hosted PaaS!

caprover/caprover: Scalable PaaS (automated Docker+nginx) - aka Heroku on Steroids @GitHub

CapRover is an extremely easy to use app/database deployment & web server manager for your NodeJS, Python, PHP, ASP.NET, Ruby, MySQL, MongoDB, Postgres, WordPress (and etc...) applications!

TS, Apache

Coolify

An open-source & self-hostable alternative to Vercel, Heroku, Netlify and Railway for easily deploying websites, databases, web applications and 280+ one-click services to your own server.

coollabsio/coolify: An open-source, self-hostable PaaS alternative to Vercel, Heroku & Netlify that lets you easily deploy static sites, databases, full-stack applications and 280+ one-click services on your own servers. @GitHub

PHP

CasaOS - A simple, easy-to-use, elegant open-source personal cloud system

IceWhaleTech/CasaOS: CasaOS - A simple, easy-to-use, elegant open-source Personal Cloud system. @GitHub

CasaOS - A simple, easy-to-use, elegant open-source Personal Cloud system.

Go, Apache

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