Open Source Alternatives to Heroku

A cloud application platform that enables developers to deploy, manage, and scale apps using managed containers, supporting multiple languages and integrated data and AI services.

Whether you want to cut software costs or escape vendor lock-in, these open source alternatives to Heroku give you an option you fully own. You can self-host them, so your data stays on infrastructure you control. This page lists 3 open source alternatives to Heroku. The most popular are Coolify, Dokploy and Dokku. Most use the Apache-2.0 or MIT license, and 3 offer an official Docker image.