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Coolify Has a Free API — Self-Hosted Vercel/Netlify Alternative

Coolify Has a Free API — Self-Hosted Vercel/Netlify Alternative

via Dev.to TutorialAlex Spinov

Coolify is an open-source, self-hosted platform for deploying apps, databases, and services. It's Vercel + Railway + Netlify combined — running on YOUR server, for free. Why Coolify? Self-hosted — deploy to your own VPS ($5/mo), not $20+/mo cloud platforms Git push deploy — push to GitHub/GitLab → auto-deploy One-click services — PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, MinIO in one click SSL included — automatic Let's Encrypt certificates Quick Start # Install on any VPS (Ubuntu/Debian) curl -fsSL https://cdn.coollabs.io/coolify/install.sh | bash # Access dashboard at http://your-ip:8000 Deploying Apps Connect your GitHub/GitLab repo Select branch and build pack (Nixpacks auto-detects) Set environment variables Deploy! Supported frameworks: Node.js — Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Astro, Express Python — Django, FastAPI, Flask Go — any Go app Rust — Actix, Axum, Rocket Docker — any Dockerfile Static — HTML, React SPA, Vue SPA One-Click Databases # Available with one click: - PostgreSQL (15, 16) - MySQL

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