Dokku Has a Free API — Your Own Mini-Heroku on a VPS

Dokku is the smallest PaaS you have ever seen. It turns any VPS into a Heroku-like platform with git push deploys, SSL, and plugin ecosystem. What Is Dokku? Dokku is a Docker-powered mini-PaaS. Push code via git, Dokku builds and deploys it. Runs on a $5 VPS. Features: Git push deploy (like Heroku) Buildpacks or Dockerfile Auto SSL via Let us Encrypt Plugin ecosystem (PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB) Zero-downtime deploys Process management Install wget -NP . https://dokku.com/bootstrap.sh sudo DOKKU_TAG = v0.34.8 bash bootstrap.sh Deploy an App # On server dokku apps:create my-app # On local machine git remote add dokku dokku@your-server:my-app git push dokku main CLI API # List apps dokku apps:list # Scale dokku ps:scale my-app web = 2 worker = 1 # Set environment variables dokku config:set my-app DATABASE_URL = postgres://... # Add PostgreSQL dokku plugin:install https://github.com/dokku/dokku-postgres.git dokku postgres:create my-db dokku postgres:link my-db my-app # SSL dokku letsencry