Dokku Has a Free Self-Hosting Platform That Replaces Heroku

Dokku is a free, open-source Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that you can run on your own server. Think of it as your personal Heroku — but completely free and under your control. What Is Dokku? Dokku is the smallest PaaS implementation you'll ever see. It's powered by Docker and lets you deploy applications with a simple git push — just like Heroku, but on YOUR infrastructure. Key features: Git-based deployments ( git push dokku main ) Automatic SSL via Let's Encrypt Built-in Nginx reverse proxy Plugin ecosystem (PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, etc.) Buildpack AND Dockerfile support Zero-downtime deploys Multi-app support on a single server Quick Start Install Dokku on any Ubuntu server (even a $5/month VPS): wget -NP . https://dokku.com/install/v0.34.8/bootstrap.sh sudo DOKKU_TAG = v0.34.8 bash bootstrap.sh Create an app and deploy: # On your server dokku apps:create my-app # On your local machine git remote add dokku dokku@your-server:my-app git push dokku main That's it. Your app is live.