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🚀 App Hosting & PaaS

Deploy apps without managing servers — open source alternatives to Heroku, Vercel, and Netlify.

Popular SaaS in this category

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Alternatives to Heroku

App hosting platform as a service by Salesforce.

3 alternatives

Alternatives to Vercel

Frontend cloud with edge deploys for Next.js and more.

3 alternatives

Alternatives to Netlify

Jamstack hosting with Git-based deploys, functions, and forms.

3 alternatives

Alternatives to Render

Heroku-style PaaS for web services, workers, and databases.

3 alternatives

Alternatives to Railway

Developer-friendly platform to deploy any stack from Git.

3 alternatives
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Open source projects in this category

Dokku

Self-hosted mini-Heroku on a single server.

License: MIT Self-host: ★★☆☆☆

Coolify

Open source Vercel/Heroku/Netlify alternative with a UI.

License: Apache-2.0 Self-host: ★★☆☆☆

CapRover

Free, self-hosted PaaS with a clean UI.

License: Apache-2.0 Self-host: ★★☆☆☆

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Track invoices, expenses, and finances — open source alternatives to QuickBooks, Xero, and FreshBooks.

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Code completion and AI pair programming on your own infra — open source alternatives to GitHub Copilot and Cursor.

🔐 Identity & SSO

Single sign-on, OAuth, and identity providers you can self-host — open source alternatives to Okta, Auth0 and Azure AD.

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