Open source alternatives to Heroku

4 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what Heroku does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What Heroku does

Deploy apps with git pushcore
Managed app hostingcore
Managed Postgres and Redis
Add-on marketplace
Scale with dynos
Review apps and pipelines
Logs and metrics

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

Project	Covers	Stars	Commits, 12 weeks	Last release	Closed vs opened	Setup	License
openshipDeployment platform you run yourself for shipping apps	Replaces it78%	15k+89	1,913	2 days ago	88%	Hosted version	Apache-2.0
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Scale with dynos; Review apps and pipelines. Not shown: Add-on marketplace.See the evidence Deploy apps with git pushcoreYesOn every push the image builds on your machine Managed app hostingcoreYesManaged builds and application runtimes Managed Postgres and RedisYesmanaged Postgres, Redis, mail and object storage Add-on marketplaceNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Scale with dynosPartlyMulti-server fan-out across regions Review apps and pipelinesPartlyOpen-source, self-hostable deployment platform with built-in CI/CD. Logs and metricsYesStream logs, watch metrics
dokploySelf-hosted deployment platform as an alternative to Vercel and Heroku	Replaces it72%	39k+214	722	yesterday	73%	Hosted, paid	Custom license
Covers 1 of 2 core jobs. Partly: Deploy apps with git push; Add-on marketplace. Not shown: Review apps and pipelines.See the evidence Deploy apps with git pushcorePartlyDeploy any application using Nixpacks, Heroku Buildpacks Managed app hostingcoreYesDeploy any type of application Managed Postgres and RedisYesMySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, libsql, and Redis Add-on marketplacePartlywith a single click +600 Templates Scale with dynosYesScale applications to multiple nodes using Docker Swarm Review apps and pipelinesNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Logs and metricsYesShip container logs and host/container metrics to Grafana
cloud-in-a-bottlePlatform to deploy and share web apps on your own server	Same job, different way39%	1.2k+5	591	2 days ago	60%	Needs a server	AGPL-3.0
Covers 1 of 2 core jobs. Partly: Deploy apps with git push; Logs and metrics. Not shown: Managed Postgres and Redis; Add-on marketplace; Scale with dynos; Review apps and pipelines.See the evidence Deploy apps with git pushcorePartlyinstall apps from Git repositories Managed app hostingcoreYesDeploy, use, and share web apps on a server you control Managed Postgres and RedisNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Add-on marketplaceNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Scale with dynosNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Review apps and pipelinesNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Logs and metricsPartlymanage updates, logs, and the container lifecycle
pikuGit push deployments to your own servers, aimed at small machines like Pi	Covers one part39%	6.6k+2	2	3 years ago	Too few	Needs a server	MIT
Covers 1 of 2 core jobs. Partly: Logs and metrics. Not shown: Managed app hosting; Managed Postgres and Redis; Add-on marketplace; Review apps and pipelines.See the evidence Deploy apps with git pushcoreYesallows you do git push deployments to your own servers Managed app hostingcoreNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Managed Postgres and RedisNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Add-on marketplaceNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Scale with dynosYesscale up/down worker processes (ps:scale) Review apps and pipelinesNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Logs and metricsPartlyManaging and Monitoring

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