What is Coolify?
Coolify is an open-source and self-hostable alternative to Vercel, Heroku, Netlify and Railway. You connect your own servers over SSH, and Coolify builds each commit and ships it to them. It can deploy websites, databases, web applications and more than 360 one-click services. Builds can use Nixpacks, Railpack, a Dockerfile or Docker Compose, and prebuilt Docker images from a registry also work.
The self-hosted edition is free with no feature restrictions, and its pricing page lists community support. A managed Coolify Cloud option runs the control plane for you while your apps still run on servers you bring: it costs $5 per month as a base price for two servers plus $3 per month for each additional server. The site says there are no paywalled features and no investors.
Other features listed on the site include automatic Let's Encrypt SSL certificates, database backups to any S3 compatible storage, and a REST-style API for automating deployments. A command line install script is published in the README.
Key capabilities
- Deployment to any server you connect over SSH.
- More than 360 one-click services plus websites, databases and web applications.
- Builds with Nixpacks, Railpack, Dockerfile or Docker Compose.
- Automatic SSL certificates and database backups to S3 compatible storage.
- An API for automating deployments.
Where Coolify fits
- Application deployment Build from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or Gitea with Nixpacks, Railpack, a Dockerfile, Docker Compose or a prebuilt image.
- Databases and services Run managed databases and more than 360 one-click services with persistent storage and generated credentials.
- Deployment automation Deploy on every Git push, create pull-request previews, call webhooks and roll back to retained application images.
- Networking Configure custom domains, automatic HTTPS certificates, reverse proxies, health checks and container networks.
- Server operations Manage multiple servers, read deployment and runtime logs, open container terminals and watch resource status.
- Backups and secrets Set up database and storage backups, scheduled tasks, environment variables, secrets and notifications.
- Integrations Manage resources through the dashboard, API, CLI or MCP, with team-based access controls.
Install
curl -fsSL https://cdn.coollabs.io/coolify/install.sh | bashReviews of Coolify
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