What is Coolify?
Push-to-deploy for apps, databases and 360+ one-click services on any machine reached over SSH.
Who is Coolify best for?
Coolify is best for indie developers and small teams who want Heroku-style deploys on their own VPS or home server.
Moving off a hosted platform
Coolify builds each Git push and ships it to any server you connect over SSH, from a VPS to a Raspberry Pi.
Apps plus their databases
One click starts PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, ClickHouse and more next to your apps.
Many small projects
The self-hosted version has no caps on servers, deployments, teams or members.
Ops through AI agents
Its MCP server lets Claude, Cursor or other clients deploy, read logs and restart services with your API tokens.
How much does Coolify cost?
Coolify is free to self-host with every feature, and Coolify Cloud costs $5 a month for 2 connected servers plus $3 a month for each extra server.
- Every feature, no limits
- Unlimited servers, teams and members
- Community support
- $3 a month for each extra server
- Coolify runs on managed infrastructure
- Email alerts and limited email support
Cloud costs 20% less billed yearly, and each extra team needs its own Cloud subscription. On both plans your apps run on servers you bring from any provider, so that hosting is billed separately. Full pricing on coolify.io. We checked these prices on .
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Is Coolify open source?
Yes. Coolify's code is public under the Apache 2.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.
On GitHub
66,007stars
+3,109 (+4.9%) in the last 30 days
- Last commit
- 12 Nov
- Repository age
- 5 years
- Latest release
- 10 Nov
- Licence
- Apache 2.0
- Self-hosted
- Yes
- Repository
- coollabsio/coolify
What are the best Coolify alternatives?
Coolify is an open source alternative to Defang, Nometria, Vercel and 2 more. devpush does the same job and is open source too.
DefangFreeAI apps deployed to any cloud from one Compose file.
NometriaFreeOne-click deploys from Lovable, Base44 and Replit to production infrastructure.
VercelFreeBuilds every Git push into a preview and hosts web apps, APIs and AI agents on a global CDN.
RailwayFreemiumRuns services, workers and databases from a repo or Docker image, billed by the second for what runs.
SevallaFreeKinsta's cloud for deploying apps, managed databases, static sites and object storage from Git.
devpushOpen SourceDeploys Docker Compose apps from GitHub to your own Linux servers on every git push.
Questions about Coolify
What is Coolify?
Push-to-deploy for apps, databases and 360+ one-click services on any machine reached over SSH.
Who is Coolify for?
Coolify is best for indie developers and small teams who want Heroku-style deploys on their own VPS or home server.
Is Coolify really free?
Yes. Self-hosted Coolify is free with every feature and no caps on servers or deployments; the project is funded by sponsors and its Cloud plan rather than paywalled features. You still pay for the servers your apps run on.
How much does Coolify cost?
Coolify's paid plans are Cloud at $5 per month, 2 servers included.
Is Coolify open source?
Yes. Coolify's code is public under the Apache 2.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.
What are the best Coolify alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Defang, Nometria, Vercel, Railway, Sevalla and devpush.
Where can I try Coolify?
On its official website, coolify.io.
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