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24 alternatives to Flynn

Open source Heroku on your own servers

Flynn is an open source platform that lets developers deploy and manage applications on their own servers, similar to how Heroku operates in the cloud. Built for developers who want control over their infrastructure… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Flynn launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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An open-source, self-hostable Heroku and Netlify alternative▲345
coolLabs: Software without compromise. Free, open source, and built for you.
2021 · coollabs.io · its alternatives →
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Porter▲415
Heroku that runs in your own cloud
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
3
Build your own Heroku on your own servers▲207
Deploy your applications to any cloud provider or your own servers. No lock-in, full control. From 1 to 1000 servers with Cloud 66
2013 · cloud66.com · its alternatives →
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Porter 2.0▲206
Heroku that runs in your own cloud (AWS/GCP/DO)
2021 · porter.run · its alternatives →
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Coolify v2 – Open-source and self-hostable Heroku/Netlify alternative▲158
Self-hosting platform with superpowers. Deploy apps, databases & 280+ services to your server. Open-source alternative to Heroku.
2022 · coolify.io · its alternatives →
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Coolify▲419
An open-source & self-hostable Heroku, Netlify alternative
2022 · coolify.io · its alternatives →
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Open Source PostgreSQL Studio▲407
Powerful PostgreSQL tool is now open source for self-hosting
2021 · supabase.com · its alternatives →
8
Heroku Alternative for Python/Django apps▲183
Deploy Django on a cloud server you own. Appliku manages the server, and its CLI and agent skill let your AI coding agent deploy and diagnose your app.
2021 · appliku.com · its alternatives →
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Scoutflo Deploy▲501
Automate self-hosting of commercial open source products
2023 · its alternatives →
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Opengrep▲340
The open source code security engine
2025 · opengrep.dev · its alternatives →
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SetOps▲313
Cloud deployment made for developers
2022 · its alternatives →
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Dokploy▲203
Open-source alternative to Heroku, Vercel & Netlify
2024 · dokploy.com · its alternatives →
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OpenBerth▲84
Deploy AI-generated apps to your own server with one command. Open source, sandboxed, automatic HTTPS. Built for non-engineers.
Apr 2026 · openberth.io · its alternatives →
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bohr.io▲221
Deploy your application fast and easy
2023 · bohr.io · its alternatives →
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Canine▲136
Host with the power of Kubernetes, simplicity of Heroku
2025 · canine.sh · its alternatives →
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Turboku▲95
Make your Heroku web dynos 60% faster with fly.io
2020 · fly.io · its alternatives →
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Easy Webserver for Node.js, Python, PHP, with Free SSL▲123
Scalable PaaS (automated Docker+nginx) - aka Heroku on Steroids - caprover/README.md at master · caprover/caprover
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dokploy Cloud▲224
The open source alternative to Vercel, Heroku and Netlify
2024 · dokploy.com · its alternatives →
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A open source Heroku-like PaaS that runs on your server▲32
2020 · repobus.com · its alternatives →
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heroku.json, our Sunday hack project▲74
Setting up Heroku apps made easy. Contribute to rainforestapp/heroku.json development by creating an account on GitHub.
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
21
Heroku▲115
Cloud application platform
2014 · heroku.com · its alternatives →
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EnergeticAI▲142
Use open-source AI in your Node.js apps, up to 67x faster
2023 · energeticai.org · its alternatives →
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Hippobase▲171
Self-host open source databases in one click
2021 · hippobase.io · its alternatives →
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Open Agents▲161
OpenAgents - The collaboration OS for AI agents. Contribute to openagents-org/openagents development by creating an account on GitHub.
Apr 2026 · open-agents.dev · its alternatives →

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