Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Helx

Deploy your self-hosted applications without VPS

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   Retool, Self-Hosted▲563

   A low code platform to build internal tools

   2021 · its alternatives →

2. 2AS
   A searchable list of self-hosted software with screenshots▲656

   2019 · selfhostedsource.tech · its alternatives →

3. 3AC
   A CLI tool I made to self-host any app with two commands on a VPS▲452

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Hyperform▲185

   Host your websites, APIs and apps serverlessly

   2021 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Scoutflo Deploy▲501

   Automate self-hosting of commercial open source products

   2023 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   PATR▲322

   Make deployments on your cloud easy again

   2023 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Hexel▲193

   Create a cryptocurrency for your community.

   2018 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Serverless Cloud▲283

   Build full stack apps better and faster than everyone else

   2022 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hostman▲146

   Hosting platform that deploys your web applications

   2021 · its alternatives →

10. 10SH
    Self-hosted CMS on serverless Cloudflare▲265

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    zero▲94

    One command to deploy Docker containers to your own server

    Apr 2026 · shipzero.sh · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Unubo Cloud▲246

    Deploy web apps with ease

    2019 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Hex▲294

    Bring everyone together with data

    2024 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    lcl.host▲307

    Get HTTPS in your local dev environment

    2024 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Nitric Deploy▲197

    The right infrastructure, auto-provisioned in your cloud

    2022 · its alternatives →

16. 16SB
    Shuttle – Build and ship backends without writing infrastructure files▲167

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    CNDI▲101

    Self host cloud native apps with the ease of PaaS

    2023 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    QuickDeploy▲184

    Deploy your web app to a VPS in minutes

    2025 · quickdeploy.dev · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Backender▲199

    Deploy in minutes instead of weeks

    2023 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    StaticBackend▲118

    Low code self-hosted backend API to build web apps

    2023 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Base Deploy▲101

    Build powerful apps faster - without coding

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Superengine▲12

    Self-host your cloud stack hassle-free

    Dec 2025 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    OwnStak▲8

    Deploy applications to your own cloud infrastructure.

    Oct 2025 · ownstak.com · its alternatives →

24. 24DT
    DeploySolo – The SaaS boilerplate for engineers. (Pocketbase/ Htmx)▲37

    Golang is an incredible language for web development. That being said, indie developers and small businesses will likely miss extensive resources found in other projects like Django. Although building an application from the ground up using the standard library is possible, it can be error prone and time consuming. Pocketbase has almost everything an indie developer needs, supporting database, authentication, and file storage into a single, easy-to-deploy executable. Combined with HTMX, and you can created a full stack web application without bloated front end frameworks. That being said,…

    2024 · deploysolo.com · its alternatives →

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