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Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Zyotra

A Self hosted PAAS built using agentless architecture

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

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    Quorini▲577

    Design and run serverless cloud API in minutes

    2024 · crosslike.club · its alternatives →

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    Porter▲415

    Heroku that runs in your own cloud

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Automate self-hosting of commercial open source products

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Zero-ops vector database for GenAI developers

    2024 · zilliz.com · its alternatives →

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    an agentic cms self-hosted on cloudflare, for podcasts, blogs, photos, videos, documents, and curated urls. - microfeed/microfeed

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The free cloud for doers & dreamers

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Replicas▲239

    Hey HN! I'm Connor, creator of Replicas. I'm a heavy Codex/Claude Code user, and I wanted to hand off tasks to agents like I would to an engineer - kick something off before work, let it scaffold while I'm at lunch, even come back to a ready PR. The problem: existing alternatives use workspace VMs that are black boxes. I have no access to any of them - they can't run tests, read logs, or use tools like the Playwright MCP (which I use to verify agents actually fixed what they claim to fix). Replicas gives agents real cloud workspaces where they can: - Run your test suite and read the…

    Jun 2026 · replicas.dev · its alternatives →

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    ohai! I've released Lightwhale 3, which is possibly the easiest way to self-host Docker containers. It's a free, immutable Linux system purpose-built to live-boot straight into a working Docker Engine, thereby shortcutting the need for installation, configuration, and maintenance. Its simple design makes it easy to learn, and its low memory footprint should make it especially attractive during these times of RAMageddon. If this has piqued your interest, do check it out, along with its easy-to-follow Getting Started guide. In any event, have a nice day! =)

    Apr 2026 · lightwhale.asklandd.dk · its alternatives →

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    The simplest pro-code developer platform

    2021 · catalyst.zoho.com · its alternatives →

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    SuperHQ▲95

    Hey HN, I built SuperHQ, an app that lets you run coding agents in local sandboxes (powered by Shuru). No custom UI wrapping the agents, they run as CLI/TUI like they were designed to. It just provides you the tools most of us (okay, maybe just me?) needed for running multiple coding agents in parallel without worrying about breaking your system or work environment. Each agent runs in its own microVM. You mount your projects in, writes go to a tmpfs overlay so your host is never touched, and you get a unified diff view to accept or discard changes. API keys never enter the sandbox, they…

    Apr 2026 · superhq.ai · its alternatives →

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    OpenShip▲154

    Open source PaaS on your server or in the cloud. No lock in.

    Aug 2026 · openship.io · its alternatives →

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    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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    DeployHQ▲112

    Deploy from your repository to your server in minutes.

    2017 · deployhq.com · its alternatives →

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    An on-demand database for supercharging your next project

    2021 · ibm.com · its alternatives →

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    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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    The tiniest PaaS you've ever seen. Piku allows you to do git push deployments to your own servers. - piku/piku

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Build production grade web applications in minutes

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    zCloud▲96

    The cloud platform you run by talking to it

    2023 · quave.one · its alternatives →

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    Backbench▲101

    Rapidly build and run serverless applications

    2019 · backbench.io · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! We’re Yann, Edouard, and Bastien from Koyeb (https://www.koyeb.com/). We’re building a platform to let you deploy full-stack apps on high-performance hardware around the world, with zero configuration. We provide a “global serverless feeling”, without the hassle of re-writing all your apps or managing k8s complexity [1]. We built Scaleway, a cloud service provider where we designed ARM servers and provided them as cloud servers. During our time there, we saw customers struggle with the same issues while trying to deploy full-stack applications and APIs resiliently. As…

    2023 · koyeb.com · its alternatives →

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    CNDI▲101

    Self host cloud native apps with the ease of PaaS

    2023 · cndi.dev · its alternatives →

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    Core IaaS engine and cloud infrastructure foundation of ZSvirt - ZSvirt/zsvirt

    Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Build scalable apps at lightning speed, coding optional

    2023 · backendless.com · its alternatives →

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