Disco – The self-hosting platform I wish existed years ago

In plain words

Disco is an open-source deployment platform that enables hosting multiple web applications on a single server. Designed for developers frustrated with expensive per-project pricing from platforms like Heroku and Render, or intimidated by Kubernetes complexity, Disco offers a polished command-line interface and web dashboard combined with self-hosting flexibility. It supports GitHub deployments with rapid build times and can reduce hosting costs by over 50% compared to traditional per-app pricing models.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hey HN, for the past 1.5 years my cofounder Antoine and I have been building Disco, an Open Source deployment platform that lets you host multiple web apps on a single server: https://disco.cloud/ After getting tired of high per-project pricing on platforms like Heroku and Render, and frustrated with…

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