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Dev tools · January 28, 2025

I built a tool to manage deployments across your VPS through a web UI

There are plenty of ways to deploy your apps. PaaS options like Vercel or Netlify are convenient but can get pricey as projects scale. VPS hosting is cheaper, but setting it up (Linux, networking, SSL, etc.) can be daunting. That’s why glueh-wyy-huet (https://github.com/glueh-wyy-huet) and I (https://github.com/biersoeckli) built QuickStack during our bachelor studies at Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences. QuickStack simplifies deployment by letting you deploy directly from a Git repo or Docker registry to any VPS. It’s free, open source, and…

I built a tool to manage deployments across your VPS through a web UI launched on January 28, 2025 with 6 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

QuickStack is a self-hosted platform for running production applications on your own infrastructure. Deploy web apps, databases, and more with ease, while maintaining full control and security.

Deploy databases or apps from Git or any container registry. QuickStack provides all you need from a single UI running on your own infrastructure. QuickStack covers the full lifecycle — from first deploy to day-to-day operations, team access and cluster growth. Build from any Git repo or container registry. Webhooks trigger auto-deploys on every push, served behind automatic HTTPS. Live CPU, RAM and disk metrics per app, with health checks and restart policies. Stream container logs in real time and drop into a web terminal — no SSH required. Spin up Postgres, MySQL or Redis from templates and connect them over internal networking. Add nodes anytime. Longhorn provides shared storage and…from quickstack.dev

In the maker’s words, at launch

There are plenty of ways to deploy your apps. PaaS options like Vercel or Netlify are convenient but can get pricey as projects scale. VPS hosting is cheaper, but setting it up (Linux, networking, SSL, etc.) can be daunting. That’s why glueh-wyy-huet (https://github.com/glueh-wyy-huet) and I…

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