I built self-hosted deployment automation tool for Windows and IIS
Seven years in the making (I admit that I did get a kid at some point which slowed down progress and brought it to a halt quite a few times), I decided to finaly release it, with a rather drastic change to the now (I believe) generous licensing model. Unlike current major players in this field, I decided to go with uncrippled, free version for commercial use for corps with up to 1M USD ARR. I poured my heart and soul into this, not because I was looking for financial success, but because I felt it just had to be done, given the price hikes wherever you look today. While my wife and kid were…
I built self-hosted deployment automation tool for Windows and IIS launched on August 25, 2026 with 35 votes, #658 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
In plain words
fDeploy is a self-hosted deployment automation tool for Windows teams deploying .NET applications to IIS. It runs as a single Windows service with built-in NuGet repository, OpenAPI REST API, and PowerShell execution capabilities. The tool manages projects, environments, and releases with frozen process and variable snapshots. Licensing is per server instance rather than per deployment target, with unlimited projects, targets, and users. The free tier covers companies with up to $1M annual revenue, while larger organizations can purchase commercial licenses.
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From the sources
Self-hosted deployment tool for Windows teams shipping .NET to IIS. Built-in NuGet repository, OpenAPI v3 REST API, IIS configuration and PowerShell execution - licensed per server, not per target.
Projects, environments, target roles, deployment processes, and releases carrying frozen process and variable snapshots. fDeploy Server runs as a Windows service on your own hardware. Deployment targets, projects and users are unlimited on every tier. fdeploy.com and docs.fdeploy.com are deployed with fDeploy. Built in Stockholm; first commit 5 March 2019. fDeploy Server on one machine, fDeploy Agent on every deployment target. No cloud component; the NuGet feed is part of the Server. The control plane, as one Windows service: dashboard, OpenAPI v3 REST API and the NuGet feed in a single process. It owns projects, environments, target roles, variables and release history. A Windows service…from fdeploy.com
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