Senate
A feature-rich self-hosted PaaS alternative to Heroku
What it does
Senate is a self-hosted PaaS — like Heroku, Render, or Fly.io, but running on servers you own. Git push to deploy. Automatic HTTPS. Environment variables. Real-time logs. Everything you'd expect from a modern deployment platform. What makes Senate different: • Manage multiple servers from one dashboard • Zero-downtime blue-green deployments built-in • Real-time resource metrics and monitoring • Works on any $5 VPS No per-app fees. No vendor lock-in. Just your code, your servers.
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