Alternatives / Netlify
Looking for an open source Netlify alternative? We compared 7 open source deployment platforms by license, self-hosting, Git workflows, previews, and databases. They deploy your apps to servers you control, and none includes Netlify's global edge network.
Written by Maxime DERAME
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| Alternative | Best for | License |
|---|---|---|
| Coolify | Closest self-hosted PaaS with Git deploys | Apache-2.0 |
| Appwrite | Backend platform with web hosting | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dokploy | Docker and Traefik on any VPS (has proprietary parts) | Apache-2.0 + proprietary directory |
| Dokku | Heroku-style Git push deploys | MIT |
| /dev/push | GitHub deploys with previews (slower development) | MIT |
| Temps | Single binary with deployments and monitoring (young) | Apache-2.0 or MIT |
| Stormkit | Web app hosting with CI/CD (open core) | AGPL-3.0 (Community) + commercial Enterprise (src/ee) |
We looked for open-source tools that overlap with Netlify's core: deploying sites and apps from Git, with SSL, environments, and previews. We verified each project's license, recent activity, stars, and self-hosting in its repository. Netlify is a hosted platform with a global CDN, so these tools deploy to servers you provide, and we flag open-core licensing and slower projects. See our methodology for the full criteria.
Netlify serves sites from a global CDN and runs edge and serverless functions. These tools deploy to your own server or VPS, so you add a CDN such as Cloudflare yourself if you need worldwide performance. Serverless and edge functions are also not equivalent to running containers.
Coolify and Dokploy are the closest: self-hosted platforms with a web dashboard, Git integration, automatic SSL, databases, and one-click services. /dev/push focuses on GitHub deploys with zero-downtime releases, logs, and preview URLs. Dokku is the oldest, a Docker-based, Heroku-style PaaS that deploys via Git push.
Appwrite is a backend platform that also offers web hosting, so it is broader than a deployment tool. Temps is a single self-hosted binary combining deployments with error tracking, analytics, session replay, uptime monitoring, and managed databases. Stormkit targets web apps with CI/CD and multiple environments.
Coolify is Apache-2.0, Dokku and /dev/push are MIT, and Appwrite is BSD-3-Clause. Temps is dual-licensed Apache-2.0 or MIT. Dokploy is Apache-2.0 except for a proprietary directory, and Stormkit is open core with an AGPL-3.0 Community Edition and commercially licensed enterprise components.
Coolify, Appwrite, Dokploy, Dokku, Temps, and Stormkit were updated within days of this update. /dev/push's last commit was in March 2026, and Temps is young with 828 stars, so check both before relying on them.
Netlify is a proprietary hosted platform with usage-based pricing for bandwidth, build minutes, and functions, so costs can grow quickly as a site gets traffic, and your deployments depend on its infrastructure. Open-source alternatives let you deploy to your own servers or cheap VPS instances, avoid per-seat and bandwidth pricing, and control where data lives, at the cost of running servers and losing the built-in global CDN.
Apache-2.0 self-hosted PaaS for deploying applications, databases, and preconfigured services to VPS or bare-metal servers over SSH. Supports Git repositories, Docker images, Compose, buildpacks, automatic HTTPS, custom domains, preview deployments, backups, monitoring, and multiple servers. Deployed services continue running on your infrastructure independently of the control plane.
Pricing: Open-source self-hosted platform; server and infrastructure costs are separate.
BSD-3-Clause application platform combining web hosting and serverless functions with databases, authentication, object storage, realtime APIs, messaging, and SDKs. It can be self-hosted with Docker or used as a managed cloud service; its role is broader and more backend-oriented than Vercel's frontend deployment focus.
Pricing: Open-source self-hosted platform and managed cloud service.
Self-hosted PaaS with an Apache-2.0 core and separately licensed code in the /proprietary directory. It provides Git deployments, Docker and Compose, Traefik, SSL, databases, backups, multi-node deployments, monitoring, templates, team permissions, terminal access, and MCP support.
Pricing: Self-hosted core with separate proprietary/source-available functionality.
MIT lightweight PaaS that provides a Heroku-style Git deployment workflow on infrastructure you control. Applications can be built with buildpacks or Docker, with plugins for domains, TLS, databases, and other services. It favors a smaller CLI-first model over a large integrated control panel.
Pricing: Free and open-source self-hosted software.
MIT deployment platform designed as a self-hosted Vercel, Render, and Netlify alternative. Connects to GitHub and builds on branch pushes, with zero-downtime deployments, preview URLs, environments, logs, rollback, teams, encrypted variables, custom domains, automatic Let's Encrypt SSL, and Docker-based builds for Python, Node.js, and PHP.
Pricing: Open-source self-hosted platform; provide the server infrastructure.
Apache-2.0 platform implemented primarily in Rust that combines application deployments with analytics, session replay, error tracking, OpenTelemetry, uptime monitoring, transactional email, AI sandboxes, and an AI gateway. Its CLI exposes many operations for scripted and agent-driven infrastructure workflows.
Pricing: Open-source self-hosted platform.
Deployment platform for modern web applications with automated CI/CD, environment management, custom domains, preview-style deployments, monitoring, and self-hosting. Community Edition code under src/ce is AGPL-3.0; Enterprise Edition functionality under src/ee is commercially licensed.
Pricing: Self-hosted Community Edition with commercial Enterprise functionality and hosted option.
| Alternative | Type | License | Self-hosted | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolify | Self-hosted PaaS | Apache-2.0 | Yes | Apps, databases, and services |
| Appwrite | Backend platform | BSD-3-Clause | Yes | Backend plus hosting |
| Dokploy | Self-hosted PaaS | Apache-2.0 + proprietary directory | Yes | Docker on a VPS |
| Dokku | Heroku-style PaaS | MIT | Yes | Git push deploys |
| /dev/push | Deployment platform | MIT | Yes | GitHub deploys with previews |
| Temps | Deployment and monitoring | Apache-2.0 or MIT | Yes | Small teams |
| Stormkit | Web app hosting | AGPL-3.0 + commercial EE | Yes | CI/CD for web apps |
Want the closest self-hosted Netlify-style platform
Coolify deploys apps, databases, and one-click services to your servers over SSH, with Git integration and automatic SSL, under Apache-2.0.
Want to deploy with Docker on any VPS
Dokploy manages apps and databases with Docker and Traefik through a GUI or API, but part of the code is proprietary.
Want simple Git push deployments
Dokku is a mature MIT-licensed, Docker-based PaaS that deploys with buildpacks through Git.
Want GitHub deploys with preview URLs
/dev/push deploys from GitHub with zero-downtime releases, logs, and previews under MIT, though its development has slowed.
Need hosting together with a backend
Appwrite combines databases, authentication, functions, and web hosting under BSD-3-Clause.