Coolify

Open-source self-hostable PaaS installed as a control panel on servers the operator rents, with a paid cloud-hosted panel as the alternative.

coolify.io

DIY PaaS, DIY ops.

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Classification

Categories: Server management
Operating system: Self-managed
Metal: You bring your own 3
Runs on: Hetzner, DigitalOcean, Linode, Amazon Web Services 3

Tech stack

Runtimes: Anything, Docker 3

Pricing

Entry price: $5 to $15 a month 4
Typical ceiling: $15 to $50 a month4
Currencies: USD 4
Billed: Monthly, Yearly4
Paid: In advance4
Free tier: Permanent3

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Coolify is an open-source, self-hostable platform-as-a-service built by coolLabs around founder Andras Bacsai in Hungary, with the source on GitHub.

The model is bring-your-own-infrastructure. Coolify installs as a control panel on a server the operator provisions — EC2, DigitalOcean, Linode, Hetzner and Raspberry Pi are the named targets — and then handles container orchestration, deployments, Let’s Encrypt certificates, S3-compatible database backups, pull-request deployments, a real-time terminal, server monitoring and notifications through Discord, Telegram or email. Deployment comes from a connected GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or Gitea repository, or from any Docker-compatible source, and the project states support for any language and framework. There is a public API.

Two editions exist. The self-hosted panel is free with no feature gates; Coolify Cloud hosts the panel itself for a subscription. In both cases the application servers belong to the customer.

Worth knowing

The panel is itself a component to look after. It consumes resources on the machine it runs on, it has to be kept current, and a failed panel upgrade is an incident like any other.

Multi-server setups and Docker Swarm are supported, but there is no managed multi-node orchestration, no automatic failover and no autoscaling. Capacity is added by hand.

Identity

Reach: ↓1,202 1
Favorite: yes
Ownership: Independent 6
Status: Active

Deployment

Deployment: Git, Container image 3

Regions and law

Headquarters: Hungary2

Other features

Collaboration: Team members5
Staging: Included5

Automation

API: Public3

Sources

2026-09-07: Reach
majestic.com/reports/majestic-million
2026-08-09: Headquarters
coolify.io/about
2026-07-31: Metal, Runs on, Runtimes, Deployment, Free tier, API
coolify.io/
2026-08-02: Entry price, Typical ceiling, Currencies, Billed, Paid
coolify.io/pricing
2026-08-12: Collaboration, Staging
coolify.io
2026-08-21: Ownership
coolify.io/philosophy

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