Supabase
Self-Hosting Platforms (PaaS)Open-source Firebase alternative
Replaces Firebase
Best Docker Self-Hosting Platforms (PaaS) for self-hosting
The 9 best Docker self-hosting platforms (paas) you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Coolify
Self-Hosting Platforms (PaaS)Self-hosted platform-as-a-service alternative to Heroku
Replaces Heroku, Netlify
Appwrite
Self-Hosting Platforms (PaaS)Open-source backend platform for building applications
Replaces Firebase, Supabase
Directus
Self-Hosting Platforms (PaaS)Instant REST and GraphQL API for any SQL database
Replaces Contentful, Firebase
Dokploy
Self-Hosting Platforms (PaaS)Open-source deployment platform for apps and databases
Replaces Vercel, Heroku
Dokku
Self-Hosting Platforms (PaaS)Smallest open-source PaaS implementation you can run
Replaces Heroku
CapRover
Self-Hosting Platforms (PaaS)Scalable PaaS built on Docker Swarm and Nginx
Replaces Heroku
TrailBase
Self-Hosting Platforms (PaaS)Open, sub-millisecond, single-executable FireBase alternative
Tsuru
Self-Hosting Platforms (PaaS)Extensible open-source application platform
Replaces Heroku
No apps match these filters.
At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supabase | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 4,096 MB | Apache-2.0 | 111,510 |
| Coolify | ≈5-minute setup | Easy | 2,048 MB | Apache-2.0 | 62,953 |
| Appwrite | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 2,048 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 57,678 |
| Directus | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 1,024 MB | BSL-1.1 | 38,470 |
| Dokploy | ≈5-minute setup | Easy | 2,048 MB | Apache-2.0 | 37,780 |
| Dokku | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 1,024 MB | MIT | 32,179 |
| CapRover | ≈5-minute setup | Easy | 1,024 MB | Apache-2.0 | 15,184 |
| TrailBase | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | OSL-3.0 | 5,655 |
| Tsuru | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 2,048 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 5,319 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Supabase (111,510 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: TrailBase (from 512 MB RAM, against 4,096 MB for the heaviest here).
- Fastest to deploy: Coolify (one-click platform packages).
- Licensing: 4 of 9 use Apache-2.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Docker within the self-hosting platforms (paas) category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.