Coolify vs Dokploy
Coolify and Dokploy are both hosting for ai-built apps software. Coolify is open source under Apache-2.0, with 66k GitHub stars. Dokploy is open source under a license set out in its repository, with 38k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Coolify when
- You want push-to-deploy convenience on your own VPS fleet without Kubernetes.
- Pick Dokploy when
- You want a self-hosted deploy platform with Docker Compose and multi-server support.
Side by side
A self-hosted platform for deploying apps, databases and over 360 one-click services to your own servers, like a self-run Heroku or Vercel.
Deploys apps and databases to your own servers with backups, schedule jobs, rollbacks and notifications.
Your servers and the Coolify instance become your responsibility, including security updates.
You run the server yourself, and code under its proprietary directory is not Apache-licensed.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Self-hosted server
PHP, Laravel, Docker, PostgreSQL and Redis
TypeScript and Docker
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Open source, license unclear on GitHub
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
GitHub could not read the license. Check it in the repository before reusing any code.
66k GitHub stars
38k GitHub stars
Established: started 5 years ago, latest release v4.6.0.
Established: started 2 years ago, latest release v0.31.0.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.