Coolify vs Replit
Coolify and Replit are both hosting for ai-built apps software. Coolify is open source under Apache-2.0, with 66k GitHub stars. Replit is a commercial product from Replit.
Which to pick
- Pick Coolify when
- You want push-to-deploy convenience on your own VPS fleet without Kubernetes.
- Pick Replit when
- You want one browser tool for building, publishing and restoring the database to an earlier point.
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.
Runs a browser workspace with an AI agent that builds the app and publishes it with a database, sign-in, secrets and scheduled deployments.
Your servers and the Coolify instance become your responsibility, including security updates.
Agent work and usage beyond the plan are charged to the card unless you set a spending limit.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Cloud service
PHP, Laravel, Docker, PostgreSQL and Redis
Not published
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Closed source, sold by Replit
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
66k GitHub stars
4.5k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
Established: started 5 years ago, latest release v4.6.0.
Not known
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.