Dokploy vs Replit
Dokploy and Replit are both hosting for ai-built apps software. Dokploy is open source under a license set out in its repository, with 38k GitHub stars. Replit is a commercial product from Replit.
Which to pick
- Pick Dokploy when
- You want a self-hosted deploy platform with Docker Compose and multi-server support.
- Pick Replit when
- You want one browser tool for building, publishing and restoring the database to an earlier point.
Side by side
Deploys apps and databases to your own servers with backups, schedule jobs, rollbacks and notifications.
Runs a browser workspace with an AI agent that builds the app and publishes it with a database, sign-in, secrets and scheduled deployments.
You run the server yourself, and code under its proprietary directory is not Apache-licensed.
Agent work and usage beyond the plan are charged to the card unless you set a spending limit.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server
Cloud service
TypeScript and Docker
Not published
Open source, license unclear on GitHub
Closed source, sold by Replit
GitHub could not read the license. Check it in the repository before reusing any code.
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
38k GitHub stars
4.5k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
Established: started 2 years ago, latest release v0.31.0.
Not known
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-06 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.