Overview
Dokploy is a self-hosted PaaS for deploying and managing applications and databases on VPS infrastructure, with Docker Compose, multi-node operation, backups, Traefik integration, monitoring, CLI/API access, and notifications.
Features and best fit
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Manage application and database deployments from one control plane
Dokploy supports application runtimes plus managed databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, libSQL, and Redis.
Extend from Docker Compose to multi-node and multi-server operation
Docker Compose is supported directly, with Docker Swarm for multi-node setups and remote deployment to external servers.
For teams that want a PaaS-like workflow on owned VPS infrastructure
It fits teams moving from manual VPS operations toward centralized deployment, monitoring, notifications, and backup management.
Sources: [2]
Separate Apache-2.0 code from proprietary production features
Most code is Apache-2.0, while /proprietary is under the Dokploy Source Available License and requires a valid commercial agreement for production use.
Official sources
- [1]Dokploy/dokploy repository(2026-09-20)
- [2]Dokploy README(2026-09-20)
- [3]Dokploy documentation(2026-09-20)
- [4]Dokploy Apache-2.0 license(2026-09-20)
- [5]Dokploy proprietary license(2026-09-20)
Supplemental curator note
Dokploy brings a Vercel/Heroku-like deployment workflow to your own VPS infrastructure. Most code is Apache-2.0, while `/proprietary` is covered by the Dokploy Source Available License and requires a commercial agreement for production use.
Try it in 3 steps
- 1
Get the source
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Dokploy/dokploy.git - 2
Enter the repository
cd dokploy - 3
Check the official steps
Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.
find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
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- Open PRs
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GitHub Topics
- deployment
- self-hosted
- vps
- backend
- backups
- databases
- devops
- docker
- frontend
- mariadb
- mongodb
- mysql
- Stars
- 37,388
- Forks
- 2,983
- Watchers
- 116
- Open issues
- 524
- Contributors
- 373
- Primary language
- TypeScript
- License
- Not determined
- Repository last updated
- Sep 18, 2026
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