Coolify
Infrastructure
self-hosted paas
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
13 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 6 critical, out of 43 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 8 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Nice web panel compared to Dokku's terminal configuration
From 1 comment
Looks promising. Judging by the screenshots, this just solves what I didn't like about Dokku - the need to configure the application from the terminal, instead of a convenient…
arisudesu on HN
Good hobby project
From 1 comment
Ok, cool. Then it is a great hobby project to have!
debarshri on HN
Objections
Not a real Heroku replacement; self-hosting loses CDN benefits
From 2 comments
This is positioned to be competing product to netlify and vercel. However, it doesn't make sense to host it yourself as core benefit of host a static pages and node js apps on…
debarshri on HNI applaud the effort here, it looks like a worthy project. I like the idea of effortless git deployments & databases. Easy upgrades, backups, analytics etc. But as others have…
40four on HN
Not production grade yet
From 1 comment
Atm, it's not aiming to be a production-grade system. Indie hackers, hobbyists, probably do not need that to start working on their side project. Also, I'm thinking of provide a…
andrasbacsai on HN
Unclear install script and little documentation
From 1 comment
I don’t there is nearly enough information on this page to justify running a random script on my server.
Aeolun on HN
Requests
Support for more languages beyond Node.js
From 1 comment
Looks promising. Judging by the screenshots, this just solves what I didn't like about Dokku - the need to configure the application from the terminal, instead of a convenient…
arisudesu on HN
Git providers beyond GitHub such as Gitea and GitLab
From 1 comment
Other than github, gitea/gitlab is supported? Is there CI/CD for .Net Core kind of apps?
thepra on HN
Automatic domains and HTTPS
From 1 comment
One of the things that's valuable with Heroku is how simple it is to get a domain name with a certificate for HTTPS. Assuming I'm running that on my NAS, I understand setting up…
gwbas1c on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Dokku or CapRover
From 3 comments
Why would anyone use this instead of Dokku?
bgorman on HNThis looks pretty cool! Is it basically Dokku with a web interface? https://dokku.com/docs/
codetheweb on HNFor comparison, the one I use is called CapRover, and works great for my small use cases. It's like dokku with a web interface, and can do rebuilds from git webhooks.
sneak on HN
Is it licensed AGPLv3 and what does that require
From 1 comment
The license is Affero GPLv3. Does this mean anyone who self-hosts an app using this needs to make their source code available?
ramchip on HN
Alternatives named
Dokku
From 1 comment
This looks pretty cool! Is it basically Dokku with a web interface? https://dokku.com/docs/
codetheweb on HN
CapRover
From 1 comment
Looks nice from screenshots on the Github page. It seems to be very similar to Caprover (https://caprover.com/) with less features but a slightly nicer design.
oakesm9 on HN
Portainer
From 1 comment
Looks promising. Judging by the screenshots, this just solves what I didn't like about Dokku - the need to configure the application from the terminal, instead of a convenient…
arisudesu on HN
Netlify and Vercel
From 1 comment
This is positioned to be competing product to netlify and vercel. However, it doesn't make sense to host it yourself as core benefit of host a static pages and node js apps on…
debarshri on HN