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Caprover

CapRover/CapRover

An open-source alternative to Heroku and Render.

Scalable PaaS (automated Docker+nginx) - aka Heroku on Steroids (from the repository)

Stars
15,188
Licence
NOASSERTION
Last push
2026-10-13
Written in
TypeScript

Is it alive?

Four readings from the repository, each with the rule behind it. No blended score.
Activity
Active
Last push 15 days ago
Active: pushed within 90 days. Slowing: within a year. Quiet: longer.
Releases
Recent
v1.15.4, 58 days ago
Recent: a tagged release within six months. Some projects ship from the main branch and never tag.
Issues
91% closed
173 open · 1,698 closed
Share of all issues ever filed that are now closed. Under 20 issues is too few to read.
Momentum
No readings yet
15,188 stars
Change in stars across our daily readings, over up to 30 days. Needs a week of readings.

What a business may do with it

Not identifiedNOASSERTION

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Run it yourself

Caprover’s README does not show a docker run, docker compose up or helm install in a code block, so this page will not guess one. It may be a desktop app, a library, or documented on its website.

Caprover against the other open-source options

Every project offered against Heroku and Render, most-starred first.
Caprover compared with other open-source alternatives
ProjectStarsActivityLicenceSelf-hostLanguage
Coolify63,180ActivePermissive○PHP
Dokku32,194ActivePermissive○Go
OpenFaas26,252SlowingNot identified○Go
Caprover (this page)15,188ActiveNot identified○TypeScript
Tsuru5,322ActivePermissive○Go
Space Cloud4,003QuietPermissive○Go
Qovery2,471ActiveCopyleft○Rust
Dyrector1,844ActivePermissive○TypeScript
All open-source alternatives to Heroku →All open-source alternatives to Render →

Where this page comes from

  • Stars, licence, activity, issues, releases and the self-host command are read from the repository. 2026-10-18
  • The pairing with Heroku and Render and the category come from opensourcealternative.to, a community directory of open-source alternatives. We re-read it weekly.
  • Star momentum comes from our own daily readings of the repository. How we collect data