Open Source Heroku Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Heroku is OpenShift. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Heroku and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Heroku are Coolify, Kubernetes, SwiftWave and Appwrite.

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Heroku alternatives are mainly Cloud Hosting Services, but if you're looking for Server Management Tools or Cloud Computing Services you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free + Web Hosting, Open Source, Self-Hosted + Free and Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Heroku.
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  1. OpenShift icon
     89 likes

    Red Hat OpenShift is a trusted, comprehensive, and consistent platform to develop, modernize, and deploy applications at scale, including today’s AI-enabled apps. Deliver better experiences faster with a complete set of services for bringing apps to market on your choice of infrastructure.

    65 OpenShift alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
     
  2. Kubernetes icon
     76 likes

    Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Kubernetes vs Heroku Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    You need to host kubernetes somewhere, it is not a service provider.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    catdroutcode
    Negative
    2

    has nothing to do with hosting

    • Kubernetes is Free and Open SourceHeroku is Paid and Proprietary
  3. SwiftWave icon
     8 likes

    SwiftWave is a self-hosted, lightweight PaaS solution for easily deploying and managing your applications on any server. It's an open-source alternative to Heroku, Netlify, and Render.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  4. Appwrite icon
     19 likes

    Secure open-source backend server for web and mobile developers. Appwrite provides developers with a set of easy-to-use and integrate REST APIs to manage their core backend needs.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Docker
     
  5. Qovery icon
     11 likes

    Qovery is the first Container as a Service (CaaS) platform that allows any developer to deploy an application in just a few seconds.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. SST icon
     2 likes

    Build modern full-stack serverless applications on AWS with Next.js, SvelteKit, Remix, Astro, Solid, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  7. Cloudify icon
     31 likes

    Cloudify is an orchestration-first, model-driven cloud management platform native to Network function virtualization (NFV), that is open source and based on the TOSCA standard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  8. Porter icon
     2 likes

    Porter is an alternative to Heroku that runs in your own cloud (AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean, etc). Get started on Porter without the overhead of DevOps and fully customize your infra later when you need to.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. Dokku icon
     18 likes

    Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 100 lines of Bash.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Radius icon
     3 likes

    Radius is an open-source, cloud-native, application platform that enables developers and the operators that support them to define, deploy, and collaborate on cloud-native applications across public clouds and private infrastructure.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. Kubero icon
     8 likes

    Kubero is a fully self-hosted Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that brings the workflows of Heroku to your Kubernetes cluster. It enables you to deploy your applications with a few clicks on the Dashboard or by CLI.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Kubernetes
     
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