What is Dokku?
An open source Platform as a Service that runs on a single server, supporting Git-push deployment of Heroku-compatible applications via buildpacks or Dockerfiles, with automatic container lifecycle management.
Dokku pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free open source. Dokku Pro available (pricing not disclosed).
Open Source
FreeFull Dokku platform
- Git push deployment
- Buildpack/Dockerfile support
- Docker container management
- Environment variables
- Domain/SSL configuration
- Process management
- Cron tasks
- Persistent storage
- Plugin extensibility
What Dokku does
The capabilities that matter for paas & hosting, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Git-push auto-deploy
- ✓
- Deploy arbitrary container image
- ✓
- Per-PR preview environments
- -
- Build system
- -
- Runtime / language breadth
- Multiple languages via buildpacks and buildpack detection
- Autoscaling
- -
- Geographic reach
- Single-region
- Hosting
- Self-hosted only
- Bundled managed data services
- -
- Built-in global CDN / edge
- -
- Custom domains + automatic TLS
- ✓
- Env vars & secrets management
- ✓
- Instant rollbacks
- -
- CLI + deploy API
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Linux
- Hybrid
- Self-hosted
Integrations (3)
Independently observed- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI
- Woodpecker CI
Dokku alternatives
Other paas & hosting we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- VercelAgentic Infrastructure to ship apps and agentslow · 49%
- NetlifyPush your ideas to the webmedium · 64%
- KoyebHigh-performance Infrastructure for APIs, Inference, and Databasesmedium · 60%
- RailwayThe all-in-one intelligent cloud providermedium · 62%
- CoolifySelf-hosting with superpowerslow · 21%
- Platform.shThe cloud application platform humans and AI agents lovemedium · 59%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Dokku, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Github Activity | 63 | 18.00 | 1135.8 | ✓ |
| Release Cadence | 99 | 10.00 | 994.4 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 80 | 12.00 | 960.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 12.00 | 896.7 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 100 | 8.00 | 800.0 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 85 | 5.00 | 425.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 16.00 | 277.0 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 30.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 22.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 26.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 32,087 | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"hosting":"self","regions":"single","runtimes":"Multiple languages via buildpacks and buildpack detection","cli_and_api":true,"env_secrets":true,"git_push_deploy":true,"container_deploy":true,"custom_domains_tls":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Shell | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 70% |