# coolify

An open-source, self-hostable PaaS alternative to Vercel, Heroku & Netlify that lets you easily deploy static sites, databases, full-stack applications and 3...

- Replaces: not recorded
- Stack: PostgreSQL (database), Redis (database)
- Deployment: docker_compose
- License: Apache-2.0 (osi) [source](https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/blob/91ea7d851e214951799842837a010a4dfe3487e7/LICENSE)
- Business model: unknown. Not checked by the pipeline. Read the project's own pricing or docs page before setting this.
- Difficulty: medium. 3 services (2 database or broker: postgres, redis), 0 volume mounts, no env values to set, no elevated host access. Heuristic score 3 of 11: medium.
- Requirements: not stated
- Repository: [coollabsio/coolify](https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify)

## Install

1. Docker with the Compose plugin ([source](https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/blob/91ea7d851e214951799842837a010a4dfe3487e7/docker-compose.yml))

   ```text
   A host with Docker and the Docker Compose plugin. This entry runs from a compose file.
   ```

2. Save the compose file as docker-compose.yml ([source](https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/blob/91ea7d851e214951799842837a010a4dfe3487e7/docker-compose.yml))

   ```yaml
   services:
       coolify:
           container_name: coolify
           restart: always
           working_dir: /var/www/html
           extra_hosts:
               - host.docker.internal:host-gateway
           expose:
               - "6001"
               - "6002"
           networks:
               - coolify
           depends_on:
               - postgres
               - redis
       postgres:
           image: postgres:15-alpine
           container_name: coolify-db
           restart: always
           networks:
               - coolify
       redis:
           image: redis:7-alpine
           container_name: coolify-redis
           restart: always
           networks:
               - coolify
   networks:
       coolify:
           name: coolify
           driver: bridge
           external: false
   ```

3. Start it ([source](https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/blob/91ea7d851e214951799842837a010a4dfe3487e7/docker-compose.yml))

   ```bash
   docker compose up -d
   ```

Compose file check: not run.

## Gotchas and maintenance

### Gotchas

- update: update ([source](https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/blob/91ea7d8/docker-compose.yml), checked 2026-10-22)

### Signals

Computed from a GitHub snapshot taken 2026-10-22.

- Open issues and pull requests: 399
- Stars: 63384, forks: 5706
- Last push: 2026-10-21 (0 days ago)
- Latest release: none recorded

## Sources

- [Repository: https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify](https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify)
- [License: https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/blob/91ea7d851e214951799842837a010a4dfe3487e7/LICENSE](https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/blob/91ea7d851e214951799842837a010a4dfe3487e7/LICENSE)
- [Compose file: https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/blob/91ea7d851e214951799842837a010a4dfe3487e7/docker-compose.yml](https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/blob/91ea7d851e214951799842837a010a4dfe3487e7/docker-compose.yml)
- [Note: https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/blob/91ea7d8/docker-compose.yml](https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/blob/91ea7d8/docker-compose.yml)

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Canonical: https://openlogs.fyi/tools/coolify  
Last updated: 2026-10-22