Alternative to
Open-source alternatives to Heroku that still ship
3 open-source startups in this directory are positioned against Heroku. 3 pushed code within 30 days of the snapshot of 2026-09-22, 0 have been quiet for 31–120 days, 0 have not pushed in over 120 days. “Alternative to Heroku” is a judgment by Jev, TypeSafe’s classifier, made from the repository’s own name, description and homepage, and printed only when it put that match at 0.5 or better. It is not a claim these projects make about themselves, it is not a feature comparison, and Heroku has nothing to do with this page.
3 of 3 pushed within 30 days of the snapshot of 2026-09-22. How we measure it →
The list
All 3, most-starred first.
The last column is the most recent push GitHub reported to us on 2026-09-22. It counts a push to any branch, by a person or a bot — it is not a claim that anyone is maintaining the project, and a quiet repository may be a finished one.
| Project | What it does | Stars | Ship status | Last verified push |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dokku/dokku | A docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications | 32.2K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| caprover/caprover | Scalable PaaS (automated Docker+nginx) - aka Heroku on Steroids | 15.2K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| oblien/openship | Self-hosted deployment platform | 12.4K | Still shipping | Sep 21, 2026 |
Related collections
Sideways from here.
The 8 largest other alternatives in the directory, then the other ways to slice it. Every count is as of the snapshot of 2026-09-22.
Snapshot of 2026-09-22 · 721 repos in the directory · every number on this page is measured against that date, not against today. What this measurement cannot tell you →