Home › Infrastructure & ops › Self-hosting platforms & PaaS
The tools that make everything else in this directory one command away: open PaaS layers that turn a $5 VPS into your own Heroku. This is the category ValueIndex's own managed-install service will build on.
| # | Tool | T·V·P·E | Index | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homepage Fast, static-generated homelab dashboard |
4.8 | self-host | ~ | |
| 2 | Coolify Self-hosted Heroku/Netlify/Vercel alternative |
4.5 | self-host | ✓ | |
| 3 | CapRover One-click apps on your own server |
4.5 | self-host | ~ | |
| 4 | Dokku Smallest PaaS you'll ever see (git push deploy) |
4.5 | self-host | ~ | |
| 5 | Portainer CE Container management UI |
4.0 | self-host | ~ |
Max ~7 listings per category, by design — curation is the product. Think something belongs here? Submit it; it has to displace an incumbent.