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Coolify vs CapRover
Pick Coolify if you want the published Heroku / Render stack (an Apache-2.0 git-push panel). Pick CapRover if you want that Apache-2.0 Docker and nginx panel.
Facts checked 27 Oct 2026. License, language, and GitHub activity come from the catalog or the project's own repo. "Not in the catalog row" means the public catalog dump does not store that number.
Coolify in the catalog CapRover in the catalog Start on Railway
How they compare
| Coolify | CapRover | |
|---|---|---|
| License | Apache License 2.0 (catalog) source | Apache License 2.0 (catalog) source |
| Language | PHP (catalog) | TypeScript (catalog) |
| GitHub activity | 63,083 stars in the catalog source | 15,186 stars in the catalog source |
| Self-host | Published as /stacks/coolify-paas. VPS + Docker socket. | Docker and nginx. Official docs at caprover.com. |
| Best for | The published Heroku / Render replacement. | A smaller panel if Coolify is not the shape. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Coolify is the published lander — /stacks/coolify-paas. Coolify is coollabsio/coolify (Apache-2.0; 63,083 stars in the catalog). CapRover is caprover/caprover (Apache-2.0; 15,186 stars in the catalog). Dokploy is the other panel — /compare/coolify-vs-dokploy. Cloudron is the app-store path on the same stack. Neither Coolify nor CapRover has a one-click c17 Railway template — they want a VPS and a Docker socket.
FAQ
- Where is Dokploy?
- The other git-push panel — /compare/coolify-vs-dokploy.
- Why not Railway?
- Railway is how c17.io ships. This pair is the control plane you run.
- Are these free?
- Both are Apache-2.0. You pay a VPS.
- How do I deploy Coolify?
- Open /stacks/coolify-paas. Use a VPS with Docker. Do not nest it inside Railway.
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