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Coolify: Open-source and self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative

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Re: Coolify: Open-source and self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative

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Post by bberenberg »

rc_kas wrote: post #138

This project is amazing! I been messing with it all day today, I'm in love. Thank you to the developers, you really have a keen eye for detail.

I think it’s pretty good, and it’s good to hear they’re working on better deploys and UX. But the big thing to note is backups. There just isn’t a good way to use this with critical data without bolting on some kind of custom backup solution. I am always terrified the hetzner server with all my random stuff will die before I get around to implementing a solution.

Re: Coolify: Open-source and self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative

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Post by peaklabs-dev »

bberenberg wrote: post #141
rc_kas wrote: post #138

This project is amazing! I been messing with it all day today, I'm in love. Thank you to the developers, you really have a keen eye for detail.

I think it’s pretty good, and it’s good to hear they’re working on better deploys and UX. But the big thing to note is backups. There just isn’t a good way to use this with critical data without bolting on some kind of custom backup solution. I am always terrified the hetzner server with all my random stuff will die before I get around to implementing a solution.

We are also working on backups. The only big problem with backups for non DB Containers is that they need to be stopped to ensure data consistency, so we are looking at some filesystem level options but not sure yet.

Re: Coolify: Open-source and self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative

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Post by dboreham »

Having built similar things in the past, raising a bit of an eyebrow at the business model: it seems likely that with three parties involved (Coolify people, customer, hosting provider) there will end up being too much finger pointing as to the source of issues. Certainly way too much to cover a few dollars a month revenue. I think most customers would conclude they are better off just deploying the bare OSS version and paying whoever they are already paying (internal or external) for engineering services, to make sure it stays up.

Re: Coolify: Open-source and self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative

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Post by bberenberg »

peaklabs-dev wrote: post #142
bberenberg wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it’s pretty good, and it’s good to hear they’re working on better deploys and UX. But the big thing to note is backups. There just isn’t a good way to use this with critical data without bolting on some kind of custom backup solution. I am always terrified the hetzner server with all my random stuff will die before I get around to implementing a solution.

We are also working on backups. The only big problem with backups for non DB Containers is that they need to be stopped to ensure data consistency, so we are looking at some filesystem level options but not sure yet.

Good luck! For what it’s worth I hope you prioritize this above everything else.

Re: Coolify: Open-source and self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative

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Post by geek_at »

pier25 wrote: post #41

Tried it for a bit. Paid one month of the subscription. The dashboard is incredibly clunky and at the time they didn't have SSL for db connections (not sure about now). A lot of stuff you need to know what you're doing like configuring tags for Traefik etc. The deal breaker was it didn't have zero downtime deploys. Any pending request when you update an app is simply killed. I was expecting something like Heroku or V…

After trying coolify I went to dokploy which makes more sense to me and doesn't have any upsells

Re: Coolify: Open-source and self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative

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Post by 999900000999 »

What's the actual point of the paid product if I still have to host my own stuff?

Does it just manage things?

Is it actually open source with usable instructions, or is it magic like Superbase that requires digging through GitHub issues to find the secret truck to getting things to work.

How does it compare to Captain Rover ( which was awesome until it just stopped working one day, luckily my backup script captured my blog before this happened).

At this point I'll just give Render 7$ a month.

When it's 3am I don't want to figure this out by myself. In a Corp environment I'll let the dev ops team sort it out.

Re: Coolify: Open-source and self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative

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Post by josegonzalez »

zachlatta wrote: post #95

I highly recommend Coolify. I evaluated every option when looking for a Heroku alternative, and Coolify is clearly the best as long as you don’t absolutely require zero downtime deploys. We are hosting over 100 services on it for https://hackclub.com and it’s been great. We’re 3 months in now. The key is to think about it as a GUI on top of Docker, not as a fully managed solution. It’s one of those PHP apps that’s we…

Dokku maintainer here. What about Dokku is not as mature as Coolify? Would love to hear your thoughts on how the project falls flat for your use case.

Re: Coolify: Open-source and self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative

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Post by huesatbri »

zachlatta wrote: post #95

I highly recommend Coolify. I evaluated every option when looking for a Heroku alternative, and Coolify is clearly the best as long as you don’t absolutely require zero downtime deploys. We are hosting over 100 services on it for https://hackclub.com and it’s been great. We’re 3 months in now. The key is to think about it as a GUI on top of Docker, not as a fully managed solution. It’s one of those PHP apps that’s we…

I’ve been using Dokku for 7 years and counting, both professionally and for hobby stuff. It’s a very mature project that has never gotten in the way, and keeps getting better.

Re: Coolify: Open-source and self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative

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Post by ansc »

shash7 wrote: post #60
pier25 wrote: post #41

Tried it for a bit. Paid one month of the subscription. The dashboard is incredibly clunky and at the time they didn't have SSL for db connections (not sure about now). A lot of stuff you need to know what you're doing like configuring tags for Traefik etc. The deal breaker was it didn't have zero downtime deploys. Any pending request when you update an app is simply killed. I was expecting something like Heroku or V…

Had the exact same experience. Incredibly clunky UI/UX. For docker-compose, I had to create a specific one for Coolify because it goes and does its own magic. Tried Dokploy(similar service), better UI but lacking in docs. In the right hands, these products could be so much better.

Dokploy is not open-source. Broken license.
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