hostship
The premium Open Source alternative to Dokku
🎯 Best for:Users with small VPS instances who find Dokku too heavy.
What is hostship?
Replaces command-line heavy deployment tools like Dokku for simpler self-hosting workflows. Focuses on extremely lightweight resource usage for deploying applications on single low-end servers.
Tech Stack
GoDevOps & CI/CD
Why hostship?
- • Very low memory footprint
- • Simple installation
- • Git-based workflow
Limitations
- • Limited plugin ecosystem
- • Not suitable for clusters
- • Fewer automated add-ons than Dokku
2/19/2026
Last Update
1
Forks
0
Issues
MIT
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Dokku)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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