Dokku Has a Free API: Build Your Own Heroku on a $5 VPS

What is Dokku? Dokku is the smallest PaaS implementation you've ever seen. It's a self-hosted Heroku alternative that runs on a single server. Push code with git push — Dokku builds, deploys, and manages your apps. 100% free. 100% open source. Install wget -NP . https://dokku.com/bootstrap.sh sudo DOKKU_TAG=v0.34.8 bash bootstrap.sh Deploy Your First App # On your local machine: git remote add dokku dokku@your-server:my-app git push dokku main That's it. Dokku detects your language, builds the app, and deploys it. The CLI API App Management # Create app dokku apps:create my-app # List apps dokku apps:list # Destroy app dokku apps:destroy my-app # View logs dokku logs my-app -t # Follow logs # Run one-off command dokku run my-app python manage.py migrate dokku run my-app rails console Domains & SSL # Add domain dokku domains:add my-app myapp.com dokku domains:add my-app www.myapp.com # Auto SSL with Let's Encrypt dokku letsencrypt:enable my-app # Auto-renewal dokku letsencrypt:cron-