CapRover

Name: CapRover
Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)

49 likes

CapRover is an extremely easy to use app/database deployment & web server manager, PaaS, for your NodeJS, Python, PHP, ASP.NET, Ruby, MySQL, MongoDB, Postgres, WordPress (and etc...) applications!

Cost / License

Free
Proprietary (FSL-1.1-ALv2)

Application type

Server Management Tool

Origin

New Zealand

Platforms

Self-Hosted
Docker

CapRover alternatives

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Features

Properties

Scalable

Features

Simple installation
HTTPS Support
Docker UI management
Server Management
Remote Deployment
Custom fixed subdomains

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Brahim-Oulhaj added CapRover as alternative to Dokyr
26 days ago
PredatorQ updated CapRover
26 days ago
PredatorQ liked CapRover
26 days ago
runsite added CapRover as alternative to Runsite
about 1 month ago
bulldogs liked CapRover
2 months ago
JeremyABX added CapRover as alternative to Appbox.co
2 months ago
VibeNest added CapRover as alternative to VibeNest
3 months ago
runfreeapps added CapRover as alternative to RunFreeApps
4 months ago
alexanderhoyau reviewed CapRover
★★★★★
6 months ago
Excellent software, very professional, efficient and minimal I use it for companies to manage large number of apps made of multiple docker images on multiple clusters, with scaling
bigbigboy added CapRover as alternative to RepoCloud
6 months ago

Comments and Reviews

Top Positive Comment

Alex Hoyau

★★★★★

Mar 31, 2026

Excellent software, very professional, efficient and minimal I use it for companies to manage large number of apps made of multiple docker images on multiple clusters, with scaling

Top Negative Comment

remram44

★★★★★

Jul 19, 2024

No longer opensource, additional conditions were added. Paid redistribution is not allowed, and EULA is required of all users.

Author is using the usual trick of "opensource is not patented, I decide what it means". Luckily opensource alternatives exist.

Tobse

★★★★★

May 24, 2022

I can host multiple web apps and create a new one in under 5minutes... with HTTPS, basic-auth and stats dashboard. I even integrated it in my GitHub deloyment action as target, which works like a charm.

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Guest

★★★★★

Dec 30, 2021

Very easy to work with

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kendo friendo

★★★★★

Aug 2, 2021

After trying to get wiki.js working for 2 weeks using directadmin's nodejs setup feature, it's just super refreshing to have a service that actually works without fuss. I just bought a cheap vps, installed docker, installed CapRover, and it just worked.

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★★★★★

Sep 11, 2020

Most user-friendly Docker container manager. CapRover configures HTTPS (with Let's Encrypt) and subdomain routing (with nginx) for you, making it simple to publish and maintain websites and apps. Supports Docker Swarm for scaling.

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What is CapRover?

CapRover is an extremely easy to use app/database deployment & web server manager, PaaS, for your NodeJS, Python, PHP, ASP.NET, Ruby, MySQL, MongoDB, Postgres, WordPress (and etc...) applications!

Seriously! Who should care about CapRover?

A [web] developer who does not like spending hours and days setting up a server, build tools, sending code to server, build it, get an SSL certificate, install it, update nginx over and over again. A developer who uses expensive services like Heroku, Microsoft Azure and etc. And is interested in reducing their cost by 4x (Heroku charges 25$/month for their 1gb instance, the same server is 5$ on vultr!!) Someone who prefers to write more of showResults(getUserList()) and not much of $ apt-get install libstdc++6 > /dev/null A developer who likes installing MySQL, MongoDB and etc on their server by selecting from a dropdown and clicking on install! How much server/docker/linux knowledge is required to set up a CapRover server? Answer: Knowledge of Copy & Paste!! Head over to "Getting Started" for information on what to copy & paste ;-)

? CLI for automation and scripting ? Web GUI for ease of access and convenience ? No lock-in! Remove CapRover and your apps keep working! ? Docker Swarm under the hood for containerization and clustering ? Nginx (fully customizable template) under the hood for load-balancing ? Let's Encrypt under the hood for free SSL (HTTPS)