Self-Hoster
Host web projects, apps, websites, and services on a cloud provider you like—or even on an old laptop. Deploy from local folders or Git in seconds, and save up to 10× (or more) money while maintaining complete control.
Tested Cloud Providers
PaaS on top of your own servers
Don’t wait until your cloud bills skyrocket with PaaS services like Heroku or Vercel. With Self-Hoster, deploy anything to your cloud provider in the most cost-effective way.
No DevOps knowledge
No infrastructure management required. Just deploy your apps.
Free for non-commercial
Free without limits. Purchase life-time license when you get paying users.
Flexible Deployment
Deploy directly from a local folder or from GitHub / Bitbucket.
Built-in Security
WAF with attack detection rules and multiple layers of rate limiting.
- Global VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) or VPN between different data centers, local machines, and on-premise servers
- Deploy static websites, Node.js, Golang, and virtually any runtime environment
- Load balancer and proxy server
- CI/CD (Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment)
- HTTPS-enabled and WSS-enabled custom domains
- Works with virtually any VPS, cloud, dedicated server, or Single Board Computer running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Unlimited environments for each project
- Custom domains for each environment
- GitOps or push-to-deploy
- SSH access to servers
- Resource usage monitoring
- Requires only around 50 MB of RAM
Deploy with one command
No registration, no credit card, and no GitHub/Bitbucket permissions required.
What You Need
- A server (Hetzner, DigitalOcean, etc.) with a public IP, SSH access, and Ubuntu 22.04
- Dockerfile in the root folder of your project
- (Optional) Domain name
curl https://selfhoster.app/deploy | bash -s -- -i server_ip -p port
curl https://selfhoster.app/deploy | bash -s -- -i server_ip -p port -d domain.com
curl https://selfhoster.app/quick-start | bash -s -- -i server_ip
More than just a PaaS
What Self-Hoster includes out of the box to keep your infrastructure secure and fast.
Multi-cloud Platform
Enjoy PaaS-style deployment across any provider. All data transferred between servers is end-to-end encrypted by Self-Hoster VPN (or VPC).
Web Application Firewall
Comes with default firewall rules to protect your projects. Add custom rules at no extra cost, unlike other WAF services.
Rate Limiting
Provides rate limiting on multiple layers—at the low level using iptables and at the application level for more granular control.
Localhost Tunnels
Create tunnels without limits or restrictions on custom domains. Tailor them fully to your needs.
Simple, transparent pricing
Start for free, scale when you need to.
Community Edition
For CLI and API users who don't need a UI.
- Free forever
- Unlimited services
- Unlimited servers
- No UI dashboard
- Server costs from your cloud provider
Starter
Perfect for small personal projects.
- UI Dashboard access
- Up to 2 services
- 1 server
- 1 database
- Server costs from your cloud provider
Pro
For growing projects that need more scale.
- UI Dashboard access
- Unlimited services
- Unlimited servers
- Unlimited databases
- Server costs from your cloud provider
Self-Hoster Handbook
We don’t just develop a platform—we also wrote a helpful handbook with everything you need to know about deploying and securing your projects. It's free and we don't ask for your e-mail to get the book.
What will you learn?
- Where to find the best-priced servers and how to start your first server.
- How to deploy a project on virtually any cloud or bare-metal server, including old laptops and single-board computers.
- How to deploy multiple apps/services on one server. Yes, you can host as many projects as your server's resources allow.
- How to deploy projects directly from your local machine, even without using Git.
- How to scale server resources up or down based on demand.
- How to protect your projects from cyber attacks.
- How to connect a custom domain with automated TLS certificates – set it up once and never worry about renewals.
- How to deploy on multiple servers and balance traffic between them.
- How to set up CI/CD and deploy from GitHub, Bitbucket, or GitLab.
- How to perform zero-downtime deployments.