What is CapRover?
CapRover is a scalable, free, and self-hosted Platform as a Service (PaaS) that makes app and database deployment extremely easy. Deploy NodeJS, Python, PHP, ASP.NET, Ruby, MySQL, MongoDB, Postgres, WordPress and more to your own servers. CapRover uses Docker, nginx, Let's Encrypt, and NetData under the hood behind a simple-to-use interface. Go from localhost to production in seconds. Developers interested in reducing costs from expensive services like Heroku can save up to 8x – Heroku charges $50/month for 1GB while the same server is $6 on DigitalOcean with CapRover!
Key Features
- ✓Any programming language support
- ✓One-click app deployment
- ✓Automatic Let's Encrypt SSL
- ✓Docker Swarm clustering
- ✓Nginx load balancing
- ✓CLI and Web GUI
- ✓No vendor lock-in
- ✓Fully customizable nginx config
- ✓Persistent storage management
- ✓Git push deployments
- ✓Webhook integrations
- ✓Instance scaling
🔒 Privacy & Data Protection
CapRover is 100% self-hosted – there's no vendor lock-in and your data stays on your servers. Deploy on European cloud providers (Hetzner, OVHcloud) for EU data residency. Even if you remove CapRover, your apps keep working. The open-source codebase is fully auditable. For organizations wanting Heroku-like convenience without sending code and data to US platforms, CapRover provides complete control.
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💰 Pricing
CapRover is completely free and open-source. The only cost is your server infrastructure (starting around €3-6/month on European providers). No per-app fees, no usage limits.
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