Dokku

aid: dokku
name: Dokku
description: Dokku is an open-source Docker-powered self-hosted Platform-as-a-Service that helps you build and manage the
  lifecycle of applications from initial push to scaling out. Often described as "the smallest PaaS implementation you've
  ever seen" and a self-hosted mini-Heroku, Dokku turns a single Linux host (or a multi-host scheduler such as K3s or Nomad)
  into a git-push deployment target that builds applications from Heroku-compatible buildpacks, Cloud Native Buildpacks, Nixpacks,
  Railpack, Dockerfiles, or pre-built Docker images. Dokku is MIT licensed, written primarily in Bash, and maintained by the
  Dokku organization on GitHub since 2013. It ships an extensive plugin ecosystem covering data stores (Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB,
  Redis, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, ClickHouse, Meilisearch, Typesense), TLS via Let's Encrypt, HTTP basic auth, maintenance
  mode, redirects, schedulers for Docker, K3s and Nomad, multiple HTTP proxies (Nginx, HAProxy, Caddy, Traefik, OpenResty),
  CI integrations, and an official GitHub Action. Dokku's primary interface is the `dokku` CLI invoked over SSH; there is
  no first-party public HTTP REST API in core (the historical `dokku-api` Ruby wrapper is archived and unmaintained).
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Producing
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/dokku.png
kind: opensource
tags:
- Platform-as-a-Service
- Self-Hosted
- Docker
- Containers
- Buildpacks
- Deployment
- DevOps
- Heroku Alternative
- Open-Source
- Git Push Deploy
- Kubernetes
- Nomad
- K3s
- CLI
- Plugins
tags_raw:
- PaaS
- Self-Hosted
- Docker
- Containers
- Buildpacks
- Deployment
- DevOps
- Heroku Alternative
- Open Source
- Git Push Deploy
- Kubernetes
- Nomad
- K3s
- CLI
- Plugins
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dokku/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dokku-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://dokku.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://dokku.com/docs/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://dokku.com/docs/getting-started/installation/
- type: Tutorials
  url: https://dokku.com/tutorials/
- type: Blog
  url: https://dokku.com/blog/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/dokku/dokku
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/dokku/
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://github.com/dokku/dokku/releases
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/dokku/dokku/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: Sponsorship
  url: https://github.com/sponsors/dokku
- type: Pro
  url: https://pro.dokku.com/
- type: GitHubAction
  url: https://github.com/dokku/github-action
- type: AnsibleModules
  url: https://github.com/dokku/ansible-dokku
- type: GitLabCI
  url: https://github.com/dokku/gitlab-ci
- type: HomebrewTap
  url: https://github.com/dokku/homebrew-repo
- type: AzureQuickstart
  url: https://github.com/dokku/azure-quickstart-templates
- type: Discord
  url: https://discord.gg/YQjANGMZ
- type: Slack
  url: https://slack.dokku.com/
- type: Forums
  url: https://github.com/dokku/dokku/discussions
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/dokku
integrations:
- name: Docker
- name: Heroku Buildpacks
- name: Cloud Native Buildpacks
- name: Nixpacks
- name: Railpack
- name: Dockerfile
- name: Lambda (lambda-builder)
- name: K3s
- name: Nomad
- name: Nginx
- name: HAProxy
- name: Caddy
- name: Traefik
- name: OpenResty
- name: Let's Encrypt
- name: PostgreSQL (dokku-postgres)
- name: MySQL (dokku-mysql)
- name: MariaDB (dokku-mariadb)
- name: Redis (dokku-redis)
- name: MongoDB (dokku-mongo)
- name: Memcached (dokku-memcached)
- name: RabbitMQ (dokku-rabbitmq)
- name: Elasticsearch (dokku-elasticsearch)
- name: CouchDB (dokku-couchdb)
- name: RethinkDB (dokku-rethinkdb)
- name: ClickHouse (dokku-clickhouse)
- name: Meilisearch (dokku-meilisearch)
- name: Typesense (dokku-typesense)
- name: Solr (dokku-solr)
- name: NATS (dokku-nats)
- name: Pushpin (dokku-pushpin)
- name: Graphite/Grafana/StatsD (dokku-graphite)
- name: GitHub Actions
- name: GitLab CI
- name: CircleCI (dokku-orb)
- name: Ansible
- name: DigitalOcean
- name: AWS
- name: Azure
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com