Openship

★ 10.6k · APACHE-2.0 · ACTIVE · ALT TO VERCEL

Openship is an open source alternative to Vercel, Railway, and Render. Open source, self-hosted deployment platform with built-in CI/CD. Push code, ship containers, manage infrastructure from a desktop app, web dashboard, or CLI. Apache-2.0 licensed, 10.6k GitHub stars, hosted version available, self-host with Docker, and last released 2026-08-07.

Alternative toAll alternatives to Vercel All alternatives to Railway All alternatives to Render

How to start today

In the product

Openship deployment configuration screen showing framework selector (Next.js highlighted among Nuxt, SvelteKit, Remix, Django, and others), build command fields, and a deploy panel with domain and build location settings. — Official screenshot

Should you switch?

Use it if

Developers and small teams who want a self-hosted Vercel or Railway replacement: push code, get automatic builds, SSL, domains, databases, and backups, all managed from a single desktop app, browser dashboard, or CLI without writing deployment YAML.

Skip it if

The project is 4 months old (created 2026-03-05, v0.1.11 as of 2026-07-18) with active install and self-host bugs still being filed. If you need a battle-tested PaaS today, Coolify or CapRover are more mature options.

Watch out

The CLI installer and self-hosted SSH deploy path have reported breakages as of July 2026. Docker Compose is the most reliable self-host path today. Pre-built Docker images are missing; you must build from source via the compose stack.

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Community proof

Some quotes here endorse the approach rather than report first-hand use, or report a problem. We label those.

"I would like to run the control plane on a VPS and the deployer in my homelab"
kaiinui · github_issue · 2026-07-18Directional, not usage proof

"Deploying a project to a self-hosted server over SSH (desktop app, runtime: sandboxed (Docker container)) always fails immediately after a successful docker build"
khush2003 · github_issue · 2026-07-18Problem report

Maintenance health

CadenceActive

Last releasev0.6.1 · 2026-08-07

Can you do it today?

Get started

1. Use the hosted versionOpenship Cloud is the managed offering; pricing not published as of 2026-07-19.

Open hosted version ↗GitHub