Dokku Docker Powered Mini Heroku Self Hosted Paas

---
name: "Dokku Docker-Powered Mini-Heroku Self-Hosted PaaS"
slug: "dokku-docker-paas"
description: "Dokku is a self-hosted Platform-as-a-Service built on Docker that provides Heroku-like git-push deployment on your own infrastructure. With 32,000+ GitHub stars, it supports buildpacks, Dockerfiles, custom domains, SSL via Let's Encrypt, and a rich plugin ecosystem for databases, caching, and storage."
github_stars: 31865
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/dokku/dokku"
author: "Dokku"
category: "Developer Tools"
framework: "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "dokku/dokku"
  github_stars: 31865
---

# Dokku Docker-Powered Mini-Heroku Self-Hosted PaaS

Dokku is a self-hosted Platform-as-a-Service built on Docker that provides Heroku-like git-push deployment on your own infrastructure. With 32,000+ GitHub stars, it supports buildpacks, Dockerfiles, custom domains, SSL via Let's Encrypt, and a rich plugin ecosystem for databases, caching, and storage.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- Docker powered mini-Heroku. The smallest PaaS implementation you've ever seen.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- A fresh VM running any of the following operating systems:
- Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04 (amd64/arm64) - Any currently supported release
- Debian 11+ (amd64/arm64)

- Source: https://github.com/dokku/dokku
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dokku/dokku/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/dokku-docker-paas/)