# Dokku

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/dokku
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/dokku.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/dokku/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://dokku.com
- **Slug:** dokku
- **Categories:** developer-tools

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Own your PaaS with no vendor lock-in, using familiar tools like Docker and Git, offering a Heroku-like experience on personal or inexpensive cloud providers, with extensibility via plugins.
Source: Brand's website (https://dokku.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Dokku is an open-source platform-as-a-service (PaaS) that allows developers to deploy Heroku-compatible applications to their own servers using Docker and Git, enabling a single-host version of Heroku with no vendor lock-in.
Source: Brand's website (https://dokku.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Dokku
  - a self-hosted PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) solution for deploying web applications.
Source: Brand's website (https://dokku.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Open-source; users pay for their own hosting infrastructure. Community-supported via donations.
Source: Brand's website (https://dokku.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Developers, small teams, startups, or individuals looking for an alternative to commercial PaaS offerings like Heroku, who want to deploy applications on their own infrastructure and avoid vendor lock-in.
Source: Brand's website (https://dokku.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - Heroku
Source: Brand's website (https://dokku.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.