Coolify vs Gogs
Is it time to switch? We break down the differences so you can stop bleeding money.
Choose Coolify.
If you want to own your data, save money, and avoid vendor lock-in, Coolify is more popular among developers.
What Actually Matters
No fluff — just the differences that affect your decision
Both open source, different licenses: Coolify uses Apache-2.0, Gogs uses MIT. Check the fine print if you're building commercial.
Both can run on your own metal with Docker. Full data ownership, no cloud dependency. We have deploy guides for each.
Coolify leads at 63.0k stars vs 47.9k, but both have solid communities. You won't be alone with either choice.
Coolify is built in PHP, Gogs in Go. Matters if you want to contribute, extend, or debug internals.
Try both — most offer free tiers. The right pick depends on your stack size, team, and tolerance for DevOps.
Coolify
An open-source, self-hostable PaaS alternative to Vercel, Heroku & Netlify that lets you easily deploy static sites, databases, full-stack applications and 280+ one-click services on your own servers.
Why Choose Coolify
- ✓Polished, beautiful dashboard that rivals Vercel and Netlify
- ✓Deploy anything — Docker, static sites, databases, services
- ✓Automatic SSL, backups, and monitoring included
Drawbacks
- ×One-man project (mostly)
Gogs
A painless self-hosted Git service written in Go. It aims to be the easiest, fastest, and most painless way of setting up a self-hosted Git service.
Why Choose Gogs
- ✓Extremely lightweight and fast
- ✓Easy installation on any platform
- ✓Familiar UI (GitHub-like)
Drawbacks
- ×Fewer features than Gitea (its fork)
- ×Smaller community of contributors
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