Coolify is an open-source, self-hosted platform that deploys web apps, databases, and services on your own server without the monthly bills of Heroku, Vercel, or Railway, and this guide walks through installing it on a fresh Linux server, connecting a domain, and deploying your first app with git push.
Most developers pay 20 to 200 dollars a month for a platform that runs on a server they will never see, configured by a team they will never meet, on pricing that keeps going up every quarter.