cipi-sh/cipi

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Cipi is an open-source CLI that turns a fresh Ubuntu VPS into a multi-app PHP/Laravel hosting platform with Nginx, PHP-FPM or Octane (FrankenPHP), MariaDB/PostgreSQL, SSL, queue workers, and zero-downtime deploys. It is CLI-first with optional REST API, MCP server, Go CLI client, web control panel, and WHMCS integration.

Use cases

• deploy a laravel app to a vps with one command
• set up a production lemp stack on ubuntu automatically
• host multiple isolated php apps on a single server
• get free ssl certificates and zero-downtime deployments for laravel
• manage laravel queue workers and cron from the cli
• back up app databases to s3-compatible storage
• run laravel octane on frankenphp on my own server
• set up a hosting panel for client sites without a web gui

When to choose

• you deploy Laravel or PHP apps to your own Ubuntu VPS and want a no-panel, CLI-driven setup
• you need multi-app isolation with per-app users, databases, and PHP versions on one server
• you want zero-downtime deploys, SSL, workers, and backups without hand-writing Nginx configs
• you are an agency hosting many client apps and want WHMCS or API-based automation

When to avoid

• you need a full graphical hosting panel like Plesk or cPanel (though an optional GUI exists)
• your target is not Ubuntu 24.04/26.04 or you use non-PHP stacks like Node or Python backends
• you run on managed platforms (Heroku, Vercel, Laravel Forge/PaaS) where server setup is handled for you
• you need containerized or Kubernetes-based deployments rather than bare-metal VPS provisioning

Facets

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deployment cli configuration-management security backup webhook scheduling web-development backend self-hosted cloud-computing cli self-hosted laravel lemp-stack nginx php-fpm vps zero-downtime-deploy lets-encrypt mariadb supervisor deployer octane frankenphp hosting-control-panel whmcs mcp-server devops automation linux ubuntu

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