# dokku-alt/dokku-alt

Dokku on steroids (this project is no longer actively maintained)

Repository: https://github.com/dokku-alt/dokku-alt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dokku-alt
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2016-09-14T19:28:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4450, "days_push": 3640, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1154, forks 90 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:47.719970+00:00)

## What it is
Dokku Alternative is a Docker-powered mini-Heroku PaaS, forked from Dokku, that bundles stable plugins for databases, TLS, zero-downtime deploys, and access control. The project is no longer actively maintained and users are advised to migrate to upstream Dokku.

## Use cases
- self-host a mini-heroku style paas on a single vm
- deploy apps via git push to my own server
- run a small paas with built-in postgres and redis plugins
- get zero-downtime deploys on a cheap vps
- host docker apps with ssl and domains without kubernetes

## When to choose
- you are studying paas internals or maintaining a legacy dokku-alt deployment
- you need a historical fork of dokku with bundled plugins for reference

## When to avoid
- starting any new project - use upstream dokku instead
- you need security updates or active community support
- you are not on Ubuntu 14.04-era systems

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: abandoned
- function: deployment, container-runtime, self-hosted, cli, web-framework
- domain: cloud-computing, self-hosted, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: cli, self-hosted
- tags: paas, heroku-alternative, git-deploy, dokku-fork, mini-heroku, unmaintained, devops, containers, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- dokku-alt/dokku-alt (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:47.719970+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:33:22.272489+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dokku-alt/dokku-alt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:47.719970+00:00, sha b823d8ee98d0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.