# kubero-dev/kubero

A free and self-hosted PaaS alternative to Heroku / Netlify / Coolify / Vercel / Dokku / Portainer running on Kubernetes

Repository: https://github.com/kubero-dev/kubero
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kubero
Homepage: https://demo.kubero.dev
Language: TypeScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: kubernetes, hosting, ci-cd, operator, developer-tools, heroku, infrastructure, productivity, gitops, internal-developer-platform, self-hosted, paas, cloud, hacktoberfest, nodejs, netlify, vercel, coolify, dokku
Last push: 2026-08-11T00:38:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 48, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1569, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": 350, "gap_med": 26.5, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4396, forks 213 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:48.218817+00:00)

## What it is
Kubero is a free, self-hosted Platform as a Service (PaaS) that lets developers deploy applications to Kubernetes without needing specialized Kubernetes knowledge. It supports deploying from source code or existing containers, with built-in CI/CD pipelines, addons, metrics, and vulnerability scanning.

## Use cases
- self-host a Heroku alternative on my own Kubernetes cluster
- deploy apps to Kubernetes without learning kubectl
- replace Vercel or Netlify with a self-hosted platform
- set up CI/CD pipelines for containerized apps
- give developers an internal platform for deploying services
- deploy apps from git source code to Kubernetes

## When to choose
- you want Heroku-style git-push deployments on your own infrastructure
- your team uses Kubernetes but lacks platform engineering expertise
- you need a free, open-source alternative to Coolify, Dokku, or Vercel
- you want built-in pipelines, addons, and app metrics in one UI

## When to avoid
- you don't run Kubernetes and want a simpler single-server PaaS
- you need a fully managed hosting provider with SLAs
- your workloads require advanced Kubernetes features Kubero doesn't expose

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: deployment, ci-cd, container-orchestration, developer-tools, self-hosted, web-framework
- domain: cloud-computing, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted, cloud
- tags: paas, heroku-alternative, gitops, internal-developer-platform, kubernetes-operator, platform-as-a-service, devops, containers, kubernetes, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- kubero-dev/kubero (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:48.218817+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 2026-08-29T18:21:10.646750+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kubero-dev/kubero (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:48.218817+00:00, sha 822463da12fc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.