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10 self-hosted Laravel Forge alternatives

SaaS server provisioning and deployment service for PHP/Laravel applications. Provisions and configures cloud servers (DigitalOcean, AWS, Linode), installs web stacks, handles deployments, SSL, queues, scheduled jobs and process management.

Alternatives to Laravel Forge

Runtipi is a homeserver orchestrator with a web interface and app store for one-click installation and management of self-hosted services using Docker.

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9.6k stars357 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

DietPi is an ultra-lightweight Debian-based OS for SBCs and small servers, featuring menu-driven system configuration and an optimized one-command software installer.

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6.2k stars558 forksGPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Cosmos Cloud is a security-focused self-hosting platform that provides an app store, reverse proxy with automatic HTTPS, SSO/MFA, container management, backups, and monitoring.

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6.1k stars237 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Open-source, self-hosted tool to provision servers and deploy PHP apps with database, SSL, firewall, cron, services, monitoring, workflows, plugins, and API.

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3.2k stars410 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Open source Linux server OS with a web UI and marketplace for installing, configuring, monitoring, and backing up self-hosted services.

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2k stars189 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

CloudPanel is a lightweight server control panel for managing PHP, Node.js, Python, static sites, and reverse proxies with SSL/TLS and performance-focused defaults.

1.9k stars138 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Manage Caddy 2 servers from a modern web dashboard with Caddyfile editing, authentication, audit logs, API keys, and SQLite or MongoDB storage.

1.1k stars45 forkslast commit Slowing down

A collection of Ansible roles and CLI utilities to install, configure and maintain self-hosted network services (Nextcloud, Matrix, Jitsi, PostgreSQL, WireGuard) on Debian-based hosts.

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405 stars32 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Dropserver is a Go-based platform for running small, sandboxed web applications (Deno app sandboxes) for personal or small-group use with per-app storage and user management.

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88 stars2 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

HomelabOS is an Ansible and Docker-based app platform to deploy, update, back up, and run 100+ self-hosted services with a simple “app store” experience.

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What replacing Laravel Forge actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 8 of 10 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: GPL-3.0, GPL-2.0, AGPL-3.0, MIT, Apache-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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