Self-hosted PaaS · 2026
Nixploy
Open-source, self-hostable PaaS that turns any Docker host into a full deployment platform. Git deploys, Traefik TLS, databases with backups, live monitoring, 86 one-click templates, CLI, and MCP — without the per-app cloud bill.
- Role
- Solo — design, build, docs, release
- Timeline
- 2026
- Stack
- TypeScript, Docker Swarm, Traefik, Nixpacks, PostgreSQL, Next.js
The problem
Managed PaaS pricing scales per app, so a handful of small services costs more than the server they run on. Self-hosting is cheaper but means wiring up routing, TLS renewal, database backups, and monitoring by hand for every project — and re-doing it on every new host.
How I built it
- Git-based deploys: push a branch, Nixpacks detects the stack and builds it — no Dockerfile required.
- Traefik in front of everything for routing and automatic TLS certificates.
- Managed databases with scheduled backups, so state is not the thing that breaks.
- Docker Swarm underneath for scheduling and rollouts across one host or many.
- 86 one-click templates to cover the common self-hosted services without hand-written compose files.
- A CLI and an MCP server so the platform is drivable from a terminal or an AI agent, not just the dashboard.
Where it landed
Any Docker host becomes a full deployment platform — open source and self-hostable, with no per-app cloud bill.