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Alternatives to Cloud in a Bottle

50 Developer Tools apps to use instead, best rated first.

Top picks

  1. GitHub

    Launch

    Host and review code, manage projects, and build software with millions of developers.

  2. N

    NocoDB

    Launch

    Convert any database into a no-code platform with spreadsheet interface. Connect PostgreSQL/MySQL or use hosted database. Scale to millions of rows effortlessly.

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    Insomnia

    Launch

    Intuitive API client for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC. Debug, test, and collaborate on APIs with ease across platforms.

  4. J

    Joplin

    Launch

    Cross-platform note-taking app with end-to-end encryption, Markdown support, web clipping, and sync via Dropbox, OneDrive, or Joplin Cloud.

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    Payload CMS

    Launch

    Payload CMS is a self-hosted, code-first content management system that gives developers full control over their data structure and admin UI. It combines a powerful API, flexible authentication, file uploads, and localization out of the box

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    Pocketbase

    Launch

    A lightweight, self-hosted backend solution with real-time database, authentication, and file storage capabilities.

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Vercel

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Replit

Build software, collaboratively

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CodePen

Front-end playground

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appsmith

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Bruno

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Convex

All gas, no breakages

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Coolify

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Directus

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Dokku

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Dokploy

Open-source alternative to Heroku, Vercel, and Netlify

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drawDB

Online Database Schema Design & ER Diagram Tool

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Gitea

A lightweight, fast, and customizable Git service

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Grafana Cloud

AI-Powered Full-Stack Observability

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Harness

Streamline code delivery with an open-source CI/CD platform featuring Git

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Hoppscotch

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Keycloak

Comprehensive open source identity management solution offering single sign-on

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Meilisearch

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Minio

S3 compatible object storage

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Neon

Postgres backends for apps and agents

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Nuclei

Vulnerability scanner based on simple YAML based DSL

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Outline

Wiki and knowledge base

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PrefectCloud

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Prometheus

Pull-based monitoring system with a multi-dimensional data model

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Sentry

Error tracking and performance monitoring

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Spacedrive

Your data. Your devices. Your AI employees

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Supabase

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ToolJet

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Trigger.dev

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Uptime Kuma

Monitors websites, APIs, and services

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Wide

Run Go with full intellisense code-completion, expression-info

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ZITADEL Cloud

Identity Infrastructure, Simplified

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AdGuard Home

User-friendly ads & trackers blocking DNS server. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker

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Caddy

Powerful, enterprise-ready, open source web server with automatic HTTPS

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Eclipse IDE

Create and refine code with an intuitive interface, track changes, debug

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Kanboard

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Traefik

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Wiki.js

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Jenkins

Automate testing, deploy apps, monitor performance, and streamline workflow

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Paperless-ngx

Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents with an improved interface

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PrivateBin

Minimalist pastebin/discussion board where the server has zero knowledge of

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Teleport

Certificate authority and access plane for SSH, Kubernetes, web applications

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MindsDB

AI layer for existing databases

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Graylog

Easily monitor, analyze, troubleshoot log data

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About Cloud in a Bottle

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Cloud in a Bottle

Deploy, use, and share web apps on a server you control

Cloud in a Bottle is an open source way to run apps on a server you control: your own hardware, a rented VPS, or an instance managed for you.

Price
Free
Made by
cloud-in-a-bottle
Category
Developer Tools
Website
cloudinabottle.org