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Dokku vs Glitch: What are the differences?

Developers describe Dokku as "Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 100 lines of Bash". Docker powered mini-Heroku. The smallest PaaS implementation you've ever seen. On the other hand, Glitch is detailed as "The easiest way to build apps and bots". Combining automated deployment, instant hosting and collaborative editing, Gomix gets you straight to coding. The apps you create are instantly live, hosted by us, and always up to date with your latest changes. Build products, prototype ideas, and hack solutions to problems.

Dokku and Glitch can be categorized as "Platform as a Service" tools.

Dokku is an open source tool with 17.7K GitHub stars and 1.44K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Dokku's open source repository on GitHub.

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Pros of Dokku
Pros of Glitch
  • 23
    Simple
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    Open Source
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    Built on Docker
  • 11
    Free
  • 4
    Yay, it works like a charm
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    Git deploy
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    HTTP proxy from public hostname to container IP address
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    Zero downtime deploys
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    Bang! App built
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    Instant APPification ;)
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    Auto commits
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    No no. limitation on free projects
  • 3
    Easy to use
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    Tons of usable code
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    Awesome support
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    Very fast API creation. Especially for small apps
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    Github Integration

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Cons of Dokku
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    • 5
      UI could be better / cleaner
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      Limited Support/Diffficult to use Non-JS Languages
    • 1
      Automatically suspends proxies
    • 1
      Not good for big projects
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      Cannot delete project, only the source code is

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    What is Dokku?

    It is an extensible, open source Platform as a Service that runs on a single server of your choice. It helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications from building to scaling.

    What is Glitch?

    Combining automated deployment, instant hosting and collaborative editing, Gomix gets you straight to coding. The apps you create are instantly live, hosted by us, and always up to date with your latest changes. Build products, prototype ideas, and hack solutions to problems.

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