# CapRover

7 Hacker News commenters recommended CapRover and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Open-source self-hosted PaaS for running your own apps in Docker on your own server, and users who run it say it is great.

## Why people recommend it

- Self-hosted PaaS for Docker (3 comments): "run open-source PaaS like Coolify, Dokploy, Caprover, etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46967757)) "vs Coolify/CapRover-style container hosts" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49583429)) "CapRover for self hosted PaaS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47626163))
- Praised by its users (2 comments): "I self host in my CapRover-managed Docker Swarm cluster. It's great!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48435355)) "I was heavily impressed with CapRover 5 years ago" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47448377))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Coolify](https://hackerapproved.com/p/coolify.md): 38 recommend
- [Dokploy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dokploy.md): 19 recommend
- [Stackdome](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stackdome.md): 8 recommend
- [Disco](https://hackerapproved.com/p/disco.md): 7 recommend
- [Tofu](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tofu.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "CapRover", https://hackerapproved.com/p/caprover/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).