Cloudron
Shares rank 5 of 6 self-hosting platforms by recommenders
People recommend it for running apps on a VPS with backups, DNS, SSL and updates handled for them. No critics or recurring caveats appear in the quotes.
People recommend it for running apps on a VPS with backups, DNS, SSL and updates handled for them. No critics or recurring caveats appear in the quotes.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Saves time and effort
“a very fun and stable platform to manage apps on VPS without the pains”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)” “They save me so much time and effort. Especially Cloudron!”
Comment from 16 Dec 2025 in “Umbrel – Personal Cloud” Automates backups, DNS, SSL and updates
“Handles the entire stack (backups , monitoring , dns , ssl , updates )”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “2026 is the Year of Self-hosting” “Cloudron automates day 2+.”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Umbrel – Personal Cloud” Stable, rock-solid platform
“a very fun and stable platform to manage apps on VPS without the pains”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)” “Really amazing product and pretty rock solid”
Comment from 6 Sep 2026 in “Cloud in a Bottle: making self-hosting accessible to everyone” Established leader with real community
“cloudron has that elbow grease that only comes from years of running a project with an actual community of real users”
Comment from 7 Sep 2026 in “Cloud in a Bottle: making self-hosting accessible to everyone” “Probably the biggest player in this space”
Comment from 6 Sep 2026 in “Cloud in a Bottle: making self-hosting accessible to everyone”
Other self-hosting platforms people recommend
The four most recommended other self-hosting platforms, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umbrel | 20 | 14 | 59% | 6 | — | — |
| Zo Computer | 15 | 7 | 68% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Cloud in a Bottle | 14 | 10 | 58% | 1 | — | — |
| Sandstorm | 10 | 4 | 71% | 5 | — | Approved |
| CloudronThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“(even the cloudron pass if all runs on)”
“cloudron has that elbow grease that only comes from years of running a project with an actual community of real users”
“Really amazing product and pretty rock solid”
“Probably the biggest player in this space”
“Handles the entire stack (backups , monitoring , dns , ssl , updates )”
“Cloudron automates day 2+.”
“They save me so much time and effort. Especially Cloudron!”
“gives me the best of both worlds”
“a very fun and stable platform to manage apps on VPS without the pains”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.