Cloud hosting tools cover different needs, from deploying applications on personal servers to running a specialized platform or control panel. This September 2026 snapshot uses the supplied ToolVitals records, including each tool’s score, health, shipping, description, openness, and license information, to help readers compare those options.
The ranking includes open/source-visible tools and orders them by ToolVitals score descending, then health and shipping for tied scores. GitHub stars provide context only and do not determine the ordering.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coolify | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 98 | 98 | 61430 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Frappe Cloud | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 97 | 98 | 563 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | Temps | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 98 | 712 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Backend.AI | OSI-approved OSS | LGPL-3.0 | 97 | 97 | 671 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | Olares | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 97 | 97 | 5248 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | Hestia Control Panel | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 97 | 96 | 4491 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | Spinifex | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 96 | 97 | 154 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | Payara | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-2.0 | 96 | 95 | 922 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | ServerKit | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 97 | 1177 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | Dokku | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 96 | 32122 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | Reviactyl | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 96 | 155 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 12 | Otomi | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 95 | 2260 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 13 | Namespace | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 93 | 166 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 14 | QuickStack | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 93 | 94 | 354 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 15 | YunoHost | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 94 | 91 | 2976 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 16 | CapRover | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 93 | 94 | 15155 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 17 | Game Server | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 92 | 95 | 36 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 18 | Qovery | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 93 | 90 | 2461 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 19 | GoDoxy | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 91 | 94 | 4142 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 20 | dockpanel | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 90 | 94 | 954 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 21 | Ubicloud | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 93 | 88 | 12256 | 91 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 22 | OpenRun | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 90 | 94 | 967 | 91 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 23 | Convox | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 88 | 91 | 177 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 24 | Uncloud | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 90 | 86 | 5480 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 25 | SellYourSaas | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 90 | 85 | 293 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 26 | Canine | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 89 | 85 | 2919 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 27 | Websoft9 | OSI-approved OSS | LGPL-3.0 | 86 | 90 | 2125 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 28 | Runtipi | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 85 | 77 | 9653 | 82 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 29 | Cipi | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 80 | 80 | 1136 | 80 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 30 | Juno | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 64 | 51 | 422 | 59 | 🟡 Fair |
| 31 | Erda | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 63 | 44 | 2751 | 55 | 🟡 Fair |
| 32 | dyrector.io | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 61 | 42 | 1845 | 53 | 🟡 Fair |
| 33 | OpenResty Manager | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 56 | 41 | 1449 | 50 | 🟡 Fair |
| 34 | PinMe | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 56 | 38 | 3738 | 49 | 🟡 Fair |
| 35 | Kubero | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 51 | 20 | 4402 | 39 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 36 | KubeNova | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 43 | 33 | 87 | 39 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 37 | Froxlor | OSI-approved OSS | LGPL-2.1 | 49 | 21 | 1749 | 38 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 38 | KubeSphere | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 39 | 16 | 17036 | 30 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 39 | OpenFaaS | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 36 | 21 | 26231 | 30 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 40 | Nixopus | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 18 | 5 | 1459 | 13 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 41 | Usulnet | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 18 | 5 | 128 | 13 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 42 | Gitflare | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 20 | 0 | 228 | 12 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 43 | Mist | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 18 | 0 | 65 | 11 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 44 | Cloudness | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 16 | 2 | 95 | 10 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 45 | FastCP | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 14 | 4 | 58 | 10 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 46 | PteroCA Panel | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 13 | 3 | 105 | 9 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 47 | Sidekick | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 7 | 0 | 7592 | 4 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 48 | Genezio | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 5 | 0 | 486 | 3 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 49 | Locker | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 2 | 0 | 77 | 1 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 50 | Navarcos | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
Coolify ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 98, alongside health and shipping scores of 98. It is positioned as a self-hostable PaaS alternative for deploying static sites, databases, full-stack applications, and more than 280 one-click services on your own servers. ToolVitals lists its openness as OSI-approved OSS and its license as Apache-2.0.
Frappe Cloud ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 98, a health score of 97, and a shipping score of 98. Its focus is full service cloud hosting for the Frappe stack, and the supplied description says it powers Frappe Cloud. ToolVitals lists its openness as OSI-approved OSS and its license as AGPL-3.0.
Temps ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 97, a health score of 97, and a shipping score of 98. Its supplied positioning is concise: “Self host your own Vercel.” ToolVitals lists its openness as OSI-approved OSS and its license as Apache-2.0.
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