Self-hosting that doesn’t feel like self-hosting.
Disco is the self-hosted Open Source Heroku alternative:
git push
deploys, zero-downtime releases, automatic SSL, on your own servers at hardware cost.
Works on Hetzner, DigitalOcean, AWS, GCP, bare metal.
Real Disco deployment dashboard.
Render and Heroku charge you for success. Disco doesn’t.
Keep the PaaS experience (deployments, SSL, logs, scaling) but run it on infrastructure you own. No vendor markup. No lock-in.
Who is Disco for?
Teams self-hosting or outgrowing managed PaaS platforms who need predictable costs and control.
What does Disco save you?
Managed PaaS markups spike with every extra service and environment. Disco replaces that markup with plain hardware cost.
If you’re already paying ≥$1k/mo, odds are you can cut 70–95%.
Quick cost check (no email)
Conservative estimate using commodity VPS pricing. Real numbers depend on redundancy, region, and workload.
How Disco works
Heroku-style DX on infrastructure you own. Control plane stays separate, so your production traffic never touches Disco servers.
One command on a fresh server. Disco sets up Docker Swarm, Caddy SSL, and the Disco daemon.
Install the GitHub app, configure environment variables, and Disco receives webhooks to trigger deployments.
git push deploys
Blue/green zero-downtime releases. Roll back instantly. Add nodes when needed.
---
config:
layout: elk
theme: base
---
flowchart TB
subgraph ExternalWorld["External World"]
GitHub["Source Control"]
DashboardCLI["Web UI + CLI"]
User["User / Internet"]
end
subgraph YourServer["Your Server"]
Caddy["Proxy + SSL"]
Daemon["Disco Runtime"]
App1["Service A (Container)"]
App2["Service B (Container)"]
end
GitHub --> Caddy
DashboardCLI --> Caddy
User --> Caddy
Caddy --> Daemon & App1 & App2
Daemon -.- App1 & App2
Your application traffic and data stay on your infrastructure. Disco never sits in your request path.
Get your own PaaS in 5 minutes
SSH into a fresh Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server and run:
Case Study: Idealist.org
“How Idealist Replaced a $3,000/mo Heroku Bill with a $55/mo Server”Read the migration story →
Loved by Developers
"I moved all my micro sites off Heroku on to Disco and I'm paying 10X less than what I was before. Highly recommended."
"I think Disco has the opportunity to bring a lot of magic back to the web for a lot of people."
"It's unbelievable. It’s such a joy to use, I look forward to all my pushes just to see them show up so quickly."
