The BEST Tool to Deploy Your Apps (Stop using Vercel)

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Overview

This video is a rave review of Coolify, an open-source tool for deploying applications. The speaker emphasizes its cost-effectiveness (it's free!), ease of use, and powerful features like multi-DNS support and seamless CI/CD integration. He walks viewers through setting up Coolify on a Hetzner Cloud instance and demonstrates how to deploy and manage applications using the platform. He also highlights Coolify's ability to run multiple applications on different DNS from a single server instance, making it a versatile and cost-effective solution for developers.


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Key moments

  1. Introduction

    The speaker introduces the topic of the video: Coolify as an alternative to Vercel for application deployment.

    They highlight Coolify's ease of use and suitability for self-hosting.

  2. Setting up Coolify

    The speaker explains their preference for Hetzner Cloud for hosting and demonstrates creating a new server instance.

    They SSH into the server and guide viewers through installing Coolify using a simple wget command.

    The installation is complete, and the speaker emphasizes the unique feature of Coolify providing a dashboard URL for easy access and management.

  3. Exploring Coolify's Dashboard

    The speaker switches to their production Coolify account to showcase real-world applications deployed using the platform.

    They explain how Coolify allows running multiple applications on a single server instance, each with its own DNS.

    They demonstrate this by opening two applications, resu.ai and as.me, hosted on the same server but accessible via different domains.

  4. Deploying Applications with Coolify

    The speaker delves into how Coolify simplifies application deployment through its integration with GitHub, enabling automatic CI/CD pipelines.

    They use the example of as.me, where every push to the main branch triggers an automatic build and deployment.

    The process of creating a new application is explained, highlighting options for connecting to GitHub, using Docker, and configuring build commands.

  5. Coolify's Services and Databases

    The speaker moves beyond basic application deployment to showcase Coolify's support for additional services and databases.

    They demonstrate how easy it is to integrate services like Plausible Analytics with a single click, providing insights into application usage.

    Similarly, they explain the process of creating and managing databases like MongoDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL directly within Coolify.

  6. Conclusion

    The speaker emphasizes the affordability of Coolify, with the only cost being the server instance itself.

    They encourage viewers to explore Coolify, contribute to its open-source development, and consider sponsoring the creator.

    The video concludes with a call to action for viewers to leave comments, like, subscribe, and stay tuned for more content.

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