Piku
Piku is a micro-PaaS (Platform as a Service) inspired by Dokku, designed to simplify application deployments to personal servers, even those with limited resources lik…
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Our verdict
Who it's for
Deploy applications to your own servers with a Heroku-like git push workflow.
Who should look elsewhere
Requires Python 3.8+ (with future updates planned)
Pros
- +Simplifies application deployment with a familiar git workflow
- +Low resource footprint, suitable for small servers like Raspberry Pi
- +Automates complex server configurations like SSL and virtual hosts
- +Supports a wide range of programming languages and runtimes
- +Provides isolated environments for application dependencies
Cons
- −Requires Python 3.8+ (with future updates planned)
- −Primarily command-line driven, may not suit users preferring a GUI
- −Feature set is considered stable, meaning less frequent new feature additions
Key features
- ✓Git push deployments to personal servers
- ✓Automatic runtime detection and dependency installation
- ✓Procfile-based worker process management
- ✓Remote application settings configuration (config:set)
- ✓Remote worker process scaling (ps:scale)
- ✓Virtual host support for multiple apps on one server
- ✓Automatic SSL certificate provisioning via Let's Encrypt
- ✓Static site deployment (gh-pages style)
Pricing
No public pricing plans recorded.