Cloudron
Open-core software allowing you to effortlessly self-host web apps on your server.
Developed outside the platforms our data source measures, so there is no activity history to score. This says nothing about the project — many unrated projects are actively maintained.
Activity data
Not available for this project. Our source collects commit history from GitHub only, and Cloudron is developed elsewhere.
| Stars | not measured |
|---|---|
| Latest release | — |
| Repo updated | — |
| Licence | ⊘ Proprietary |
| Built with | Nodejs, Docker |
Is Cloudron actively maintained?
We cannot measure this one. Cloudron is developed outside the platforms our data source collects activity from, and its repository lives at git.cloudron.io — so there is no commit history or release cadence here to score.
Read that as missing data, not as a warning. Several of the best-maintained projects in this catalogue are unrated for exactly this reason. To judge it, open the repository and look at the date of the most recent commit yourself.
What Cloudron actually does
Cloudron is an open-core server management platform designed to simplify the installation and administration of web applications on your own infrastructure. It automates the deployment process for various self-hosted services using containerisation and Node.js. The project operates under a proprietary licence model with restricted source access for certain components.
Best fit: This platform is suitable if you want to run multiple independent web services on a single server without manually configuring individual Docker containers or reverse proxies.
Worth knowing: The software is proprietary, meaning you depend entirely on the vendor for core updates, and the exact scope of free versus paid features requires careful review before adoption.
Deployment notes
Because the platform relies on Docker and Node.js, you will typically need a dedicated Linux server with persistent storage volumes configured for application data and root-level access to handle network ports and TLS termination.
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