Better-PaaS is an agent-first, self-hosted platform as a service (PaaS) for deploying applications from Git to infrastructure you control.

It provides a web dashboard, command-line client and MCP integration, allowing applications and services to be managed without handing out administrator credentials.

This is free and open source software.

• Deploy applications directly from Git repositories.
• Nixpacks-based application builds.
• Zero-downtime deployments with health checks and rollbacks.
• Automatic HTTPS using Caddy and Let’s Encrypt.
• Managed PostgreSQL, Redis and MySQL databases.
• Scoped, revocable tokens for agents, scripts and CI systems.
• Permission profiles for observer, deployer and operator access.
• Command-line client for connecting to and managing deployments.
• MCP integration for AI-assisted application management.
• Application catalog with templates for self-hosted software.
• Cron jobs, persistent volumes and backups.
• Database explorer, metrics and streaming logs.
• Audit logging of agent actions.
• Encryption of Git and deployment tokens at rest.

Website: github.com/sumon-ohid/better-paas
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Developer: Sumon
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

Better-PaaS is written in TypeScript and Go. Learn TypeScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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