DeployOS turn any VPS into your own deploy platform, one-time price

The problem: managed PaaS (Heroku, Render, Railway, Vercel) is easy but charges a real premium per app, per add-on, forever. The obvious fix run your own VPS usually means either hand-rolling Docker/Traefik/cert automation yourself, or self-hosting a panel tool that's now another always-on service on your box to secure and patch.

What I built: a native desktop app (macOS + Windows) that connects to your own server over SSH and does the parts that are annoying to hand-roll:

• Push-to-deploy from GitHub, or pick from 250+ one-click templates (WordPress, n8n, Ghost, Uptime Kuma, etc.)

• Automatic HTTPS via Traefik or Caddy + Let's Encrypt, renews itself

• Health-checked, zero-downtime rollouts with one-click rollback to any previous build

• Managed Postgres/MySQL/MongoDB/Redis with a built-in data browser, plus scheduled backups

• No Dockerfile required it auto-builds most repos (Railpack under the hood)

Why a desktop app instead of a web dashboard: it's the one deliberate architectural bet. Nothing runs on your server between deploys no control-panel container, no extra exposed port, no separate thing to keep patched. Every action is an on-demand SSH connection, same as you'd run by hand.

Pricing: free tier is a real license (1 server, no card, no expiry). Paid tiers are one-time purchases, not subscriptions $49 Solo / $79 Pro. Running a founder promo right now: first 500 Pro buyers get lifetime updates instead of the usual 1-year window.

What's not done yet: Linux desktop support (Mac and Windows ship today; DeployOS already manages Linux servers, just not as the client OS yet), and it's genuinely unverified at large scale I'd rather say that upfront than oversell it.

Would love feedback, especially from anyone running their own VPS already what would make this a no-brainer switch for you, and what's missing that'd be a dealbreaker?