About Openship
Openship is an open source deployment platform that builds an application from a Git repository and ships it to servers the user controls. It detects the stack, whether Node, Python, Go, Rust, Rails, Laravel, Django or a Docker project, builds an immutable image on the user's machine, and streams it over SSH to a Linux server as a fresh container with no agent or daemon installed. Domains are routed through an OpenResty edge with automatic Let's Encrypt SSL, traffic swaps with zero downtime, and a previous version can be restored in one click.
Beyond deploys, the platform manages Postgres, Redis, MongoDB and MySQL databases with backups, object storage, private networking between services, per route rate limits and filtering, and a mail server or relay through Amazon SES or SMTP. It runs as a web dashboard, a command line tool or a desktop app, and exposes an MCP interface so Claude, Cursor or another MCP client can drive deployments. It is built and maintained by Oblien and licensed under Apache 2.0.
It is aimed at developers and small teams who want a self hosted alternative to managed hosting without per seat fees.
The full platform is free to self host. Openship Cloud, the managed option, bills monthly and can be cancelled at any time: Hobby is $5 per month for 1 vCPU and 2 GB RAM, Starter is $20 for 2 vCPU and 8 GB, Pro is $39 for 4 vCPU and 16 GB, and Scale is $99 for 8 vCPU and 32 GB. Enterprise terms are custom.