# Dokku Docker Powered Mini Heroku Self Hosted Paas > Dokku is a self-hosted Platform-as-a-Service built on Docker that provides Heroku-like git-push deployment on your own infrastructure. With 32,000+ GitHub stars, it supports buildpacks, Dockerfiles, custom domains, SSL via Let's Encrypt, and a rich plugin ecosystem for databases, caching, and storage. Use when this capability is needed. - Skill: `tomevault-io/dokku-docker-powered-mini-heroku-self-hosted-paas` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tomevault-io/dokku-docker-powered-mini-heroku-self-hosted-paas` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tomevault-io/dokku-docker-powered-mini-heroku-self-hosted-paas/raw - Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS) - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: DevOps & Infra - Author: tomevault-io (https://skillmd.com/u/tomevault-io) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tomevault-io/dokku-docker-powered-mini-heroku-self-hosted-paas --- # Dokku Docker-Powered Mini-Heroku Self-Hosted PaaS Dokku is a self-hosted Platform-as-a-Service built on Docker that provides Heroku-like git-push deployment on your own infrastructure. With 32,000+ GitHub stars, it supports buildpacks, Dockerfiles, custom domains, SSL via Let's Encrypt, and a rich plugin ecosystem for databases, caching, and storage. ## Installation Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment: - Docker powered mini-Heroku. The smallest PaaS implementation you've ever seen. Basic usage or getting-started notes: - A fresh VM running any of the following operating systems: - Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04 (amd64/arm64) - Any currently supported release - Debian 11+ (amd64/arm64) - Source: https://github.com/dokku/dokku - Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dokku/dokku/HEAD/README.md ## Source - [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/dokku-docker-paas/) --- > Source: [agentskillexchange/skills](https://github.com/agentskillexchange/skills) — distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io).