Open-source deployment, with automatic scaling built in.
A deployment panel can make self-hosting easier, but adding servers still brings work. Coolify gives you hundreds of one-click services, dedicated build servers, and MCP access for AI clients. For multi-server apps, you provide the external load balancer, registry, and shared-state services.
With Miren, push your code and it builds and runs your app without a Dockerfile. The scheduler places stateless apps across distributed runners over an encrypted network, and adjusts instance counts with traffic. Miren Cloud gives your team one place to access and find clusters.
Where Miren is today: Managed clusters are in early access. Distributed runners spread stateless workloads across nodes, but stateful workloads and the control plane still run on the coordinator; adding runners doesn't make the coordinator highly available. Miren Disks support local backup and restore, with remote cloud backup still on the roadmap.
| Feature | Coolify | Miren |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Your servers, managed by a self-hosted Coolify panel or Coolify Cloud | Your own infrastructure, or a Miren-managed cluster in early access through Miren Cloud |
| Deploys | Connect a repo, use source-based builders, or bring Dockerfile/Compose; 280+ one-click services | Push your code — Miren detects the language and builds it, no Dockerfile required |
| Footprint | Use a separate self-hosted control plane or Coolify Cloud; workloads run on connected servers | Runtime and coordinator on your server; distributed runners add workload capacity |
| Autoscaling | Manual — you set instance counts yourself | On by default, based on real traffic |
| Scaling out | Deploy stateless apps to multiple servers; you provide the load balancer, registry, and shared state | Distributed runners with automatic scheduling and encrypted node-to-node networking for stateless workloads |
| Backups | Built in, but you configure and manage where they go | Local disk backup and restore today; remote cloud backup is on the roadmap |
| Automation and agents | Scoped API tokens and an MCP server for AI-assisted inspection and operations | Agent skills plus predictable CLI workflows for deploy, debugging, logs, and lifecycle operations |
| Team access | Owner, Admin, and Member roles; OAuth and named SSO integrations for self-hosted instances | Auth and access control included, through Miren Cloud |
Coolify puts app deployment and server management in a web panel, so you don't have to do everything over SSH. There are 280+ one-click services, with automatic SSL, monitoring, backups, and team roles built in. Builds can run on separate servers. Self-hosted instances support OAuth and named SSO integrations, and AI clients can use its MCP server with scoped tokens. The project has a large community, with more than 61,000 GitHub stars.
Deploying an app to several servers doesn't make them a cluster. With Coolify, you still set up the external load balancer, registry, shared state, and monitoring. Its current multi-server path doesn't support Compose apps or apps with persistent storage. Backups need an external destination too. When you self-host the panel, you're also responsible for keeping it running.
Miren's runners join a cluster rather than a list of standalone servers. The scheduler places stateless apps across nodes, with WireGuard networking and an image registry built in. Miren adjusts app instance counts as traffic changes; you still decide when to add server capacity. Miren Disks support local backup and restore today. Remote cloud backup is still on the roadmap.
Deploy to your servers and see how the workflow feels.