We built dockxo because we kept doing the same thing by hand: rent a few VPSes, put Docker and a reverse proxy on each, wire domains, copy .env files around, and write a script to redeploy on push. Every panel we tried either wanted to own the servers, stopped at one machine, or turned into a Kubernetes course.
dockxo is the panel we wanted: one dashboard, any number of your own servers, real Docker underneath.
What it does
- Connect a server with one command. A small agent dials out to the panel over a WebSocket; nothing listens on your server, no SSH keys are exchanged.
- Deploy from a GitHub repo (push-to-deploy), a Docker image, an inline Dockerfile, or a one-click template. Rolling deploys keep the old container serving until the new one passes its port check.
- Add domains and get Let’s Encrypt certificates issued on the server. Free subdomains per server, redirects, websockets, Cloudflare records that follow your services.
- Run a managed MariaDB with replicas on other servers and a MaxScale router with automatic failover.
- Put a load balancer in front of the same service on several servers, and a cache proxy in front of anything.
- Back up whole projects to your own S3-compatible bucket, and restore them on this panel or a brand-new one.
- Watch your sites with uptime monitors and get Telegram or email alerts for downtime, failed deploys, crashed containers and database health.
- Logs in colour, a terminal in the browser, a file manager, traffic analytics from the proxy’s own access log, and an API for everything.
The features page goes through each of these in depth.
The beta deal
Everything is free and unlimited while dockxo is in beta. There is no card to enter, no server or project cap, no feature behind a plan. In return we ask two things: tell us what breaks, and read the beta terms, which are short. When paid plans arrive we will announce them well ahead, and beta accounts keep their projects.
What “your own servers” means
dockxo does not host your apps. Your containers run on servers you rent from Hetzner, DigitalOcean, OVH, a homelab, anywhere with Ubuntu or Debian. The panel keeps configuration, secrets (encrypted) and the deploy pipeline; your data stays on your machines and in your buckets. If you ever want to leave, everything is a plain Docker container, a plain Traefik configuration and a plain volume.
Create an account and add your first server. It takes about two minutes.