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nixopus
Self-hosted deployment platform with an AI agent that builds and ships repos
- Stars
- 1.5k
- License
- custom license
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
- Last release
- Sep 2026
- Language
- Go
1,391 on 21 Apr 20261,471 on 10 Nov 2026
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Overview
Nixopus deploys apps from a connected GitHub repo onto your own servers. An LLM agent, reachable from a web dashboard or a VS Code/Cursor extension, analyzes the codebase, generates build config, deploys, and manages domains, logs and rollbacks. Caddy handles TLS, and a single curl installer sets up Docker if it is missing.
Who it is for: Self-hosters who want Git-based deploys on their own VPS with an AI agent
Strengths
- Agent generates build config and deploys from chat, in the dashboard or the editor extension
- Six LLM providers supported: OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek and Groq
- Caddy gives automatic Let's Encrypt TLS, custom domains, and rollbacks from retained images
- Runs on a 1 GB VPS, amd64 or arm64, with a one-line installer
Weaknesses
- Automatic failure diagnosis and fix PRs are marked as in development
- Multi-machine deployments, load balancing and autoscaling are only on the roadmap
- Needs a fresh dedicated VPS; installer must run as root
- AGPL-3.0 with a separate commercial license for enterprises
What it needs
- RAM ≥ 1 GB
- no GPU
- Compose
- Needs Docker Engine, Docker Compose V2, Caddy, LLM provider API key, GitHub
- Models: OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek
- port 80
Quick answers
Is nixopus open source?
Its code is public on GitHub under its own license terms; read them before you use it at work.
Can you run nixopus with Docker?
Yes. Its repository has a Docker setup: a Dockerfile, a Compose file or a published image.
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