# bex

> bex is a self-hosted, open-source PaaS deploying apps from Git to HTTPS on your infrastructure, with a Render-compatible workflow for developers and AI agents.

- **Category:** Platform as a Service
- **Licence:** Apache-2.0
- **Latest version:** bex-cli/v0.3.3
- **Open source:** oss
- **Languages:** Typescript, Go
- **Platforms:** Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Homebrew
- **Tags:** PostgreSQL, Dashboard, CLI, Mcp, OAuth, REST API, GraphQL, Ai Agents, Gitops, Paas, Kubernetes, Golang, Self Hosted, Valkey, Heroku alternative, Platform engineering, Hetzner, Deploy, Kubernetes Operator, Render Alternative, Deploy From Git

## Description

bex is an open-source Platform-as-a-Service for deploying web applications, background workers, scheduled tasks, static websites, and managed databases from Git repositories or container images onto infrastructure you control. It implements a Render-compatible API and command-line interface, so existing render.yaml blueprints work without changes. The control plane runs as a Kubernetes operator backed by a PostgreSQL database, with a separate API service exposing REST, GraphQL, and MCP endpoints. A web dashboard provides a human-friendly interface for managing services, environments, secrets, domains, and deployments. The platform is designed to be operated by both humans and AI coding agents — agents can deploy and manage resources via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Self-hosting is achieved by running the operator and API on a Kubernetes cluster provisioned with Cluster API (using Docker containers locally or Hetzner servers in production). The project is in public alpha and not yet recommended for production workloads.

## Links

- [Homepage](https://github.com/bex-co/bex)
- [Website](https://bex.co)
- [Documentation](https://bex.co/docs)
- [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/bex-co/bex)
- [Discord Community](https://discord.gg/eWZvE4RSBw)
- [Examples](https://bex.co/examples)
- [Changelog](https://bex.co/changelog)
- [Pricing](https://bex.co/pricing)
- [CLI Documentation](https://bex.co/cli)
- [API Documentation](https://bex.co/docs/platform/api)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/project/bex