Towlion: Self-Hosted Micro-PaaS for GitHub-Based Application Deployment
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Summary
Towlion is a self-hosted micro-PaaS (Platform as a Service) that enables developers to deploy full web applications directly from GitHub to their own servers. The platform uses GitHub as its control plane, where pushing code triggers automatic deployments via GitHub Actions, opening pull requests creates preview environments, and closing them cleans up resources. It supports multi-app hosting on a single server with isolated containers, automatic TLS/HTTPS via Caddy, and provides each application with its own subdomain, database, and storage bucket. The system eliminates the need for external dashboards or complex APIs, focusing on a Git-based workflow.
Key quotes
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GitHub is the control plane. Push to deploy. Open a PR to get a preview environment. Close it to clean up. GitHub Actions handles everything.
Run multiple applications on a single server. Each gets its own subdomain, database, storage bucket, and isolated containers.
Deploy full web applications to your own server directly from GitHub. No dashboards, no control planes — just Git push and deploy.
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