Coolify has emerged as a premier self-hosted alternative to Vercel and Netlify. While its default Nixpacks builder is excellent for zero-configuration deployments, developers often require granular control over the build environment.
This guide demonstrates how to deploy a Next.js application on Coolify v4 (specifically tested on v4.0.0-beta.460) using a multi-stage Dockerfile. This method ensures a highly optimized, production-ready image.
WriteFreely is beloved for its minimalism. However, fostering a community often requires a feedback loop. The challenge is adding comments without shattering that clean, distraction-free aesthetic.
I currently run a Coolify instance on my VPS and recently decided to host a lightweight blogging platform. I managed to deploy WriteFreely using the open-source algernon/writefreely Docker image. While the initial deployment was straightforward, configuring the storage and database correctly required some specific steps. Here is a walkthrough of how I achieved a stable setup.