Overview
Tsuru is an open-source PaaS developed and used in production by Globo (Brazil's largest broadcaster) to run thousands of applications. It supports multiple deployment backends including Docker Swarm and Kubernetes, offers a CLI-driven workflow similar to Heroku, and provides multi-tenant isolation, service provisioning, and routing out of the box. It is production-battle-tested at scale.
Where it falls short of Heroku
- Documentation is sparse for newcomers outside the Globo ecosystem
- UI dashboard is minimal; most operations require the CLI
- Community support is smaller than Dokku or CapRover
We list the gaps honestly so you can decide if the trade-off is worth owning your data.
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