I built Server Compass because I got tired of two extremes: paying $200+/month to Vercel/Railway for a polished deploy experience, or wrestling with self-hosted panels (Coolify, CapRover, Dokploy) that eat up half my VPS resources just to run their dashboard.
The core idea: A GUI SSH client that gives you Vercel-like deployment UX on your own VPS. Nothing gets installed on your server except your apps – every command runs over SSH from your desktop.
What it does:
- 1-click deploys from GitHub repos or 160+ pre-built templates (Postgres, WordPress, Ghost, Supabase, n8n, etc.)
- Zero-downtime deployments with blue-green strategy
- Domain + SSL management (Let's Encrypt auto-renewal, Cloudflare tunnel support)
- Real-time logs streamed in-app, no more ssh && docker logs -f
- Visual cron jobs, env vars, file browser – basically everything you'd SSH in for
- GitHub Actions CI/CD – builds use your free GH Actions minutes, not your server CPU
- Full terminal when you need raw SSH access
Traditional SSH clients (Termius, Royal TSX) give you a nicer terminal. Server Compass wraps SSH with a deployment-focused UI – think "Vercel but the backend is just your VPS."
Pricing: $19 one-time. No subscriptions.
Happy to answer questions about the architecture or demo specific workflows.