Shipown is a cross-platform Electron desktop application that deploys and operates web applications on Linux servers you own. It gives you the workflow of a managed deployment platform — connect a source, build, get a live URL, roll back — while the servers and the data stay yours.

How is Shipown different from Vercel or Netlify?

Managed platforms run your app on their runtime and their account. Shipown deploys to a server you already rent or own, over plain SSH, and installs no agent to do it. You keep the smooth workflow without handing over the infrastructure.

What can it deploy today?

Three runtimes. Node applications run by PM2 — Next.js, Nuxt, Remix, SvelteKit, NestJS, Fastify and plain Express. Static sites served by Nginx, including Vite with React or Vue, Astro and plain HTML. And Docker, from a Dockerfile or a compose file, which covers any language that ships in a container. Python, Go, Rust, PHP, Ruby, Java and .NET have no native runtime here; deploy them in a container.

Does Shipown need Docker?

No. Node applications run directly under PM2 and static sites are served by Nginx, on a server with no Docker at all. If you do use Docker, Shipown deploys to it as well — a Dockerfile or a compose file, with releases, health checks and rollback — and manages the containers already on the server: every container inspected, published and internal ports mapped, CPU and memory gauges, crash loops called out, start, stop, restart, a shell inside the container, and its logs. It can also install Docker on a server that has none.

Where does it deploy to?

A Linux server you can reach over SSH — a VPS, a cloud VM, or a box in your office. Ubuntu, Debian, the RHEL family and Alpine are handled. Your own computer is where a project comes from, not somewhere Shipown deploys to.

Are my SSH keys or environment variables uploaded anywhere?

No. SSH private keys, passwords, passphrases, environment variable values, source code and project files never leave your machine for licensing or telemetry. Credentials are held by the Electron main process and are never exposed to the interface. The one exception is one you opt into: the AI terminal sends its conversation to the AI provider you pick.

Where does the AI terminal send my server’s data?

Only to the provider you choose (DeepSeek, Anthropic Claude, or OpenAI), and only while you actively interact with it. The AI operator sends your prompt and the terminal outputs of the commands it runs under your own encrypted API key. Shipown does not intercept or store this telemetry. Destructive commands (reboots, rm -rf, firewall changes, stopping SSH) are never executed automatically without your explicit confirmation.

Can I roll a bad deployment back?

Yes. Every deploy lands in its own release directory, and the live pointer moves only after the build and the health check pass. A deploy that fails restores the previous release by itself, and you can switch back to an earlier release later from the app.

Does it deploy automatically when I push?

No. Shipown tells you when a branch has moved ahead of what a server is running, and how many commits are waiting, but a person still presses deploy. Automatic deployment on push is not part of this beta.

Is Shipown open source?

No. Shipown is a commercial product and its source is not published. What runs on your servers is plain SSH and shell — nothing is installed to phone home — but the desktop application itself is licensed, not open.

Is Shipown free, and how do I get access?

The beta is invite-only. An administrator issues a revocable licence key with an expiry and a device limit — typically two machines per key. Activation is checked server-side, and keys can be extended, revoked, or have a device slot freed.

Which platforms does the desktop app run on?

Windows, as an .exe installer, and Linux, as a .deb for Debian and Ubuntu. Both come from the same download server the app updates from, so the file on the invite page and the file an update fetches are the same file. macOS is not published yet.

All Systems

System 08Live in v0.1.0-beta.5.7

Docker container controls & live logs

Inspect ports, memory, and crash loops — and Start, Stop, or Restart with one click.

Open any server to manage every Docker container: see image tags, runtime state, published vs internal ports, Nginx routing, CPU and memory gauges, restart policies, restart counts, and volumes. Crash-looping containers are surfaced first with last log lines. Safely trigger container lifecycle actions (Start, Stop, Restart) over SSH with live progress and feedback.

Technical Specification & Protocols

COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLThe docker CLI over your own SSH connection, as root, the docker group, or passwordless sudo

SECURITY BOUNDARYContainer ids are validated before they reach the shell; actions are limited to start, stop and restart

Command Execution Pattern

# Shipown executes non-destructive container actions over SSH:
docker ps -a --format '{{json .}}'
docker stats --no-stream --format '{{json .}}'
docker restart <container_id>
docker logs --tail 200 --timestamps <container_id>

Architectural Guarantees

✓Live status polling without heavy daemon agents on the server
✓Restart policy and restart count shown, so a crash loop is visible
✓Instant restart, stop, and start triggers with exit code verification

Explore More Subsystems

System 01

Real logs, never simulated

System 02

Server ops without the tab sprawl

System 03

Framework detection that admits uncertainty

Run Shipown on your desktop today

Available directly for Windows (.exe) and Linux (.deb).

Download Shipown v0.1.0-beta.5.7