Introducing Temps: The Self-Hosted Alternative to Vercel

We're excited to announce Temps — a self-hosted deployment platform that gives you the developer experience of Vercel with the control and cost savings of running on your own infrastructure.

Why We Built Temps

If you've ever used Vercel, you know how magical that first deployment feels. git push and your app is live with HTTPS, preview deployments, and analytics. It's genuinely great.

But then the bills start arriving.

$20 per team member per month. Bandwidth overage charges. Function execution fees. Analytics add-on costs. Before you know it, you're paying hundreds (or thousands) per month for what amounts to running a few Next.js apps.

We built Temps because we believed there had to be a better way. A way to get that same great developer experience without the ever-growing invoices.

What Is Temps?

Temps is a self-hosted deployment platform that runs on your own infrastructure. Point it at any Git repository, and it automatically:

• Detects your framework and configures the build
• Deploys with automatic HTTPS
• Sets up analytics and error tracking
• Monitors uptime and performance

And because it runs on your servers, you pay only for the infrastructure — typically $20-50/month for what would cost $500+ on Vercel.

Deploy Any Application

Unlike Vercel's focus on Next.js and serverless, Temps supports everything:

If it can run in a container, Temps can deploy it.

Built-In Observability

Here's where Temps really shines. Instead of cobbling together multiple SaaS tools, everything is included:

Analytics

Track page views, unique visitors, and custom events. Privacy-friendly and GDPR compliant by default.

Error Tracking

Sentry-compatible error tracking. Use your existing Sentry SDK — just point it at your Temps DSN. Smart error grouping with AI-powered deduplication.

Session Replay

Record and replay user sessions to understand exactly what happened when something went wrong.

Uptime Monitoring

24/7 availability monitoring with instant alerts when your services go down.

Performance Metrics

Real-time performance insights, response times, and resource utilization.

Cost Comparison

Let's look at a real scenario: a team of 5 running 3 production applications.

*VPS cost for a 4-core, 8GB server

That's $1,800+ saved per year — and the savings grow as your team and traffic scale.

When to Choose Temps

Temps is perfect if you:

• Want predictable costs that don't scale with your success
• Need full control over your infrastructure and data
• Run high-traffic apps where bandwidth fees add up
• Have a team and don't want per-seat pricing
• Need to meet compliance/data sovereignty requirements
• Want to avoid vendor lock-in with proprietary features

When to Choose Vercel

To be fair, Vercel still makes sense if you:

• Prefer fully managed hosting with zero server management
• Use Vercel-specific features heavily (Edge Middleware, ISR, etc.)
• Need their global edge network for enterprise-scale CDN
• Value convenience over cost and control

Getting Started

Ready to try Temps? It takes about 5 minutes:

# Install Temps
curl -fsSL https://temps.sh/deploy.sh | bash

# Login and deploy
bunx @temps-sdk/cli login
bunx @temps-sdk/cli deploy my-app -b main -e production -y

Then open the web UI, connect your GitHub, and deploy your first app.

Migration Is Easy

Already on Vercel? Migrating is straightforward:

1. Your standard Next.js/React/Vue apps work without changes
2. Environment variables transfer directly
3. Custom domains can be remapped
4. No code changes needed for most apps

We've written a detailed migration guide to help you through the process.

What's Next

Since launch, we've shipped several major features:

• AI Gateway — proxy OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and Grok through one endpoint with unified cost tracking
• Compose Stacks — deploy multi-service apps with Docker Compose
• MCP Server — 224 tools across 30 categories so AI assistants can deploy and manage your infrastructure
• GitHub App for even easier repository connections

And we're actively working on:

• Team collaboration features
• More integrations (GitLab CI, Bitbucket, etc.)
• Plugin system for custom buildpacks

Join the Community

Temps is open source and community-driven. We'd love your feedback:

• GitHub — Star, fork, contribute
• Discord — Chat with the team and community
• Documentation — Learn everything about Temps

Your deployments, your data, your infrastructure. Welcome to Temps.

Ready to get started? Check out our Quickstart Guide and deploy your first app in under 5 minutes.