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Last updated October 10, 2026

Temps vs Openship

Openship orchestrates more deployment shapes. Temps observes more of your app.

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Monthly cost at a glance

Temps

Openship

Self-hosted platform

$0+

Team seats

Unlimited, no per-seat fee

Managed server

Not offered

$5–99/mo per server, compute included

Full application observability

Included

Add separate replay and error tools

$curl -fsSL https://temps.sh/deploy.sh | bash

The short answer

Is Temps better than Openship? It depends on what you need. Here is what each one is, and what Openship has that Temps doesn't.

Openship: Openship deploys agentlessly over SSH to clean Linux servers, ships a native desktop application, and offers managed MySQL, a full mail and webmail stack, and Compose configuration editable from the dashboard. Since v0.8.0 (September 2026) it can also join SSH servers into clusters over a WireGuard network, using k3s.
Temps: Temps requires an agent on each node, and includes analytics, Sentry-compatible error tracking, session replay and uptime monitoring in the binary.
Cost: Both are free to self-host and neither charges per seat. Openship Cloud sells managed servers at $5–99/month with compute included. Temps sells no hosting: Temps Cloud, a control plane for servers you rent yourself, is coming soon from $29/month.

Scored, dimension by dimension

Self-hosted cost
Tie
Temps
$0 + your server
Openship
$0 + your server
Managed hosting
Openship
Temps
None (Temps Cloud control plane coming soon)
Openship
$5–99/mo per server, compute included
Application observability
Temps
Temps
Analytics, errors, replay, uptime included
Openship
Add separate replay and error tools
Deployment targets
Openship
Temps
Nodes running the Temps agent
Openship
Agentless SSH to clean Linux servers
Desktop app and Compose editing
Openship
Temps
Web dashboard and CLI only
Openship
Native desktop app, editable Compose

Dimension	Temps	Openship	Winner
Self-hosted cost	$0 + your server	$0 + your server	Tie
Managed hosting	None (Temps Cloud control plane coming soon)	$5–99/mo per server, compute included	Openship
Application observability	Analytics, errors, replay, uptime included	Add separate replay and error tools	Temps
Deployment targets	Nodes running the Temps agent	Agentless SSH to clean Linux servers	Openship
Desktop app and Compose editing	Web dashboard and CLI only	Native desktop app, editable Compose	Openship

Why teams switch from Openship

Both platforms deploy single-container and Docker Compose applications to infrastructure you control. Openship stands out for desktop and MCP interfaces, dashboard-driven Compose reconciliation, and SSH-managed remote servers. Temps combines deployment with AI and product analytics, OpenTelemetry, session replay, error tracking, uptime monitoring, and a Pingora proxy built into the Temps binary. The right choice depends on which operating workflow your team needs after deployment.

Application observability is part of the platform: Temps includes visitor and event analytics, conversion funnels, Web Vitals, rrweb session replay, Sentry-compatible error ingestion, external uptime checks, and searchable proxy request logs. Openship's analytics code measures proxy traffic, bandwidth, response time, deployment outcomes, and container resources, but its repository does not contain an rrweb recorder or application error-tracking ingest service.
One Rust binary instead of a JavaScript control-plane stack: Temps packages the API, deployment engine, observability services, management plane, and Pingora proxy in the Temps binary. Pingora is not a separate Nginx, Traefik, Caddy, or proxy-container dependency. Openship is a well-structured TypeScript monorepo whose self-hosted control plane bundles a Hono API, Next.js dashboard, database layer, job queue, adapters, and optional Electron and mail applications.
Self-hosting is free on both; only Openship sells servers: Both projects are free to self-host and neither charges per seat. Openship Cloud is managed hosting priced per server: Hobby $5, Starter $20, Pro $39 and Scale $99 a month, each one managed server with CPU, RAM and disk included, billed monthly. Temps does not sell hosting; self-hosted Temps costs the server you run it on, and Temps Cloud (a control plane for your own servers) is coming soon from $29/month.
Pingora and platform-level data ownership: Temps compiles Cloudflare's Pingora framework into the Temps binary and joins worker nodes to one control plane for multi-node environments. Analytics events, traces, replays, errors, request logs, and monitoring history remain in your Temps data plane. Openship uses a separate OpenResty service on self-hosted targets and manages remote servers over SSH without installing an Openship agent on them.

Feature comparison

What each platform includes out of the box, and what needs a separate subscription.

Git push deployments
Temps
Yes
GitHub and GitLab integrations, branch environments
Openship
Yes
Built-in CI/CD with stack detection and test execution
Preview deployments
Temps
Yes
Preview URLs and environment lifecycle
Openship
Yes
Pull-request previews, removed after merge
Zero-downtime deploys and rollbacks
Temps
Yes
Health-gated traffic switch through Pingora
Openship
Yes
Immutable deployment snapshots and OpenResty routing
Custom domains and automatic TLS
Temps
Yes
Let's Encrypt HTTP-01 and DNS-01
Openship
Yes
Let's Encrypt with wildcard certificate support
Self-hosted reverse proxy
Temps
Yes
Pingora is compiled into the Temps binary; no separate proxy dependency
Openship
Yes
OpenResty runs as a separate Nginx + Lua service
Docker Compose deployments
Temps
Yes
First-class preset with overrides, per-service domains, environment injection, and preserved volumes
Openship
Yes
Compose parsing, multi-service builds, routing, and reconciliation
Agentless remote-server targets
Temps
No
Temps runs an agent on each managed node, joined over your private network
Openship
Yes
Control plane deploys to connected Linux servers over SSH
Single compiled server binary
Temps
Yes
API, deployer, observability, and embedded Pingora proxy; no separate proxy dependency
Openship
No
Bundled Node/Bun control plane with Next.js UI and database layer
Native desktop application
Temps
No
Web dashboard and CLI
Openship
Yes
Electron app for macOS, Windows, and Linux
CLI, REST API, and AI-agent automation
Temps
Yes
CLI, generated API client and installable agent skills
Openship
Yes
CLI plus permission-tagged API routes exposed as MCP tools
Product and visitor analytics
Temps
Yes
Events, pages, referrers, devices, geography, visitors, and retention
Openship
Request analytics
Per-route traffic, bandwidth, response time, status, country and a live request log
AI crawler analytics
Temps
Yes
AI agent visits, providers, requested pages, and AI-referred traffic
Openship
No
No equivalent found in the public repository
OpenTelemetry observability
Temps
Yes
OTLP traces, metrics, and logs correlated with deployments
Openship
No
No equivalent ingest and trace-analysis system found in the public repository
Conversion funnels
Temps
Yes
Ordered event funnels with entry and completion metrics
Openship
No
No funnel model found in the public repository
Session replay
Temps
Yes
rrweb-based recording and playback
Openship
No
No browser session-replay implementation found
Application error tracking
Temps
Yes
Sentry-compatible DSN, grouping, issues, and notifications
Openship
No
Deployment failures are tracked; no app error-ingest service found
External uptime monitoring
Temps
Yes
Scheduled endpoint checks, outage history, and alerts
Openship
No
Live CPU, memory, network and disk monitoring with alerts; no external endpoint checks found
Container metrics and live logs
Temps
Yes
Container health, resource metrics, runtime logs, and request logs
Openship
Yes
Five-second resource stream, live build logs, and service logs
Managed PostgreSQL, Redis, and MongoDB
Temps
Yes
Plus MariaDB (MySQL-compatible), S3-compatible RustFS storage and backup workflows
Openship
Yes
Also supports MySQL and S3-compatible object storage
Backup and restore workflows
Temps
Yes
Managed database backups to S3, restore workflows, and backup-health alerts (app volumes are not backed up)
Openship
Yes
Policies, destinations, database producers, restore runs, and verification
Transactional email
Temps
Yes
Sender domains, DKIM, API SDK, delivery and engagement tracking
Openship
Yes
iRedMail-based SMTP/webmail stack with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC
Multi-node self-hosting
Temps
Yes
Multi-node control plane; worker nodes join over your private network
Openship
Yes
Clusters since v0.8.0: Openship-managed WireGuard network, k3s on SSH servers, scaling for apps, PostgreSQL and Redis
Open-source license
Temps
MIT or Apache 2.0
Openship
Apache 2.0

Feature	Temps	Openship
Git push deployments	Yes GitHub and GitLab integrations, branch environments	Yes Built-in CI/CD with stack detection and test execution
Preview deployments	Yes Preview URLs and environment lifecycle	Yes Pull-request previews, removed after merge
Zero-downtime deploys and rollbacks	Yes Health-gated traffic switch through Pingora	Yes Immutable deployment snapshots and OpenResty routing
Custom domains and automatic TLS	Yes Let's Encrypt HTTP-01 and DNS-01	Yes Let's Encrypt with wildcard certificate support
Self-hosted reverse proxy	Yes Pingora is compiled into the Temps binary; no separate proxy dependency	Yes OpenResty runs as a separate Nginx + Lua service
Docker Compose deployments	Yes First-class preset with overrides, per-service domains, environment injection, and preserved volumes	Yes Compose parsing, multi-service builds, routing, and reconciliation
Agentless remote-server targets	No Temps runs an agent on each managed node, joined over your private network	Yes Control plane deploys to connected Linux servers over SSH
Single compiled server binary	Yes API, deployer, observability, and embedded Pingora proxy; no separate proxy dependency	No Bundled Node/Bun control plane with Next.js UI and database layer
Native desktop application	No Web dashboard and CLI	Yes Electron app for macOS, Windows, and Linux
CLI, REST API, and AI-agent automation	Yes CLI, generated API client and installable agent skills	Yes CLI plus permission-tagged API routes exposed as MCP tools
Product and visitor analytics	Yes Events, pages, referrers, devices, geography, visitors, and retention	Request analytics Per-route traffic, bandwidth, response time, status, country and a live request log
AI crawler analytics	Yes AI agent visits, providers, requested pages, and AI-referred traffic	No No equivalent found in the public repository
OpenTelemetry observability	Yes OTLP traces, metrics, and logs correlated with deployments	No No equivalent ingest and trace-analysis system found in the public repository
Conversion funnels	Yes Ordered event funnels with entry and completion metrics	No No funnel model found in the public repository
Session replay	Yes rrweb-based recording and playback	No No browser session-replay implementation found
Application error tracking	Yes Sentry-compatible DSN, grouping, issues, and notifications	No Deployment failures are tracked; no app error-ingest service found
External uptime monitoring	Yes Scheduled endpoint checks, outage history, and alerts	No Live CPU, memory, network and disk monitoring with alerts; no external endpoint checks found
Container metrics and live logs	Yes Container health, resource metrics, runtime logs, and request logs	Yes Five-second resource stream, live build logs, and service logs
Managed PostgreSQL, Redis, and MongoDB	Yes Plus MariaDB (MySQL-compatible), S3-compatible RustFS storage and backup workflows	Yes Also supports MySQL and S3-compatible object storage
Backup and restore workflows	Yes Managed database backups to S3, restore workflows, and backup-health alerts (app volumes are not backed up)	Yes Policies, destinations, database producers, restore runs, and verification
Transactional email	Yes Sender domains, DKIM, API SDK, delivery and engagement tracking	Yes iRedMail-based SMTP/webmail stack with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC
Multi-node self-hosting	Yes Multi-node control plane; worker nodes join over your private network	Yes Clusters since v0.8.0: Openship-managed WireGuard network, k3s on SSH servers, scaling for apps, PostgreSQL and Redis
Open-source license	MIT or Apache 2.0	Apache 2.0
End of Openship feature group

What it actually costs

For self-hosting, both licences cost $0 and your real expense is the machine, storage, backups and time spent operating it. Neither charges per seat. What differs is the managed option: Openship Cloud sells a managed server per subscription (Hobby $5, Starter $20, Pro $39, Scale $99 a month, compute included, monthly billing), while Temps sells no hosting. Self-hosted Temps adds Premium ($399 per organisation per month) for SAML SSO, SCIM and audit-log streaming, and Temps Cloud, a control plane for your own servers, is coming soon from $29/month.

Scenario	Temps	Openship
Self-hosted platform	$0 + your server	$0 + your server
Team seats	Unlimited, no per-seat fee	Unlimited, no per-seat fee
Managed server	Not offered (Temps Cloud control plane coming soon, from $29/mo + your servers)	$5–99/mo per server, compute included
Full application observability	Included	Add separate replay and error tools

Openship prices as of October 2026, from its published pricing page. Temps prices from /pricing.

Which one should you choose?

Choose Temps if you…

You want product analytics, funnels, Web Vitals, and AI crawler visibility beside each deployment
You want OpenTelemetry traces, metrics, and logs correlated with deployments
You need Sentry-compatible error ingestion and rrweb session replay without separate services
You want external uptime checks, proxy request logs, and infrastructure monitoring in one incident workflow
You want Docker Compose deployments with per-service domains, overrides, preserved volumes, and observability
You want to self-host with no separately managed reverse proxy

What Openship does better than Temps

You want one control plane to deploy to clean remote Linux servers over SSH without installing an agent there
You want someone else to run the server: Openship Cloud sells managed servers from $5/month
You want a native desktop application for managing deployments
You need a full mail and webmail stack
You want Compose configuration that can be parsed, edited, and reconciled through the dashboard
You want permission-tagged MCP tools and per-project restricted-role grants
You want local builds that stream images to production targets, keeping build work off those servers

Migrating from Openship

Medium difficulty

A single-container or Docker Compose application usually moves by reconnecting the same Git repository, copying environment variables, selecting the matching preset, and pointing domains at Temps. Temps supports Compose overrides, per-service domains, environment injection, preserved volumes, and per-service container exec. Validate external secrets, host-specific mounts, provider labels, and scheduled jobs before changing traffic. Replace Openship-specific MCP automation with recommended Temps agent skills, and migrate SSH-target or mail-server configuration separately. Export and verify database and volume backups first.

When to migrate away from Openship

Switch when…	Details
You add separate observability services	If your Openship stack now also runs Sentry, a replay product, an uptime monitor, and product analytics, Temps can consolidate those data paths and dashboards.
You need dashboard-driven Compose reconciliation	Both platforms deploy Compose projects. Openship is the stronger fit when editing and reconciling Compose configuration through its dashboard is more important than Temps' integrated observability.

Frequently asked questions

Is Openship open source and free to self-host?

Yes. Openship's public repository is licensed under Apache 2.0, and its Hobby tier is $0 on infrastructure you own with unlimited projects, deploys, and domains. Temps is also free to self-host and is dual-licensed under MIT or Apache 2.0. In both cases, you still pay for and operate the underlying server.

What is the main difference between Temps and Openship?

Openship is strongest when you want desktop management, permission-tagged MCP tools, or one control plane deploying to clean remote servers over SSH. Temps is strongest when you want AI and product analytics, OpenTelemetry, funnels, rrweb session replay, Sentry-compatible errors, uptime checks, request logs, and infrastructure monitoring integrated with deployments. Both support Docker Compose.

Does Openship include web analytics?

Openship includes request analytics from its OpenResty or cloud routing layer, including requests, bandwidth, response time, status information, paths, and unique-request counts, plus deployment and container metrics. Temps adds SDK-level product events, funnels, visitor journeys, Web Vitals, session replay, and error correlation. The two products use the word analytics for overlapping but different layers.

Does Openship support session replay and Sentry-compatible error tracking?

Not as of v0.8.2 (October 6, 2026). Openship's releases and homepage list live resource monitoring with alerts and per-route traffic analytics, but its public repository has no rrweb browser recorder or application error-ingestion service, and its privacy page says it does not use session replay tools. Temps has dedicated session-replay and error-tracking services and publishes React and Node SDKs for them.

How much does Openship Cloud cost?

Openship Cloud is priced per managed server, with unlimited team members: Hobby $5/month (1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 40 GB disk), Starter $20 (2 vCPU, 8 GB, 128 GB), Pro $39 (4 vCPU, 16 GB, 250 GB) and Scale $99 (8 vCPU, 32 GB, 600 GB), billed monthly. Self-hosted Openship is free under Apache 2.0. Temps does not sell hosting; self-hosted Temps is free and Temps Cloud, a control plane for your own servers, is coming soon from $29/month.

Can Openship run across several servers?

Yes, since v0.8.0 (September 27, 2026). Openship clusters join SSH servers over an Openship-managed WireGuard network, install k3s underneath, and can scale applications, PostgreSQL and Redis across them. Temps also joins worker nodes to one control plane with `temps join`, without Kubernetes, over a private network you provide.

Which platform is easier to install?

Both provide short installers. Temps installs one Rust server binary and its managed data dependencies. Openship installs through its npm package or shell installer and stages a bundled Node service; its repository separates the Hono API, Next.js dashboard, database packages, adapters, Electron app, and email system. Choose based on the operational model you prefer, not the number of characters in the install command.

Can Temps deploy a Docker Compose project from Openship?

Yes. Select the Docker Compose preset and deploy the repository containing the Compose file. Temps supports multi-service builds, service-specific public routes and custom domains, Compose override files, environment injection, preserved volumes, and per-service container exec. Validate external secrets, host-specific bind mounts, DNS, and provider-specific labels before switching production traffic.

How we researched this comparison

We compared the Openship source tree and public documentation (first at v0.1.11 on July 19, 2026, re-checked against v0.8.2 and openship.io/pricing on 2026-10-08) with the current Temps repository and documentation. We inspected Openship's API modules for analytics, deployments, Docker Compose, backups, permissions, mail, notifications, and MCP; its runtime adapters and desktop package; and the published pricing and architecture pages. For Temps, we checked the Rust workspace crates, CLI, SDKs, and public feature documentation. A check means the capability is present in public code or official docs, not merely mentioned on a marketing page. Where Openship's homepage and repository status differ, this page uses the narrower repository-backed claim.

Disclosure: Temps publishes this page and is one of the products being compared. Reviewed by David Viejo, founder of Temps.

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