--- title: Coolify's NEW Dashboard Is A Massive Win For Self-Hosting description: Coolify 4.3 introduces a redesigned, more modern dashboard UI along with easier custom domain setup and other workflow improvements. The video walks through... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/coolify-s-new-dashboard-is-a-massive-win-for-self-hosting-2qaxu0rdv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Coolify's NEW Dashboard Is A Massive Win For Self-Hosting | daily.dev og:description: Coolify 4.3 introduces a redesigned, more modern dashboard UI along with easier custom domain setup and other workflow improvements. The video walks through... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/coolify-s-new-dashboard-is-a-massive-win-for-self-hosting-2qaxu0rdv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2QaXu0rdV.png og:image:alt: Coolify's NEW Dashboard Is A Massive Win For Self-Hosting og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Coolify's NEW Dashboard Is A Massive Win For Self-Hosting **[ByteGrad](https://daily.dev/sources/bytegrad)** · 22 min read · 4 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Coolify 4.3 introduces a redesigned, more modern dashboard UI along with easier custom domain setup and other workflow improvements. The video walks through deploying a simple Next.js app and then a full-stack Next.js app with a Postgres database on a fresh VPS (via Hostinger), covering GitHub app integration for auto-redeploys, environment variables, free SSL via custom domains, and data persistence across redeployments. Coolify uses Docker under the hood and now defaults to Railpack instead of Nixpacks for building apps. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What's new in the Coolify 4.3 dashboard update? Coolify 4.3 introduces a completely redesigned, more modern dashboard UI replacing the previous clunky interface, a simplified sidebar with fewer navigation options, easier custom domain setup with clearer redeploy-required indicators, and Real Pack as the new default build pack instead of Nixpacks for deploying apps like Next.js. _Track framework and tooling changes like this before you rebuild your self-hosting stack on daily.dev._ ### How do I deploy a Next.js app with a Postgres database using Coolify? Deploy Postgres first as a resource in a Coolify project using default settings, then add a new resource for the Next.js app connected via a GitHub app, setting environment variables for the database provider and connection URL (used with Prisma) before deploying. Data persists across redeploys since Postgres runs as a separate resource with its own storage. _Developers weighing self-hosted stacks for full-stack apps can follow this kind of setup guidance on daily.dev._ ### What are the minimum server requirements to run Coolify? Coolify recommends a server with at least two CPU cores, two gigs of RAM, and 30 gigs of free storage. A VPS plan with two virtual CPU cores, eight gigs of RAM, and 100 gigs of NVMe disk space comfortably exceeds these minimums for typical workloads. _Anyone sizing a VPS for self-hosted deployments can compare specs and tooling on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@varagos** · 0 upvotes > Hands down the best self hosting platform out there. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I stopped paying Heroku for my app deployments after discovering this self-hosted alternative](https://daily.dev/posts/i-stopped-paying-heroku-for-my-app-deployments-after-discovering-this-self-hosted-alternative-lguznoknk) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Deploy Apps with Coolify: Open-Source PaaS Alternative](https://daily.dev/posts/deploy-apps-with-coolify-open-source-paas-alternative-8hmwjzamr) · DigitalOcean Community · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Dokploy vs Coolify: Why Dokploy wins in production](https://daily.dev/posts/dokploy-vs-coolify-why-dokploy-wins-in-production-u27unbj2l) · LogRocket · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#nextjs](https://daily.dev/tags/nextjs), [#self-hosting](https://daily.dev/tags/self-hosting) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/coolify-s-new-dashboard-is-a-massive-win-for-self-hosting-2qaxu0rdv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Coolify's NEW Dashboard Is A Massive Win For Self-Hosting","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/coolify-s-new-dashboard-is-a-massive-win-for-self-hosting-2qaxu0rdv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/coolify-s-new-dashboard-is-a-massive-win-for-self-hosting-2qaxu0rdv"},"datePublished":"2026-08-20T17:05:49.380Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T19:33:01.505Z","description":"Coolify 4.3 introduces a redesigned, more modern dashboard UI along with easier custom domain setup and other workflow improvements. 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