--- title: What Is Sidekick | daily.dev description: Sidekick simplifies the deployment of applications by allowing users to host multiple apps on a single VPS and make them production-ready easily. With features... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-sidekick-s8vhqzxlk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What Is Sidekick | daily.dev og:description: Sidekick simplifies the deployment of applications by allowing users to host multiple apps on a single VPS and make them production-ready easily. With features... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-sidekick-s8vhqzxlk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/s8vHQZXLk.png og:image:alt: What Is Sidekick 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. # What Is Sidekick **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 2 min read · 806 upvotes · 43 comments ## Summary Sidekick simplifies the deployment of applications by allowing users to host multiple apps on a single VPS and make them production-ready easily. With features like one-command VPS setup, zero downtime deployment, high availability, and built-in SSL certification, it aims to be an affordable and straightforward solution for side projects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@womblewoo7547** · 10 upvotes > PREFER COOLIFY **@yesnielx** · 5 upvotes > Nicee sidekick!! **@amaterasu1096** · 3 upvotes > awesome! **@aleksanderobuchowski** · 2 upvotes > Nice but waiting for docker-compose support **@leonardomussato** · 2 upvotes > Wow! I see no complexity at all! 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