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 it.

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?

Every plan starts with a free 30-day trial and no card is asked for until you buy. What you get is a licence key with an expiry and a device limit — typically two machines. Activation is checked by the licence server rather than by the app, so a key can be extended, replaced, or have a device slot freed without reinstalling anything.

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 download page and the file an update fetches are the same file. macOS is not published yet.

Direct download · v0.1.0-rc.8

Download Shipown

The installer comes from the same download server the desktop app uses for updates. You do not need a license key to download. Activate after install.

WindowsReady

Windows 10 & 11 (64-bit)

v0.1.0-rc.8 · 64-bit installer

Download for Windows.exe setup · 103 MB

LinuxReady

Debian & Ubuntu (.deb, 64-bit)

v0.1.0-rc.8 · 64-bit (x86_64)

Download .deb PackageDebian & Ubuntu · 118 MB

macOSComing soon

Apple Silicon & Intel

Release in progress

Coming SoonmacOS release in progress

Before you install

Your computer will warn you. Here is why, and what to do.

Shipown is not code-signed yet. A signing certificate is a yearly bill, and while this is a small product that money goes into building it instead. A signature would not change a single thing the app does — it only puts a company name in the warning box. So Windows and macOS will tell you the publisher is unknown, and you have to say you meant it.

What proves this file is ours is the checksum below. Every in-app update is checked against the same number before it installs.

Windows“Windows protected your PC”

Your browser may say the file is not commonly downloaded first. Choose Keep — in Chrome and Edge that is behind the … menu on the download, then Keep anyway.

When you run it, a blue box appears saying Windows protected your PC, with Unknown publisher. That is SmartScreen, and it is what an unsigned installer looks like:

Click More info.
Click Run anyway.

The window closes itself and Shipown installs for your user only — no administrator password, nothing written outside your account.

macOS“Apple could not verify…”

The macOS build is not published yet. When it is, this is the step it will need.

macOS refuses to open an app from an unidentified developer on the first try, with either “Apple could not verify Shipown is free of malware” or “Shipown cannot be opened because it is from an unidentified developer”.

Drag the app to Applications and try to open it once. Let it be refused.
Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to the Security section: it now says Shipown was blocked, with an Open Anyway button.
Click it, then Open in the box that follows. macOS remembers, and never asks again.

On older macOS you can also Control-click the app in Finder and choose Open.

LinuxA local .deb, not a repository

Debian and Ubuntu install a downloaded package without complaint; some graphical software centres refuse local files, so the terminal is the short way:

sudo apt install ./shipown-0.1.0-rc.8-amd64.deb

Updates arrive the same way: Shipown downloads the new package, checks it, and hands it to your desktop’s package installer.

Check the file is the one we published

Run this where the file downloaded, and compare it with the number below. If they do not match, do not install it — and tell us.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA512 .\Shipown-Setup-0.1.0-rc.8.exe

932fcaf4555fa680ada72837dfbc7bbbc1e051000542a11d28ff2d41c8a4e1aa638da7d28bc21e90eb8328172cd04d61b414e5821f5226d7c49e9c3105ab05fc

Linux · terminal

sha512sum shipown-0.1.0-rc.8-amd64.deb

58c1fd27fcdd920f40b8f215bf3a88320dc85414ea0352658799fcdf36bbc6b0929e32597eab447879822a6b405e5b5ad4b9e508ffc72585ed316481f7a17c00

What’s new in v0.1.0-rc.8

2 October 2026

AI terminal document attachments, GitHub repository inspection, and enhanced deployment controls.

The AI terminal now accepts PDF, Word (DOCX), code and text attachments directly in chat conversations.
GitHub repository picker now inspects project structures, packages, and frameworks before deployment.
Docker deployment and environment controls upgraded with real-time feedback and status checks.

Need a license key? Pick a plan— every one starts with a free 30-day trial. The installer does not include a key.