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 this beta.

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?

The beta is invite-only. An administrator issues a revocable licence key with an expiry and a device limit — typically two machines per key. Activation is checked server-side, and keys can be extended, revoked, or have a device slot freed.

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

Last updated 19 September 2026

Refund & cancellation policy

Shipown is software you can try before you pay, so this policy is short: an unused licence can be refunded within 7 days, and a licence that does not work is our problem, not yours.

1. Try it first

Every plan is the full product, and the free trial is the same application with a shorter period. Use the trial before buying — it is the surest way not to need this page.

2. When we refund in full

You ask within 7 days of paying, and the key has not been activated on any device. We can see activations, so you do not have to prove anything.
You were charged twice for the same licence, or charged and never issued a key.
The application cannot be made to work for you because of a fault on our side, and we could not fix it within a reasonable time.

3. When we do not refund

The licence has been activated and used, and the period you paid for has been running — the software was delivered and worked.
You want a refund for a period already largely used. Part-period refunds are not given as a rule, though point 5 still applies.
The problem is on your own infrastructure: a server you cannot reach, a provider outage, credentials you no longer have, or a change you asked the app to make.
The licence was revoked for breaching the terms of service.

4. Cancellation

There is nothing to cancel. A purchase covers a fixed period and never renews by itself, so no subscription can keep charging you. When the period ends, the licence simply stops; buy again if you want to carry on.

5. If something is wrong, write first

Most refund requests are really a problem that can be fixed — a key that did not arrive, a device limit reached on a machine you no longer own, an activation that failed. Email hello@pushops.dev with the address you paid with and what happened, and we will look at it. If a key is simply lost, the key recovery page sends a new one without any of this.

6. How to ask for a refund

Email hello@pushops.dev from the address you paid with, with the payment reference or order id. We reply within two working days.

7. How a refund is paid

Approved refunds go back through whichever provider took the payment — Razorpay for a payment made in India, Dodo Payments for one made from outside it — to the card, bank account or UPI id used for the payment. They normally land in 5 to 7 working days, depending on your bank. A refund made through Dodo includes the tax they charged you. We cannot refund to a different account than the one that paid.

8. What a refund does to the licence

A refunded payment revokes the licence it paid for. The key stops activating Shipown on any device, and devices already activated lose access when they next check in. Your servers, your projects and your data are untouched — nothing of yours lives on our side.