# Hanoo

> Hanoo is a hosted control panel for running PHP applications — Laravel, WordPress, Magento Open Source and any PHP app — on Ubuntu servers you own (a VPS, cloud instance or bare metal from any provider). It installs and manages the runtime, domains, HTTPS, Git deployments, databases, cron jobs and queue workers, while the server, the code and the keys stay yours.

Hanoo is for developers, freelancers, agencies and teams who want production PHP hosting on their own VPS — DigitalOcean, Hetzner, AWS, Vultr, Linode, OVH or their own hardware — without hand-maintaining Nginx/Caddy configs, PHP-FPM pools, certificates and deploy scripts, and without paying a managed-hosting markup. It is in the same category as self-hosted server-management panels and server provisioning services for PHP and Laravel.

You connect a clean Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 or 26.04 LTS server (amd64 or arm64) with one command. A small agent dials out to Hanoo over mutually authenticated TLS: no inbound management port, no root password shared, no SSH private keys stored. The agent only accepts signed, typed operations; there is no remote shell.

If you stop using Hanoo, your applications keep running unchanged: everything is standard Ubuntu packages, Caddy and PHP-FPM in the usual places.

## Key facts

- Applications: Laravel, WordPress, Magento Open Source 2.4.9, plain PHP, and any PHP app deployed from a GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket repository.
- Runtime: PHP 8.0 to 8.5 side by side, each application with its own Unix user and PHP-FPM pool; Caddy web server with automatic Let’s Encrypt HTTPS and HTTP/2.
- Deployments: zero-downtime Git releases with Composer and Node.js (npm, pnpm, Yarn) builds, an editable deploy pipeline (migrations, caches, queue restarts), health check after the switch, automatic and one-click rollback.
- Databases and caches: managed MariaDB and Valkey (Redis-compatible), credentials generated on the server; remote database access off by default, IP-allowlisted when on.
- Laravel: queue workers under Supervisor, the scheduler and cron jobs with plain-English schedules and run-now.
- WordPress: one-step install of the official release with its own database and PHP pool, one-click Valkey object cache, and an Optimize tab that scans for common slowdowns.
- Teams: organizations with per-person access to specific servers, applications and actions; per-application SSH keys; an audit log of every change.
- Staging: clone an application — files, database and configuration — to the same or another server; the copy gets its own database.
- Backups: encrypted application backups and restore (paid plans).
- AI native: a built-in MCP server (https://mcp.hanoo.io/mcp) so Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code can inspect servers, create applications, deploy and roll back with OAuth or scoped, expiring tokens — every call audited, no shell and no secrets exposed.
- Pricing: a Free Forever plan (1 server, no card required) and paid plans from $4/month (https://hanoo.io/pricing).

## A good fit for

- Hosting a Laravel app in production on a VPS (alternative to doing it by hand, or to a PaaS).
- Self-hosting WordPress on a cheap VPS with HTTPS, caching and backups.
- Running several PHP sites, with different PHP versions, on one Ubuntu server.
- Installing Magento 2.4.9 with OpenSearch on Ubuntu.
- Giving a team or agency safe, scoped access to client servers.
- Managing servers and deployments from an AI assistant over MCP.

## Product

- [Hanoo home page](https://hanoo.io/): what Hanoo does, how connecting a server works, deployments, security model
- [Pricing](https://hanoo.io/pricing): Free Forever and paid plans
- [FAQ](https://hanoo.io/#faq): supported servers, root access, the agent's security, leaving Hanoo
- [Laravel hosting](https://hanoo.io/laravel-hosting): Host Laravel on your own Ubuntu VPS: zero-downtime Git deploys, PHP 8.0–8.5, queue workers, the scheduler, MariaDB, Valkey and HTTPS. Free plan, from $4/month.
- [WordPress hosting](https://hanoo.io/wordpress-hosting): Run WordPress on your own Ubuntu VPS with its own database and PHP pool, automatic HTTPS, a one-click Valkey object cache and an Optimize tab. Free plan available.
- [PHP hosting](https://hanoo.io/php-hosting): Host any PHP app on your own Ubuntu VPS: PHP 8.0–8.5 side by side, one PHP-FPM pool per app, Git deploys, Composer, MariaDB, cron jobs and automatic HTTPS.
- [Magento hosting](https://hanoo.io/magento-hosting): Install Magento Open Source 2.4.9 on your own Ubuntu server from one form: PHP 8.5, MariaDB and a local OpenSearch, with a domain and HTTPS. Free plan available.
- [Laravel Forge alternative](https://hanoo.io/alternatives/laravel-forge): Comparing Hanoo and Laravel Forge for running Laravel and PHP on your own servers: pricing, free plan and server limits, checked 31 October 2026, plus how Hanoo works.
- [Ploi alternative](https://hanoo.io/alternatives/ploi): Comparing Hanoo and Ploi for managing PHP and Laravel servers you own: free plans, prices and limits checked 31 October 2026, and how Hanoo connects your servers.

## Docs

- [Getting started](https://hanoo.io/docs/getting-started): Connect your first Ubuntu server to Hanoo, create a Laravel, WordPress or PHP application, deploy it and put it on your domain with HTTPS — step by step.
- [Connect an AI assistant to Hanoo over MCP](https://hanoo.io/docs/mcp): endpoint, OAuth and tokens, setup for Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code, tool reference

## Guides

- [Laravel 13's AI SDK Looks Easy in the Docs. Your Server Is the Hard Part.](https://hanoo.io/blog/laravel-13-ai-sdk-hosting-requirements.md): Laravel 13's AI SDK needs more than composer require: a supervised queue worker, pgvector or MariaDB 11.7+, and Reverb. Here is what your server must run.
- [How to Install Magento 2.4.9 on Ubuntu 24.04 (with OpenSearch 3 and PHP 8.5)](https://hanoo.io/blog/install-magento-2-4-9-ubuntu-24-04.md): Install Magento Open Source 2.4.9 on Ubuntu 24.04 with PHP 8.5, MariaDB and OpenSearch 3: requirements, the manual steps, and a one-form install with Hanoo.
- [How to Deploy Laravel 13 to Production on Your Own Ubuntu Server](https://hanoo.io/blog/deploy-laravel-13-production-ubuntu.md): Deploy a Laravel 13 app to an Ubuntu 24.04 server: PHP 8.4, zero-downtime releases, Composer and Vite builds, migrations, queue workers, the scheduler and HTTPS.
- [How to Install WordPress on Ubuntu 24.04 with Caddy, PHP 8.4 and MariaDB](https://hanoo.io/blog/install-wordpress-ubuntu-24-04-caddy.md): Install WordPress on Ubuntu 24.04 with PHP 8.4-FPM, MariaDB and Caddy for automatic HTTPS, plus hardening and an object cache — by hand or in minutes with Hanoo.
- [How to Install Moodle 5 on Ubuntu 24.04 (Nginx, PHP 8.3 and PostgreSQL)](https://hanoo.io/blog/install-moodle-5-ubuntu-24-04.md): Install Moodle 5.1 or 5.2 on Ubuntu 24.04: the new public/ directory, Composer dependencies, Nginx with the Moodle router, PostgreSQL, moodledata, cron and HTTPS.
- [How to Install PHP 8.5 on Ubuntu 24.04 — and Run Several PHP Versions Side by Side](https://hanoo.io/blog/install-php-8-5-ubuntu-24-04.md): Install PHP 8.5 and PHP-FPM on Ubuntu 24.04, keep PHP 8.3 and 8.4 alongside it, give each site its own FPM pool, and switch the CLI version safely.

## Optional

- [Full text for AI assistants](https://hanoo.io/llms-full.txt): this summary with the FAQ, pricing and every guide in full
- [Blog RSS feed](https://hanoo.io/blog/feed.xml)
- [Sitemap](https://hanoo.io/sitemap.xml)