How dokku worksbased on dokku v0.2.0-RC1-25-g698e5e5 What dokku is Dokku markets itself as "Docker powered mini-Heroku. The smallest PaaS implementation you've ever seen" which pretty much describes what it is about. The project uses Docker, Buildstep, ssh-command, pluginhook, ssh, git, nginx and some bash-glue to provide you with a simplified single-host version of Heroku. Dokku is currently under quite active
