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Free. One edition. No feature behind a paywall. Levelrail is Apache 2.0 software you run on your own servers. There is no license key, no enterprise tier and no usage meter. Your cost is the servers you already rent. Get started | View on GitHub

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Included for everyone

Sign-in and access control

Email and password, TOTP two-factor, OAuth with Google, GitHub or any OpenID Connect provider, and AWS-style Allow and Deny IAM policies scoped to a single app or database.

Audit log and approvals

Every sensitive request is recorded with actor and caller surface, queryable and exportable as CSV. Protected environments, deploy approvals and freeze windows are built in.

Backups that get verified

Scheduled database and volume backups with retention, restore, and automatic verification after each run, plus snapshots of the control plane itself.

Observability and alerts

Node-local metrics, full-text logs, crashloop detection and alerts across 18 notification channel kinds, all in the same binary.

Multi-server

Add servers with a one-time join token and a small agent. Cordon, drain and explicit placement are included.

AI-ready API

An MCP server exposes the same API and permission model to AI tools, so agents can list apps, read logs and diagnose a crashloop.

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What you actually pay for

The only cost is infrastructure: the Linux servers you run Levelrail on and any cloud provider, object storage or registry you choose to connect. A single small VPS is enough to start. There is no hosted plan today. Levelrail is self-hosted software only, so there is nothing to subscribe to.

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Why it stays this way

Levelrail has one edition by design. Features such as SSO, audit logging and fine-grained roles ship in the same free binary. The comparison page covers how Levelrail differs from other projects and notes that their plans change over time.

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At a glance

  • $0: software cost
  • 1: edition for everyone
  • 0: features gated by plan
  • Apache 2.0: license

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Frequently asked questions

Yes. It is Apache 2.0 licensed with a single edition. There is no license key, no enterprise tier and no feature gated behind a plan.
Not today. Help is through GitHub Discussions, issues and the community Discord.
Yes. The Apache 2.0 license permits commercial use, modification and redistribution, subject to its terms.
The project’s stated position is one edition for everyone. Releases that are already published remain under Apache 2.0.

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Start for free

Install it on one server in a few minutes and see whether it fits. Get started | View on GitHub
Last modified on October 12, 2026