Stack Builder
Stack Builder - Orchestrate Complex AI & Data Stacks Visually
Design, connect, and deploy multi-container Docker stacks - from AI agents to data pipelines - to your own cloud servers in minutes.
Build production-ready stacks, not just containers
Stack Builder is a visual workspace for composing complete application architectures using Docker - web apps, databases, queues, AI tools, and more - as reusable stacks. You drag services onto a canvas, define how they talk to each other, and generate a deployable configuration without writing Docker Compose by hand. Once you are happy with your stack, you deploy it directly to your own cloud or on-premise servers using TryDirect.
- Multi-container by design - Model full architectures (API + DB + cache + workers + AI services), not single images.
- Visual topology - See services, networks, and dependencies as a graph instead of YAML walls.
- Cloud-ready output - Every stack becomes a reproducible blueprint you can deploy again and again.
What you can do with Stack Builder
- Compose complex stacks by combining services from Docker Hub, official TryDirect templates, and your own private images.
- Configure services centrally - ports, environment variables, volumes, and networks - with validation to avoid misconfigurations.
- Deploy to your own infrastructure on providers like Hetzner, DigitalOcean, AWS, or any VPS with Docker installed.
- Save and reuse blueprints so teams can standardize how projects are deployed across environments.
- Export infrastructure as code through generated Docker Compose definitions you can keep in Git.
Who Stack Builder is for
- AI & automation teams - Spin up n8n, vector databases, LLM runtimes, and monitoring in one stack.
- Product & SaaS teams - Package "app + database + background workers" into a reusable deployment recipe.
- Agencies & integrators - Create opinionated stacks for client projects and reuse them across multiple servers.
- Self-hosters - Combine multiple open-source tools on a single machine without manually wiring containers.
Turn your stacks into reusable templates
Stacks you build in Stack Builder do not have to stay private. You will be able to submit your projects as templates to the TryDirect marketplace, so other teams can deploy them in one click.
- Submit from Stack Builder - Request publication directly from the project screen.
- Review & verification - We validate security and deployment quality before it goes live.
- Earn or share - Publish free community stacks or offer paid, production-ready templates.
Marketplace publishing is in beta - contact us if you would like early access.
Why teams choose Stack Builder
- Less boilerplate - Stop rewriting similar Docker Compose files for every project.
- Fewer errors - Built-in checks reduce broken links between services, missing environment variables, and port conflicts.
- Team-friendly - Non-DevOps team members can understand and adjust the stack visually.
- Cloud freedom - Keep full control of where everything runs: your servers, your data, your costs.
What users say
"Perfect for combining several open-source tools into one reliable stack on a single server."
"We moved our commerce stack between clouds without rebuilding infrastructure - we just redeployed the same stack blueprint."