Overview
Certimate is a self-hosted ACME certificate management platform that coordinates issuance, deployment, renewal and monitoring through visual workflows. It supports common certificate formats, DNS and HTTP challenges, multiple certificate authorities, numerous DNS providers and deployment targets. Teams should still protect the administrator account, local data directory and provider credentials, and test renewals before relying on unattended production changes.Best for
Administrators and DevOps teams that want a visual, self-hosted workflow for managing TLS certificates across multiple services.Pricing and availability
The project is available under an open-source license. Hosting, infrastructure, third-party services and support may still create costs.Platforms and integrations
Available through: web, windows, macos, linux.ACME certificate authorities, DNS providers, cloud platforms, reverse proxies, Kubernetes environments and notification channels are supported through project integrations.
Privacy and security
Certificate automation requires access to DNS, hosting or cloud credentials. Restrict the management interface, replace default credentials immediately, encrypt backups and grant each integration only the permissions it needs.Key strengths
- Visual end-to-end certificate workflows
- Broad DNS and deployment integration coverage
- Cross-platform binaries and Docker deployment
Key limitations
- A failed workflow can affect production TLS availability
- Provider integrations need privileged credentials
- Operators remain responsible for backups, access control and renewal testing
