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Documentation

Reference

InstaCloud (hosted)
GitHub
Discord

Overview

Introduction
Quickstart
The basics
InstaCloud for agents
Best practices
Production readiness checklist

Agents

Agents overview
Set up your coding agent
MCP server
Agent skills
Claude Code
Cursor
Codex
OpenCode, Copilot, Factory Droid
One branch per task
Human in the loop
Credential audit hook

Platform

How InstaCloud works
Compare to Railway
Compare to Fly.io
Migrate from Railway
Migrate from Fly.io

Pricing

Plans
Understanding your bill
Cost control
Pricing FAQ

Projects & branches

Projects
Branches
Environments
The manifest

Build & deploy

Build & deploy
Services
Framework detection
Dockerfiles
Prebuilt images
Monorepos
Ports and the PORT variable
Secrets and variables
Regions
WebSockets
Deploy events
Deploy from GitHub
Pull request environments
No start command found
Application failed to respond
Build failures

Postgres

Postgres
Connect
Branching a database
Scale to zero
Sizing and limits
Databases and roles
Backups and restore
Extensions
Metrics and queries

Data & storage

Storage buckets
Bucket access
Uploading and serving
Volumes

Compute

Compute
Sleep and wake
Limits and scaling
Workers

Networking

Networking
Custom domains
SSL and certificates

Observability

Logs
Metrics
Events timeline

Governance & access

Governance
Approvals
Organizations and members
API tokens
Login methods

Self-hosting

Self-hosting
Install
Configuration
Architecture
Adapters
Managed databases
CLI & MCP compatibility

Frameworks

Frameworks
Next.js
Nuxt
Vite
Remix
Astro
Express / Node
Django
Flask
FastAPI
Deno
Go
Rust
Java
PHP
Ruby on Rails
Elixir / Phoenix

Guides

Run agents in parallel
Use InstaCloud in CI
Lock down a production project
Rotate credentials

--websocket
Sleep and long connections

Build & deploy

WebSockets

Deploy a WebSocket service.

`--websocket`

Sleep and long connections

Regions

Deploy events

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Assistant

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