Now with zero-downtime deploys

Ship fast.
Sleep well.

The deployment platform that gets out of your way. From ancla deploy to production in seconds—for any language, any framework.

$ go install ancla.dev/cli@latest && ancla deploy
99.9%
Uptime SLA
<40s
Avg Deploy
6+
Languages
0
Vendor Lock-in

From terminal to production

One command.
That’s the whole workflow.

Ancla detects your stack, builds an optimized image, runs your migrations, and rolls out with zero downtime. Instant rollback if anything goes wrong.

Auto-detect Zero-downtime Instant rollback
~/my-app
Detecting stack… Python 3.14 (uv)
Building image… done 2.1s
Creating release v14 done
Running migrations… done
Rolling out… healthy 3/3 instances
✓ Live at my-app.ancla.dev (38s)

The Platform

Everything you need to ship

No plugins. No add-ons. No surprise invoices at the end of the month.

One-Command Deploy

Run ancla deploy and you’re live. Automatic builds, zero-downtime rollouts, instant rollbacks.

Encrypted Secrets

Environment variables encrypted at rest, injected at runtime. No .env files on servers. Ever.

Immutable Releases

Every deploy is a versioned snapshot of your image + config. Reproduce any release at any time, audit every change.

Live Shell & Logs

Drop into running containers. Tail logs in real-time across instances. Debug production without the anxiety.

TLS Everywhere

Automatic certificate provisioning and renewal via Let’s Encrypt. HTTPS from minute one, zero configuration.

Process Scaling

Scale web, worker, and cron processes independently. Horizontal scaling with a single command when traffic spikes.

How It Works

Three steps. That’s it.

01

Connect

Link your Git repository or push via CLI. Ancla detects your language, framework, and build system automatically.

02

Configure

Set environment variables, define your processes, choose your region. Or skip it all and use smart defaults.

03

Deploy

Every push builds, tests, and rolls out. Zero-downtime. Instant rollback. Your app is live.

.jl Julia
.ml OCaml
.nim Nim
.cr Crystal
.dart Dart
.scala Scala
.kt Kotlin
.py Python
.pl Perl
.lua Lua
.r R
.hs Haskell
.clj Clojure
.ex Elixir
.swift Swift
.go Go
.f90 Fortran
.erl Erlang
.fs F#
.cpp C++
.java Java
.cs C#
.rb Ruby
.rs Rust
.cbl COBOL
.zig Zig
.gleam Gleam
.v V
.deno Deno
.php PHP
.ts TypeScript
.js Node.js
.cuda GPU Accelerated

Polyglot Platform

Any language.
Any framework.
Any hardware.

Bring your own Dockerfile or let Ancla detect your stack automatically. Python, Go, Rust, Node, PHP, Ruby—CPU or GPU, if it builds, it ships.

Why Switch

Why Ancla?

The simplicity of a managed platform with the transparency you actually deserve.

Heroku / Render / Railway / Fly.io / DigitalOcean App Platform / Google Cloud Run / AWS App Runner / Azure Container Apps / Coolify / Dokku / CapRover / Porter / Northflank / Koyeb / Coherence / Aptible / Platform.sh / Clever Cloud / Qovery / Flightcontrol / Zeabur / Sidekick

  • Costs scale faster than your app
  • Limited buildpack customization
  • Opaque infrastructure you can’t inspect
  • Vendor lock-in by design

DIY Docker + CI/CD

  • Endless pipeline YAML to maintain
  • No rollbacks or deploy history
  • Secrets scattered across systems
  • You are the on-call SRE

Ancla

  • One command to deploy anything
  • Instant rollbacks & full audit history
  • Encrypted secrets, logs, shell built in
  • Your infrastructure, your rules

Developer Experience

A CLI you’ll actually enjoy

Not just deploy. Manage secrets, tail logs, open a shell, scale processes—all from your terminal.

$ ancla deploy

Build & ship to production

$ ancla logs -f

Tail live logs across instances

$ ancla env set

Manage encrypted secrets

$ ancla scale web=3

Scale any process type

Ready to drop anchor?

Deploy your first app in under a minute.