Light Cloud

What is Light Cloud?

Light Cloud is a deployment platform that connects directly to GitHub and GitLab repositories, turning every push into a live deployment. It handles the full stack—static websites, backend containers, and managed Postgres databases—from a single project. Instead of juggling separate hosting, container orchestration, and database services, you connect a repository and Light Cloud figures out where your code should run.

Who it's for

• Solo developers and indie hackers who want to ship side projects without spending hours on infrastructure setup.
• Small product teams that need preview URLs for every pull request and a production environment that won't surprise them with a big bill.
• AI-assisted developers who prefer to deploy from Claude or GitHub Copilot rather than clicking through a dashboard.

Key features

Static sites and containers in one workflow

Light Cloud reads your repository and automatically routes static sites to a global CDN or containers to Cloud Run. You don't need to configure separate pipelines for different project types—the platform picks the right target based on your code.

Managed Postgres

Provision a database with a chosen tier, region, and storage size directly from the same project as your app. Credentials are encrypted and wired into your application automatically, so there's no manual connection string juggling.

Preview URLs for every branch

Each branch and pull request gets its own live URL, built on push and cleaned up when the branch is deleted. Production stays protected while reviewers can click through real deployments instead of screenshots.

Scale-to-zero containers

Idle containers stop billing when no one is hitting them. You pay for the time your app actually runs, which keeps preview environments and low-traffic services effectively free.

What stands out

Push to GitHub. Ship in seconds.

That's the whole pitch, and Light Cloud actually delivers on it. The tight GitHub integration means every commit triggers a build, deploy, and log capture without any manual steps. But the real differentiator is the AI deployment path: the MCP server lets Claude create apps, deploy, and read logs from a conversation, and the VS Code extension adds /deploy, /status, and /plan commands to GitHub Copilot. Framework detection and .env parsing happen automatically, so you can ship from your editor without touching a browser.

Worth checking out if…

You want a deployment platform that removes the gap between writing code and seeing it live. If you're tired of stitching together separate services for hosting, containers, databases, and preview environments, Light Cloud bundles them into one coherent workflow. It's especially appealing if you already live in GitHub or GitLab and want AI tools to handle deployments for you. The free plan lets you start without committing money, and the scale-to-zero model means your costs stay proportional to actual usage.