Deploy your first app.

You need an app that runs locally and a free Canner account — no card required. Canner detects your framework and builds it for you; the three paths below differ only in how your code reaches us.

Option 1 — Drag and drop

No git, no config. Go to New project in the dashboard and drop your project folder (or a .zip / .tar.gz). Canner detects the framework, installs, builds, and deploys. Uploads are capped by plan (see Plans & limits) — and remember to include your lockfile (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, …) if it’s a Node project.

Option 2 — Connect GitHub

In New project, choose Deploy from GitHub and install the Canner Deploy app on the repository. Every push to your production branch builds and deploys automatically; every pull request gets its own preview URL at branch--project.app.canner.ca. Build failures are reported back to the PR as a commit status.

Option 3 — The CLI

Best for deploying from a terminal, a CI pipeline, or an AI coding tool’s integrated shell:

npm install -g @canner-ca/cli

canner login            # paste an API token from Dashboard → Account
canner init             # creates the project + writes canner.json
canner deploy --follow  # uploads, builds, streams the log

--follow streams the build log and exits with the build’s status code, so it slots into CI as the last step. Full command reference on the CLI page.

const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
app.listen(port);

What happens next

Your build runs in an isolated sandbox with its own memory budget, then the app starts under its own Linux user and gets a TLS certificate automatically. On the free Starter plan an app sleeps after 3 hours without traffic and wakes on the next request; paid plans keep it always on. From here:

• Add environment variables if your app needs API keys or configuration.
• Provision a Postgres database — the connection string is injected as DATABASE_URL.
• Point your own domain at the project.
• Build failed? The log usually says exactly why — and the troubleshooting guide covers the common cases.