Common use cases for App Platform

Web apps

Build dynamic apps in popular languages like Python, NodeJS

Static sites

Create websites that are fast, secure, and highly scalable

APIs

Add automation via APIs



Background workers

Improve efficiency by adding background workers


Videos

Short how-to videos to help you get up and running with App Platform

Deploy an App from Github

Learn how to connect to your code in GitHub repo and deploy it using App Platform

Deploy a full API and frontend to App Platform

Learn how you can quickly build a dynamic app and deploy API and front end to App Platform

Deploy a Gatsby static site

Check out how you can easily deploy a static site built in Gatsby

Deploy a dynamic Laravel app

Learn how to quickly deploy a Laravel based dynamic app.

Deploy a Django App

Learn how to setup your Django project and deploy it to App Platform

Sample apps

Cool apps to help you kick tires and experience the power of App Platform

RSS Reader aggregator

Deploy this RSS feed aggregator and start getting news stories from your favorite sites. Sample app (here are the repos for front end and API)

URL shortener

Deploy this app and add your own custom domain to shorten your own URLs

Cover image generator

Design and add text to images that you can create and download

Real-time Tug-o-war

Use a Hasura and PostgreSQL backend to power a real-time tug-o-war game in the browser

Tutorials

Comprehensive, expert tutorials to help you at every stage of production,
whether you're learning, practicing, running, or optimizing.

How to deploy a static website to the cloud with DigitalOcean App Platform (for beginners)

Learn how to deploy your static website to the cloud with DigitalOcean App Platform. We’ll walk you through all the steps, including how to get started with GitHub. No prior deployment experience is necessary in this beginner-friendly tutorial.

How to deploy a static site from GitHub to DigitalOcean App Platform (Quickstart)

Learn how to deploy your static site from GitHub with DigitalOcean App Platform in just a few quick steps. If you don’t have a static site, you can use our sample site to learn how the App Platform works.