Learn what you can build with App Platform

App Platform provides a fully managed solution to rapidly build, deploy, manage, and scale apps. Deploy code by simply pointing to GitHub or GitLab repository and let App Platform manage the infrastructure, application runtimes, and other dependencies.

Common use cases for App Platform

Web apps

Web apps

Build dynamic apps in popular languages like Python, NodeJS

Static sites

Static sites

Create websites that are fast, secure, and highly scalable

APIs

APIs

Add automation via APIs

Background workers

Background workers

Improve efficiency by adding background workers

App Showcase

Amazing apps hosted on App Platform that you can take inspiration from. Web services, databases, static sites, and more.

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Portfolio

A brilliant portfolio that takes animation and navigation to the next level.

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Mental Health Crisis App

An insightful app that encourages families and friends to monitor those that they are close to.

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Guild.so

A Laravel application that allows users to create team accounts and clock-in and clock-out.

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Potatizer

A fun app to randomly generate a potato with a mood of its own.

Deploy your open source applications to DigitalOcean with the click of a button. Learn more

Tutorials

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

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