From nothing to a running app at its own address.
With the command line, in your code's directory:
curl -fsSL https://runalf.com/cli.sh | sh # macOS, Linux
alf launchOn Windows, install it from PowerShell or the Command Prompt with powershell -c "irm https://runalf.com/cli.ps1 | iex"; the rest is the same.
launch works out what the code is, writes a Dockerfile if it has none, asks once about each database it uses, makes the project and deploys it: see launching an app. New here? It signs you in first, in your browser, where you make your account (with GitHub, Google or your email), and when your organization needs a payment method before its first deploy, it opens Stripe's page and waits for it. The rest of this page does the same in the dashboard.
Sign up with your email, and open the link we send to confirm it. Next, start an organization (your workspace; you can invite people later under Members), or skip that and join your team's when they invite you.
A project holds the services of one app, say a website, an API and a database. On the Overview, choose Create → Empty project and name it.
In the project, choose + Create:
alf deploy in your code's directory (the page has the line with the project filled in, or a one-time line with nothing to install). It finds the docker-compose file or the Dockerfile, sends the code, and Alf builds and runs it. alf ci github sets up the same on every push. See Deploying your code.nginx:1.27 or ghcr.io/you/app:1.2. Set the port your app listens on (or leave it empty to use the one the image declares) and choose Create service: it's deployed at once.The service card on the canvas shows its address. Open it: the first request wakes the app, and everything after that is as fast as usual.