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Dev tools · January 18, 2025

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Deploy Docker Containers Without Setting up/Managing an Infrastructure

DOrch enables Engineers, Indie Hackers, and Startups to host a docker container (OCI-compatible containers at large), without having to set up or manage a container infrastructure. It comes with features like env variables management, file sharing, FREE subdomain issuance, TLS certificate management, and automatic restart, with more features in the pipeline. The console also allows you to view logs from your containers. The product idea occurred to me about 18 months ago, while working at a different startup. The strategy of the CEO was, spray-and-pray: we created lots of products hoping one…

Deploy Docker Containers Without Setting up/Managing an Infrastructure launched on January 18, 2025 with 5 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches.

What it does

In the maker’s words, at launch

DOrch enables Engineers, Indie Hackers, and Startups to host a docker container (OCI-compatible containers at large), without having to set up or manage a container infrastructure. It comes with features like env variables management, file sharing, FREE subdomain issuance, TLS certificate management, and automatic…

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