PreviewDrop

What it does

Push a branch and PreviewDrop builds a live HTTPS preview URL automatically. Open a PR and the link drops in the comment. Django, Rails, Laravel, FastAPI, Spring Boot, Node, Go — if it runs in Docker, PreviewDrop previews it. No YAML, no staging server to maintain. Flat pricing per workspace, no per-seat fees. Free tier from day one, no credit card required. MCP support: trigger preview deployments from Cursor, Claude Dev, or any MCP-compatible editor.

Live HTTPS preview URLs for every Git branch — Django, Rails, Laravel, FastAPI, Next.js, Nuxt and beyond. Auto-detects your framework (no Dockerfile required — bring one if you want). GitHub and GitLab. PR comments, logs, password protection in 60s.

A real container, a real HTTPS address, a real PR comment — for Django, Rails, Laravel, Go, .NET, Rust and anything else that builds. We detect the framework, or use your Dockerfile. No Kubernetes, no YAML, no per-seat bill. No signup, no credit card, self-destructs in 10 minutes. No repo handy? Try Express , FastAPI , Next.js . Already convinced? Sign in with GitHub — free, no credit card. Stages in order, not to scale — no per-stage timing is claimed here. What is fixed: a real container per branch, its own HTTPS certificate, and an expiry you don't have to remember. If it runs in a container, PreviewDrop previews it. Detected automatically, or driven by the Dockerfile you already have.…from previewdrop.dev

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