Ready-made apps
105 open-source apps in the App Store, and all of them run here, among them WordPress, Ghost, Vaultwarden, Paperless-ngx, n8n and Open WebUI. Pick one and it installs itself, with a database if it needs one.
NewPro for a single app, 2 EUR a month
Your own corner of the internet.
Your apps at photos.lena.blitz.cloud
blitz.cloud puts apps online under an address that belongs to you. Pick a name, choose a ready-made app, a public Docker image or your own code on GitHub, and watch it come online. No servers to rent and nothing to pay to get started.
- No credit card
- Servers and backups in the EU
- Works with Claude and ChatGPT
blitz.cloud is a hosting platform built and run by BlitzWorks, a software company in Regensburg, Germany. It has nothing to do with Blitz.js, blitz.dev or StackBlitz.
Ready-made apps in the store, and the databases behind them
GhostVaultwardenJellyfinn8nUptime KumaSyncthingNextcloudPostgreSQLMariaDBRedisDocker Hub
- 0 EUR to start, no card
- 5 apps on the free plan
- 7 nightly backups kept
- EU servers and backups
Three ways to put something online.
Any public Docker image
Search Docker Hub from the dashboard, or name an image on ghcr.io or another public registry. blitz.cloud reads the image to find its port and the settings it expects, then runs it in its own sandbox.
Your own code, from git
Connect GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg or Gitea and pick a repository, public or private. Every push puts a new version online. No Dockerfile? We write one. A front end, an API and a worker go online as one app.
Three steps, and none of them involve a terminal.
- 1
Pick your address
Claim a name like lena.blitz.cloud. It is yours, it is free, and everything you host lives under it.
- 2
Choose what to host
An app from the store, an image from Docker Hub, or a GitHub project we build for you. Give it a short name like photos and that becomes photos.lena.blitz.cloud.
- 3
Watch it come online
The page shows each step as it happens, then a working link to share and a plain answer to whether everything is fine.
The fiddly parts are already done.
Every account gets all of this, the free one included.
Put it online
Addresses and HTTPS
One address for you and as many addresses underneath it as you have apps. Certificates are issued and renewed automatically.
Managed databases
PostgreSQL 17, MariaDB 11.4 or Redis (served by Valkey 8), set up and connected to your app. Reachable from your apps and nowhere else.
Settings and files that stay
Change the settings an app reads when it starts, stored encrypted. Folders an app writes to survive restarts.
Keep it running
Logs and honest status
Live logs, restart, pause and resume. When a build or an app fails, the page says why in a sentence and lists the steps that fix it. Any of the last ten versions can be put back.
Uptime you can see
Every awake app is checked once a minute, and its page says how the week went. You get an email when a deploy fails or an app stops.
Nightly backups
Every database is copied off our machines every night and kept for seven nights, 30 on Pro. Going back to a night is one button, and it can be undone. On Pro your apps' files are copied too.
Safe by default, on every plan.
None of this is an add-on or a setting you have to find. Every app gets the same protection from the start.
A sandbox per app
Each app runs in its own gVisor sandbox. When an image asks for root, root stays inside that sandbox, and privileged containers are refused.
A closed network
Network rules deny everything by default. Apps can't reach other accounts or the platform's own services.
Private databases
Databases have no public address. Only your own apps can reach them.
Encrypted settings
Environment variables are encrypted before they are stored.
Encrypted backups
Backups are encrypted before they leave our servers and kept in separate storage in the EU.
Passkeys and two-step sign-in
Sign in with a passkey or a code from an authenticator app, and sign out any device from Settings.
Private apps
Connect Tailscale or WireGuard, and an app only opens on your own devices, at the same address with HTTPS.
Every change on record
Settings lists every change to your account, including the ones made by your AI assistant, by GitHub and by us.
Or let your AI assistant do it.
Add blitz.cloud to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or VS Code and sign in with your blitz.cloud account. Your assistant can then put apps online, connect databases, change settings and read logs. Anything that deletes asks you first.
Works withClaudeChatGPTClaude CodeCursorVS Code
Connect an AI assistantSee everything you run, and reach what's at home.
The designer draws your apps, databases, addresses and private networks on one canvas, with the devices on them. No port opened on your router, so it also works behind CGNAT and DS-Lite.
On our own machines, in the EU.
blitz.cloud runs on servers BlitzWorks rents and operates itself, in data centres inside the European Union. Your apps and their data stay in the EU, and neither BlitzWorks nor the company that runs the data centres has a US parent.
Visits are counted by our own statistics tool, without cookies unless you allow one. On the free plan the dashboard shows ads from Google, Pro has none. On this website only the docs, the guides and the comparisons carry ads from Google, and Google only sets advertising cookies if you agree. Your apps have no ads and no trackers from us.
Data location and GDPReu-centralEuropean Union Running today Planned
- Operator
- BlitzWorks UG, Regensburg
- Servers
- European Union
- Database backups
- Separate storage, EU
- US parent company
- None
Not live yet, and we would rather say so.
These are being built in this order. The list of what works today is kept current on the What's live page.
- NextFace and object search in Immich, once apps can have more memory
Free to start, and free to stay.
The free plan is meant to be lived in, not outgrown in a weekend. Pro is for an app that has to answer at any hour, a domain of your own or a second database. It is 7 EUR a month for your whole account, and you can cancel any month.
Free
0 EUR no time limit
For a personal set of apps you use every day.
- One managed database, backups kept 7 nights
- Apps sleep after 30 minutes without visitors
- Your apps under your own blitz.cloud address
- 5 apps, 512 MB memory, 10 GB storage
Pro
Recommended7 EUR per month, VAT included
5.83 EUR per month, VAT included
For your whole account, not per app. Billed yearly at 70 EUR, you save 14 EUR.
For apps that have to answer at any hour.
- Apps that stay awake when nobody visits
- Domains you own, on any app
- Nightly copies of your apps' files
- Your apps start first when the platform is busy
- Five databases, backups kept 30 nights
- No ads in your dashboard
- 50 apps, 4 GB memory, 50 GB storage
Try it free for 14 days when you keep an app awake or add a domain. No payment details needed to start; add them before it ends to keep Pro; nothing charged if you don't. First month refunded if you ask within 30 days.
No account yet? You create a free one first and switch in Settings.
Power
19 EUR per month, VAT included
15.83 EUR per month, VAT included
For your whole account, not per app. Billed yearly at 190 EUR, you save 38 EUR.
Everything in Pro, with room for more and bigger apps.
- Everything in Pro
- 8 GB memory, 80 GB storage
- Ten databases, backups kept 30 nights
- 100 apps
First month refunded if you ask within 30 days.
Two apps that answer at any hour, each with its own PostgreSQL: $24 a month on Heroku, $26 on Render, 7 EUR on Pro. How we counted
Monthly plans end any month. Yearly plans run for the first year, then one month's notice. Apps, databases and backups stay in the EU. Data and GDPR · Status of the platform
Three setups, and when they need Pro
n8n with webhooks
Runs on the free plan. Webhooks and schedules need it awake, which is Pro.
Nextcloud with its database
Takes the free plan's one database. A second app with its own needs Pro.
A bot and its dashboard
The bot runs on free as long as you sign in at least every two days. A dashboard that opens without a wait is Pro.
Short answers.
All questionsIs blitz.cloud really free?
Yes. The free plan costs nothing, needs no credit card and has no time limit. An app nobody has visited for 30 minutes goes to sleep and wakes on the next visit. On Pro you can keep an app awake.
What does Pro cost?
7 EUR a month including VAT, or 70 EUR a year, for your whole account rather than per app. It keeps apps awake, connects domains you own and gives you more databases. You can try it free for 14 days when you keep an app awake or add a domain; you add payment details only if you decide to keep it, and nothing is charged if you don't. The first month is refunded if you ask within 30 days.
Can I deploy my own Docker image?
Yes, if it is a public image built for amd64, on Docker Hub, ghcr.io or another public registry. An image that starts as root runs as root inside its own sandbox and nowhere else.
Can I deploy from GitHub with git push?
Yes. Connect your GitHub account and pick a repository, public or private. Every push to its branch builds a new version and puts it online, and the version running stays up until the new one works. A project without a Dockerfile gets one written for it. GitLab, Codeberg, Gitea and Forgejo work the same way.
Where is my data stored?
In data centres inside the European Union. Database backups go to separate storage, also in the EU. blitz.cloud is operated by BlitzWorks UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Regensburg, Germany.
Which databases are available?
PostgreSQL 17, MariaDB 11.4 and Redis, served by Valkey 8. MongoDB is not offered, because its licence (SSPL) is written to prevent exactly this kind of hosted offering.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes, on Pro. Connect a domain you own to any app, with HTTPS. On the free plan every app gets an address under your name, like photos.lena.blitz.cloud, with HTTPS as well.
Put your first app online today.
Free plan, no credit card, no waiting list.