# blitz.cloud guides > Step-by-step guides to host Docker containers, Node.js and Python APIs, static sites and databases on blitz.cloud, with real files and commands. Web page: https://blitz.cloud/guides/ Updated: 2026-09-26 The docs explain what each part of blitz.cloud does. These guides go the other way round: they start from something you want to get online and walk through it with files and commands that have been run, not just written. Need a bot or an app to stay online around the clock? [Keep an app from GitHub online](https://blitz.cloud/guides/always-on-app-from-github/) shows how, and [deploy a Docker container](https://blitz.cloud/guides/deploy-docker-container-free/) covers public images. Wondering what an app actually costs? [n8n pricing in 2026](https://blitz.cloud/guides/n8n-pricing/) compares n8n Cloud, self-hosting and blitz.cloud with our own numbers. Moving off something else? [Move a Heroku app to the EU](https://blitz.cloud/guides/migrate-from-heroku-to-eu/) and [put a Lovable or Bolt app online on your own EU host](https://blitz.cloud/guides/host-a-lovable-or-bolt-app-in-the-eu/) walk through it with real commands. The example code lives in a public repository, [blitzworks-io/blitz-cloud-examples](https://github.com/blitzworks-io/blitz-cloud-examples). Every image in it was built for amd64 and tested as user 1000 with all Linux capabilities dropped, which is how blitz.cloud runs apps. A word on scope before you pick one. For your own code the quickest route is usually GitHub: connect your GitHub account, pick a repository, private ones included, and every push to the branch goes online. A public repository also builds from a pasted link. See [deploy a GitHub project](https://blitz.cloud/docs/deploy-from-github/). The guides below show the Docker image route, which works with any public registry and lets you test the image on your own machine before it goes online. ## Guides - [How to deploy a Docker container for free](https://blitz.cloud/guides/deploy-docker-container-free.md): Run a public Docker image online for free with HTTPS and no credit card. Tested steps for blitz.cloud, the image requirements, and what the free plan covers. - [Deploy a Node.js API without managing servers](https://blitz.cloud/guides/deploy-nodejs-api.md): Package a Node.js API as a Docker image that runs without root on port 8080, push it to Docker Hub and host it on blitz.cloud in the EU with HTTPS. - [Keep an app from GitHub online around the clock](https://blitz.cloud/guides/always-on-app-from-github.md): Put a Python or Node.js app, an API or a bot from GitHub online in the EU and keep it answering at any hour, with a new version on every push. From 2 EUR a month. - [Host a static site (Astro, Hugo, Next.js) with its own subdomain](https://blitz.cloud/guides/host-static-site.md): Build an Astro, Hugo, Vite or Next.js static export into a non-root nginx image on port 8080 and host it on blitz.cloud with HTTPS on your own subdomain. - [Host a Telegram bot that stays online](https://blitz.cloud/guides/telegram-bot-hosting.md): Run your Telegram bot from GitHub on servers in the EU, with polling or webhooks, and keep it online at any hour. Free to try, from 2 EUR a month to keep it running. - [Deploy an app with a PostgreSQL database](https://blitz.cloud/guides/deploy-app-with-postgres.md): Host an app with a managed PostgreSQL 17 database on blitz.cloud. DATABASE_URL is set for you, the database is private to your apps and backed up nightly. - [Host a Discord bot that stays online](https://blitz.cloud/guides/discord-bot-hosting.md): Run your Discord bot from GitHub on servers in the EU and keep it connected at any hour, with a new version on every push. Free to try, from 2 EUR a month to keep it running. - [Move an app from Vercel to an EU host](https://blitz.cloud/guides/migrate-from-vercel-to-eu.md): How to migrate a Next.js app from Vercel to blitz.cloud in the EU: standalone Docker build, environment variables, database, and what doesn't carry over yet. - [Self-host a password manager with Vaultwarden](https://blitz.cloud/guides/self-host-password-manager.md): Run Vaultwarden, the Bitwarden-compatible password manager, on blitz.cloud in the EU with one click. Setup, locking down signups, clients, and backups. - [Self-host n8n for workflow automation](https://blitz.cloud/guides/self-host-n8n.md): Install n8n on blitz.cloud in one click, hosted in the EU with HTTPS and public webhooks. Memory, encryption key, email, and how to keep your workflows safe. - [Host n8n in the EU, with webhooks that always arrive](https://blitz.cloud/guides/n8n-hosting-eu.md): Run n8n in the EU from the blitz.cloud App Store in one click. Try it free; on Pro it stays awake, so schedules run and webhooks arrive at any hour. - [Self-host Ghost on blitz.cloud](https://blitz.cloud/guides/self-host-ghost.md): Install Ghost on blitz.cloud in one click, hosted in the EU with HTTPS. Custom domain, backups, newsletter email, and moving an existing blog over. - [Self-host Uptime Kuma on blitz.cloud](https://blitz.cloud/guides/self-host-uptime-kuma.md): Install Uptime Kuma on blitz.cloud in one click, hosted in the EU with HTTPS. Setup, notifications, keeping it awake, and a private option. - [Deploy an app by asking Claude](https://blitz.cloud/guides/deploy-with-claude.md): Install the blitz.cloud plugin in Claude Code and deploy an app by asking for it in plain language, from connecting to a live address. - [n8n pricing in 2026](https://blitz.cloud/guides/n8n-pricing.md): What n8n costs: self-hosted on your own server, or your own copy in the EU, free to try and always online on Pro for 7 EUR a month. - [Self-host Nextcloud on blitz.cloud](https://blitz.cloud/guides/self-host-nextcloud.md): Install Nextcloud on blitz.cloud in one click, in the EU. The MariaDB database it needs, the one-database limit, and what the free plan backs up. - [Nextcloud pricing in 2026](https://blitz.cloud/guides/nextcloud-pricing.md): What Nextcloud costs: self-hosted on your own server, or your own copy in the EU, free to try and always online on Pro for 7 EUR a month. - [Vaultwarden pricing in 2026](https://blitz.cloud/guides/vaultwarden-pricing.md): What Vaultwarden costs: self-hosted on your own server, or your own copy in the EU, free to try and always online on Pro for 7 EUR a month. - [Ghost pricing in 2026](https://blitz.cloud/guides/ghost-pricing.md): What Ghost costs: self-hosted on your own server, or your own copy in the EU, free to try and always online on Pro for 7 EUR a month. - [Uptime Kuma pricing in 2026](https://blitz.cloud/guides/uptime-kuma-pricing.md): What Uptime Kuma costs: self-hosted on your own server, or your own copy in the EU, free to try and always online on Pro for 7 EUR a month. - [Paperless-ngx pricing in 2026](https://blitz.cloud/guides/paperless-ngx-pricing.md): What Paperless-ngx costs: self-hosted on your own server, or your own copy in the EU, free to try and always online on Pro for 7 EUR a month. - [OpenClaw pricing in 2026](https://blitz.cloud/guides/openclaw-pricing.md): What self-hosting OpenClaw yourself costs, and what it costs free or always-on on blitz.cloud, with our own measured numbers. - [Immich pricing in 2026](https://blitz.cloud/guides/immich-pricing.md): What Immich costs: self-hosted on your own server, or your own copy in the EU, always online on Pro for 7 EUR a month, with nightly backups. - [Self-host Hermes Agent on blitz.cloud](https://blitz.cloud/guides/self-host-hermes-agent.md): Install Hermes Agent on blitz.cloud in one click, hosted in the EU with HTTPS. The API key, keeping it awake, and what it doesn't do. - [WordPress pricing in 2026](https://blitz.cloud/guides/wordpress-pricing.md): What WordPress costs: self-hosted on your own server, or your own copy in the EU, free to try and always online on Pro for 7 EUR a month. - [Jellyfin pricing in 2026](https://blitz.cloud/guides/jellyfin-pricing.md): What Jellyfin costs: self-hosted on your own server, or your own copy in the EU, free to try and always online on Pro for 7 EUR a month. - [FileBrowser Quantum pricing in 2026](https://blitz.cloud/guides/filebrowser-pricing.md): What FileBrowser Quantum costs: self-hosted on your own server, or your own copy in the EU, free to try and always online on Pro for 7 EUR a month. - [9router pricing in 2026](https://blitz.cloud/guides/9router-pricing.md): What self-hosting 9router yourself costs, and what it costs free or always-on on blitz.cloud. - [Code Server pricing in 2026](https://blitz.cloud/guides/code-server-pricing.md): What Code Server costs: self-hosted on your own server, or your own copy in the EU, free to try and always online on Pro for 7 EUR a month. - [Move a Heroku app to the EU](https://blitz.cloud/guides/migrate-from-heroku-to-eu.md): Move a Heroku app's buildpacks, config vars, Postgres database and add-ons to blitz.cloud in the EU, with the exact commands, checked 24 October 2026. - [Put a Lovable or Bolt app online on your own EU host](https://blitz.cloud/guides/host-a-lovable-or-bolt-app-in-the-eu.md): Export a Lovable or Bolt.new app to GitHub and run it on blitz.cloud in the EU, including the Supabase backend question, checked 24 October 2026.