now has been designed from the ground up with dynamic scalability in mind. Today, I’m excited to introduce you to our now scale command, which gives you fine-grained control over our scaling and autoscaling capabilities.
On the heels of our announcement of free unlimited static deployments earlier today, we are excited to introduce a beta release of the upcoming Next.js 3.0, featuring next export, dynamic components and various bugfixes.
Today we are extremely excited to announce a major overhaul of our static deployment type. From now on, static websites and files will be 10x faster to deploy, faster to serve and best of all: free and unlimited.
Our deployment platform is completely elastic. Our plans are based on how many deployment instances (i.e.: copies of a deployment) are actually running. We thus allow you to deploy and scale infinitely.
Monday, May 8th 2017 (21d ago)
Buy Domains from the CLI
Matheus Fernandes (@matheusfrndes)
One of the biggest barriers to publishing is the effort involved in the coordination between the different systems involved: domain registration, DNS setup, load balancing and encryption (TLS certificates), deployment, logging and measurement.
Our mission is to simplify the access and setup of these systems for every person, including those inside teams and organizations.
Today we are happy to announce we're removing the complexity associated with domain name acquisition and configuration and with it a special 1-week offer starting today of any .xyz domain name for U$1!
Thursday, May 4th 2017 (24d ago)
Teams on ZEIT
Our cloud hosting solution now was introduced to the public nearly a year ago. At the time, it was capable of deploying any Node.js project by just typing now, and returning a new URL each time, pioneering the idea of immutable deployments.
Incrementally we built an ecosystem of tools necessary to take your websites, microservices and data APIs to production. We built a free DNS system with built-in free SSL certificates. We extended the platform to all programming languages with Docker support. We made builds incredibly fast.
Today, I'm very proud to announce that we are extending this wonderful experience to entire teams and organizations!
Tuesday, April 4th 2017 (54d ago)
From Xervo to Now
Jarmo Isotalo (@JarmoIsotalo)
Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg)
The news that Xervo (formerly known as Modulus) is shutting down was announced today. We are thankful to the Xervo leadership team for choosing us as the provider for their customers to transition their production deployments to.
In this blog post we'll walk you through our migration plan to now. You'll learn in a few simple steps how to continue your online operations and resume deploying changes to your services and websites without any interruptions.
Welcome to now! Let's get started.
Monday, March 27th 2017 (62d ago)
Jarmo Isotalo Is a Zeiter
Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg)
Jarmo Isotalo (@JarmoIsotalo)
It is my pleasure to announce another Zeiter! This time it's Jarmo Isotalo. To help you get to know him, I put together an informal interview. Feel free to reach out on our Slack community if you want to find out more!
Monday, March 27th 2017 (63d ago)
Next.js 2.0
Arunoda Susiripala (@arunoda)
Naoyuki Kanezawa (@nkzawa)
Tim Neutkens (@timneutkens)
More than 3.1 million developers read our announcement post of Next.js. More than 110 contributors have submitted patches, examples or improved our documentation. Over 10,000 developers have starred us on GitHub.
Today, we are proud to introduce Next 2.0 to the world. What follows is a quick summary of every new feature and improvement we have made.
Wednesday, March 15th 2017 (74d ago)
Our New Documentation Center
Leo Lamprecht (@notquiteleo)
As our product and platform has grown, documentation has scattered around. One can use now easily by just following the help on the command line program, but details were also divided between GitHub, our blog posts and product pages.
With our APIs and product offerings maturing and stabilizing, we are proud to introduce our official documentation center. I invite you to read on to learn about how it's structured, what it includes and how it will evolve!
Sunday, March 12th 2017 (77d ago)
Improved Build and Deployment Inspection
Naoyuki Kanezawa (@nkzawa)
I'm excited to announce new improvements for the user experience, responsiveness and security of your deployments. We have revamped our Web UI for you to easily inspect the status of ongoing builds and new deployments.
We are also making it much easier to diagnose build errors on both the Web and CLI UIs.
Tuesday, March 7th 2017 (83d ago)
Introducing Path Alias: Microservice Composition Made Simple.
Jarmo Isotalo (@JarmoIsotalo)
The microservice API architecture has a lot of undisputed benefits. By breaking down your program into smaller independent pieces, teams find it easier to…
- Parallelize their work.
Ownership and responsibility are more naturally distributed. - Mix up different programming languages, frameworks and even run them at different versions.
It's much easier to evolve when no migrations of large codebases are involved. - Scale, detect performance bottlenecks and isolate failures.
The overall system tends to be more resilient and easier to analyze.
Yet two big challenges commonly follow: coordination and simulation.
Sunday, March 5th 2017 (84d ago)
High Availability: S3 and Google Cloud Storage Replication
Tony Kovanen (@TonyKovanen)
Jarmo Isotalo (@JarmoIsotalo)
now is built with reliability and simplicity in mind, thanks to our ability to straddle across different cloud providers without introducing any API complexity.
When you deploy, we take the code that's already working on your devices and launch it in the cloud. No special setup is needed. You don't need to learn anything other than the very configuration you already use, such as package.json and Dockerfile.
Tuesday, February 14th 2017 (103d ago)
Meet `now-billing`: Manage Payment Methods from the CLI
Matheus Fernandes (@matheusfrndes)
Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg)
At ▲ZEIT we're big believers in the power and expressiveness of the command line.
Today we are introducing two new commands to our now CLI toolchain:
now billing(ornow cc) to manage your credit cardsnow upgrade(ornow downgrade) to pick your plan
Thanks to these, new and existing users won't have to leave their workspace when the time comes to upgrade their account.
Monday, February 13th 2017 (104d ago)
An Easier Way to Alias
Leo Lamprecht (@notquiteleo)
Today I'd like to take some time and sum up the updated capabilities of now and what's needed for properly handling the process of moving a project to the production stage.
In addition, this post will teach you how to alias instantly by running now alias and customizing your config.
Saturday, January 28th 2017 (121d ago)
Customizing Now using `now.json`
Nathan Rajlich (@tootallnate)
Leo Lamprecht (@notquiteleo)
As the CLI for now grew bigger, many options were introduced for allowing you to customize its behaviour. Because of this, we're now shipping an easy way of keeping track of your configuration.
Starting with v4.0.0 (partially landed silently in in v3.1.0) of the now CLI, you'll be able to define all of these options in a separate file called now.json. Check out the full list in here!
Tuesday, January 24th 2017 (124d ago)
Now Desktop for Windows
Matheus Fernandes (@matheusfrndes)
Leo Lamprecht (@notquiteleo)
The wait is over: We're bringing Now Desktop to Windows! Deploy and share any Website or API with just one click. Enjoy seamless integration with your OS and automatic updates.
To get started, head to our Download section to find Now Desktop for Windows. Once installed, our built-in tutorial will walk you through its capabilities. Be sure to also check out the GitHub repository to learn from the code and file issues or suggestions.
Read on to find out what Now Desktop for Windows can do for you!
Thursday, January 19th 2017 (129d ago)
Faster JavaScript Deployments
As we mentioned when we introduced Docker support, there are three pilars or universal targets that most software teams build upon and you can deploy by running now:
- JavaScript: any directory with a
package.jsonfile. - Static files: HTML websites or even just a list of videos and images.
- Linux containers: any project with a
Dockerfile.
This announcement will focus on the first one. Starting today, you'll notice a major speedup when deploying and building JavaScript projects that rely on the vast npm ecosystem.
Wednesday, December 21st 2016 (159d ago)
Nathan Rajlich Is a Zeiter
Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg)
Nathan Rajlich (@tootallnate)
It is my pleasure to announce another Zeiter! This time it's Nathan Rajlich, creator of node-gyp and core Node.js committer. Nathan and I have been working together since the LearnBoost & Cloudup days, and he was also a part of the WordPress.com acquisition. To help you get to know him, I put together an informal interview. Feel free to reach out on our Slack community if you want to know more!
Friday, December 9th 2016 (170d ago)
Our Commitment to Open Source
Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg)
Today we are introducing our Open Source Software projects page (/oss). The goal behind this new section is twofold.
Wednesday, December 7th 2016 (172d ago)
Using External DNS Services with Now
Olli Vanhoja (@OVanhoja)
Leo Lamprecht (@notquiteleo)
Starting with version 0.35.0 of the now command line interface, we'll provide out of the box support for DNS/CDN services like CloudFlare or StackPath.
This is made possible by a few improvements we've made to the way how now is verifying new domains before you can use them.
Monday, November 28th 2016 (181d ago)
Deploying Git Repositories
Leo Lamprecht (@notquiteleo)
Until today, the common workflow for deploying a project located on GitHub was cloning it to your device, adjusting it and then running now to shoot it up into the cloud.
With this update, it's getting much easier.
Thursday, November 24th 2016 (185d ago)
DNS Record Management Through the CLI
Olli Vanhoja (@OVanhoja)
Leo Lamprecht (@notquiteleo)
Since we introduced our own global DNS service zeit.world earlier this year, most of our customers found it to be pretty awesome and instantly decided to let us take care of their domains' resolution.
Today, we'd like to expand this service even further by allowing you to interface directly with our nameservers by making your domain's DNS records editable.
Friday, October 28th 2016 (213d ago)
Static Hosting using Now
Leo Lamprecht (@notquiteleo)
This time, we'd like to tell you about the perfect workflow when it comes to hosting static applications and sites on now.
Although some developers already found it do be pretty easy, we decided to make it even more straightforward by introducing a new feature for the command line interface.
Tuesday, October 25th 2016 (215d ago)
Next.js
We're very proud to open-source Next.js, a small framework for server-rendered universal JavaScript webapps, built on top of React, Webpack and Babel, which powers this very site!
Thursday, October 20th 2016 (221d ago)
Say Hello to `now certs`: Advanced Certificate Management Using Now
Olli Vanhoja (@OVanhoja)
As of version 0.26.0 of the now CLI, our users will be able to manage the SSL certificates used in their deployments directly from their device.
Thursday, October 6th 2016 (234d ago)
The Hyper Plan
Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg)
It's now been 90 days since the first 0.1.0 release of HyperTerm. It's been thrilling to see it grow from a small experimental demo to one of the most popular projects on GitHub this year, with close to 9,000 stars.
Wednesday, September 28th 2016 (243d ago)
Now.app
Leo Lamprecht (@notquiteleo)
Today we're ecstatic to introduce Now.app, our desktop app and the new distribution model for our cloud toolchain. You can jump straight to the download page, the code or read on for a quick overview!
Saturday, September 10th 2016 (260d ago)
The Now CLI goes open-source!
Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg)
now 0.25.0 is out with a lot of new features and bug fixes. In addition, we're happy to announce you can now inspect its code, modify it, contribute to it or file issues and suggestions!
Friday, September 2nd 2016 (268d ago)
Environment Variables and Secrets
Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg)
Today we are introducing a new option, a new command and a new API to manage your deployment's environment variables and secrets.
Thursday, August 18th 2016 (283d ago)
COBOL in the cloud
Olli Vanhoja (@OVanhoja)
A few days ago we announced support for Dockerfile compilation. In practical terms, it means that now became a universal platform with support for the three primary compilation targets of the Internet:
Tuesday, August 16th 2016 (285d ago)
Here is `now --public`
Nathan Rajlich (@tootallnate)
▲ZEIT offers an OSS plan that gives open-source maintainers free hosting. We believe that if your code is free, the cloud resources you need for your project's demos, docs, APIs and bots should also be free.
Tuesday, August 16th 2016 (285d ago)
Leo Lamprecht Is a Zeiter
Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg)
Leo Lamprecht (@notquiteleo)
I'm extremely happy to announce Leo Lamprecht is joining the team. Leo found us and emailed us before we had even made our plans or any of our products public.
Ever since, he's been helping on and off shape a lot of our products and polish the little details that matter. Today I'm glad to share that he's now with us full time!
Monday, August 15th 2016 (286d ago)
Introducing Dockerfile support
Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg)
Tony Kovanen (@tonykovanen)
Today marks a special day in the evolution of ▲ZEIT and our serverless deployment product offering.
With now 0.20.0 we are introducing the fastest and simplest solution to deploy, build and scale containers in the cloud. If your directory contains a Dockerfile, just type now to deploy it.
Wednesday, July 27th 2016 (305d ago)
Olli Vanhoja Is a Zeiter
Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg)
I'm delighted to introduce our newest hire, Olli Vanhoja, to the ▲ZEIT community! I asked him some questions so you can get to know him. Feel free to reach out to him on our new Slack community!
Monday, July 25th 2016 (307d ago)
Announcing Private npm Support
Tony Kovanen (@tonykovanen)
One of the top requests from our customers has been the ability to deploy projects with dependencies hosted in private npm scopes.
True to our style, as of now 0.19.0 you can deploy such projects with just one command (and a flag):
Friday, July 22nd 2016 (310d ago)
Introducing Your Dashboard
Naoyuki Kanezawa (@nkzawa)
The ▲ZEIT experience just got much better!
We've made it really easy to keep track of everything that's happening with your account and deployments.
Friday, June 17th 2016 (345d ago)
Introducing API Tokens Management
Naoyuki Kanezawa (@nkzawa)
We just introduced a new pane under your account's settings to visualize your API tokens. This includes 3rd party integrations and your existing browser and command line sessions!
Monday, June 6th 2016 (356d ago)
Node v6
Tony Kovanen (@tonykovanen)
We're very happy to announce that all new deployments to now will be served with the newly released Node.js *6.2.1* effective immediately.
Friday, June 3rd 2016 (359d ago)
Announcing `micro` 3.0.0
Kevin Roark (@kevin-roark)
We're excited to introduce micro 3.0.0.
Thursday, June 2nd 2016 (361d ago)
Async and Await
Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg)
JavaScript, in particular Node.js, has been frequently associated with callback hell. If you've written code that deals with a lot of async I/O, you're probably familiar with this pattern:
Tuesday, May 31st 2016 (363d ago)
Hello `now alias`, Custom Domains and Instant SSL
Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg)
Today we're introducing now alias and with it the easiest way to take your deployments to production. Instantly and securely.
Sunday, May 15th 2016 (379d ago)
The now API
Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg)
I'm happy to announce the general availability of the now API.
Head over to the documentation, or read on to learn more about the background behind it and what it can do for you.
Friday, April 29th 2016 (395d ago)
Serve It, Now
Leo Lamprecht (@notquiteleo)
A particularly exciting capability of now is that it enables the seamless global delivery of JavaScript applications.
It's a general solution for serving both dynamic and static applications in the cloud.
Sunday, April 24th 2016 (399d ago)
`now rm` Is Here (and More!)
Tony Kovanen (@tonykovanen)
It's useful to think of now as _git for deployment_.
In git, the current state of a file is made up of lots of little patches made to its original state, that you included with `git add` at some point in the past.
Thursday, April 21st 2016 (402d ago)
Package Installation Improvements
Tony Kovanen (@tonykovanen)
We've spent a lot of time refining the now deployment process to make installations reliable, fast and predictable.
Wednesday, April 20th 2016 (404d ago)
Introducing `now ls`
Naoyuki Kanezawa (@nkzawa)
Today we're introducing now 0.10.0. Install or upgrade to it with: