Digital Ocean App Platform

CLI

brew install doctl    # macOS
snap install doctl    # Linux
winget install doctl  # Windows

doctl auth init
doctl apps create --spec spec.yaml         # new app
doctl apps update APP_ID --spec spec.yaml  # update

Config: spec.yaml

name: my-app
services:
  - name: web
    github:
      repo: user/repo
      branch: main
    build_command: npm run build
    run_command: npm start
    instance_size_slug: basic-xxs
    instance_count: 1
    http_port: 3000

Detection

.do/app.yaml, spec.yaml
Dockerfile, buildpack detection

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Rollback

doctl apps list-deployments APP_ID
# Redeploy previous via dashboard or force-rebuild

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Simple full-stack deploys, managed Postgres, free static sites

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Digital Ocean App Platform

CLI

Config: spec.yaml

Detection

Free Tier

Rollback

Best For

878 B

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