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Portway lets you take an existing docker-compose.yml and deploy it to production at scale. Think Heroku/Render/Fly.io, but powered by the configuration you already use every day.
  • Who it’s for: Engineers and teams who want to ship quickly and keep costs low—especially indie builders who prefer product over infrastructure.
  • Key benefits:
    • Docker‑first: Use your Compose file as the source of truth.
    • Fast start: Login and deploy in minutes—no Kubernetes experience required.
    • Cost‑efficient: Sensible defaults, autoscaling, and shared platform primitives.
You bring your services; we handle the platform.

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What you can deploy

  • Web apps and APIs backed by your preferred frameworks
  • Background workers and queues defined in Compose
  • Databases and caches (managed by you, referenced in Compose)
  • Multi‑service apps with internal networking, environment variables, and volumes

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How Portway works

  1. Connect your organization: Create an org and invite teammates.
  2. Add an app: Point Portway at your docker-compose.yml.
  3. Deploy environments: Spin up preview, staging, and production with sensible defaults.
Under the hood, Portway translates Compose into platform resources, sets up networking, TLS, autoscaling, and observability—so you don’t have to.

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Key capabilities

  • Rollouts & versions: Deploy, track, and roll back.
  • Autoscaling: Scale services up and down based on load.
  • Ingress & TLS: Routes, certificates, and domains handled for you.
  • Metrics & logs: Observe service health and resource usage.
  • Permissions: Org‑level roles for collaborative deployments.

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Next steps

  • Install the CLI and deploy an app via the Your first deploy.
  • Learn about platform capabilities in the Platform section.
  • Iterate using versions, autoscaling, and observability.