Describe your app.
Deploy it anywhere.

A Launchfile is a simple YAML file that declares what your application needs to run. Platform-agnostic. Human-writable. Machine-parseable.

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Launchfile

 1name: my-app
 2runtime: node
 3
 4requires: [postgres, redis]
 5
 6env:
 7  PORT: "3000"
 8  SECRET_KEY:
 9    generator: secret
10
11commands:
12  start: "node server.js"
13
14health: /healthz

Specification

The complete format reference — fields, types, expressions, and shorthand patterns.

SDK Reference

TypeScript parser, validator, and serializer. Parse, validate, and generate Launchfiles.

Examples

Real-world patterns from minimal three-liners to multi-component apps.

App Catalog

Community-ready Launchfiles for popular open-source apps, tested and verified.

Why Launchfile?

	Dockerfile	docker-compose	Procfile	Launchfile
Declares services	No	You define them	No	You declare them
Platform-agnostic	No	No	Heroku-ish	Yes
Multi-component	No	Yes	Flat	Yes
Environment wiring	No	Manual	No	Automatic ($ expressions)
Human-writable	Medium	Verbose	Simple	Simple

Describe your app.Deploy it anywhere.