# Show HN: Kedge – Full-stack cloud with forkable VM snapshots and global SQLite

> Source: <https://kedge.dev/>
> Published: 2026-07-29 16:15:57+00:00

A lightweight, globally distributed cloud platform.

Static sites, serverless functions, full-stack apps **and databases**, deployed close to your users.

```
echo '# Hello, world!' | ssh kedge.dev
```

The [quickstart](/docs/quickstart) has more advanced examples.

## features

[Secure, hardware-isolated VMs](/docs/security)with a full Linux kernel[Instant sandboxes and scale-out](/docs/performance)[Global SQLite database and shared filesystem](/docs/shared-data)built into every app[Persistent local volumes](/docs/volumes)continuously backed by object storage[Public HTTPS endpoints, private networking, custom domains](/docs/network)[Autoscaling](/docs/runtime#autoscaling)spins up instances close to your users, and scales to zero when idle[Built-in CDN](/docs/network#public-ingress-and-cdn)serves cached and static content from every edge[SSH](/docs/cli#use-ssh-directly),[Git](/docs/deploy#from-a-directory), and[HTTP APIs](/docs/api)for CLI power-users and AI agents[GitHub integration](/docs/github)with push-to-deploy per-PR preview environments

## pricing

Billed per-second on *actual* resources consumed, not allocated capacity.
CPU bills only scheduled milliseconds, memory tracks active resident pages, storage only for bytes used.
Idle apps scale to zero and pay only for storage.

| Resource | Rate |
|---|---|
| CPU | $15 / vCPU-month |
| Memory | $5 / GB-month |
| Storage | $0.05 / GB-month |
| Egress | $0.01 / GB |

Credits-based billing, with a $5/month [free tier](/docs/billing#the-free-tier), enough to run a small website or dev box at no cost. [Pricing details.](/docs/billing)

[Log in](/login) with GitHub, or [ ssh kedge.dev](ssh://kedge.dev) from your terminal.