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Show HN: LightCloud – A cloud console organised like file system

LightCloud launched as a cloud console that organizes deployment infrastructure like a file system, letting developers deploy static sites to a global CDN, containers that scale to zero, and Postgres databases from a single project. The service ships an MCP server installable via `claude mcp add light-cloud -- npx @light-cloud/mcp-server`, which works in Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Desktop, and a CLI for shell use. A free Hobby plan is offered, and the separate ICE canvas tool for designing cloud infrastructure is released under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 license.

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Show HN: LightCloud – A cloud console organised like file system
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PROJECT-DEMO · PRODUCTION

Frontend

global CDN

Deployed

Backend

container

1 instance · scales to 0

Postgres

10 GB · europe-west1

Credentials wired

Frontend, backend, and a database in one place.

Static sites go to a global CDN. Containers scale to zero when idle. Postgres sits right next to them, provisioned from the same project.

Deploy from Claude Code. One command to install.

Then ask "Deploy this project to Light Cloud." Claude signs you up if you have no account, asks two questions, and hands back a live URL. The same MCP server works in GitHub Copilot and Claude Desktop; the CLI does it from a shell.

claude mcp add light-cloud -- npx @light-cloud/mcp-server

Watch a push become a URL.

One pipeline from commit to running service. Follow a deploy through Light Cloud — no YAML, no runners to babysit.

Push01 / 05

git push origin main

Connect a repo once. Every push after that starts a build on its own.

a4f7c21 · Developer · main

Push

Build

Framework detected

Light Cloud reads the repo, picks the builder, and builds the image or static bundle.

▸ next build — done in 42s

Deploy

Rolled out, history kept

The build goes to Cloud Run or the global CDN. Commit, author, and logs stay with the deploy.

revision lc-042 · europe-west1

Live

A URL for every branch

Production gets the domain. Every branch and pull request gets its own preview link.

preview-42.light-cloud.io

Scale to zero

Idle costs nothing

No traffic, no instances, no bill. The next request wakes it back up.

0 instances · $0.00/hr

From the Labs

Design cloud infrastructure on a canvas, preview the cost, and deploy to your own cloud accounts. ICE and its blocks and templates are free and PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0.

Connect a repository, push, and watch it go live. Start free on the Hobby plan.

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