{"slug": "show-hn-lightcloud-a-cloud-console-organised-like-file-system", "title": "Show HN: LightCloud – A cloud console organised like file system", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "PROJECT-DEMO · PRODUCTION\n\nFrontend\n\nglobal CDN\n\nDeployed\n\nBackend\n\ncontainer\n\n1 instance · scales to 0\n\nPostgres\n\n10 GB · europe-west1\n\nCredentials wired\n\nFrontend, backend, and a database in one place.\n\nStatic sites go to a global CDN. Containers scale to zero when idle. Postgres sits right next to them, provisioned from the same project.\n\nDeploy from Claude Code. One command to install.\n\nThen 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.\n\n```\nclaude mcp add light-cloud -- npx @light-cloud/mcp-server\n```\n\nWatch a push become a URL.\n\nOne pipeline from commit to running service. Follow a deploy through Light Cloud — no YAML, no runners to babysit.\n\nPush01 / 05\n\ngit push origin main\n\nConnect a repo once. Every push after that starts a build on its own.\n\na4f7c21 · Developer · main\n\nPush\n\nBuild\n\nFramework detected\n\nLight Cloud reads the repo, picks the builder, and builds the image or static bundle.\n\n▸ next build — done in 42s\n\nDeploy\n\nRolled out, history kept\n\nThe build goes to Cloud Run or the global CDN. Commit, author, and logs stay with the deploy.\n\nrevision lc-042 · europe-west1\n\nLive\n\nA URL for every branch\n\nProduction gets the domain. Every branch and pull request gets its own preview link.\n\npreview-42.light-cloud.io\n\nScale to zero\n\nIdle costs nothing\n\nNo traffic, no instances, no bill. The next request wakes it back up.\n\n0 instances · $0.00/hr\n\nFrom the Labs\n\nDesign 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.\n\nConnect a repository, push, and watch it go live. Start free on the Hobby plan.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-lightcloud-a-cloud-console-organised-like-file-system", "canonical_source": "https://www.light-cloud.com/", "published_at": "2026-09-27 09:45:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-27 10:01:31.924551+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "agent-protocols", "developer-tools", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["LightCloud", "Claude Code", "GitHub Copilot", "Claude Desktop", "Cloud Run", "ICE", "Postgres", "PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-lightcloud-a-cloud-console-organised-like-file-system", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-lightcloud-a-cloud-console-organised-like-file-system.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-lightcloud-a-cloud-console-organised-like-file-system.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-lightcloud-a-cloud-console-organised-like-file-system.jsonld"}}