# Show HN: LightCloud – A cloud console organised like file system > Source: > Published: 2026-09-27 09:45:15+00:00 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.