Fly.io

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Deploy app servers close to users globally using lightweight microVMs.

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Overview

Fly.io transforms Docker containers into lightweight hardware-virtualized microVMs running in 30+ data centers worldwide, letting developers run full-stack apps and databases right next to global users.

Key Capabilities

  • Hardware-virtualized Firecracker microVMs starting in milliseconds
  • Global anycast IP networking routing traffic to the nearest instance
  • Persistent NVMe volumes for running stateful databases at the edge

Ideal Use Cases & Goals

  • “Running multi-region Rails, Django, and Phoenix web applications”
  • “Deploying SQLite edge replicas with LiteFS distributed synchronization”
  • “Hosting WebSocket and real-time multiplayer servers near players”

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