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Open-source apps, run for you.

Poof runs open-source applications for you. Pick one, pay, and it is live at its own HTTPS address, installed, watched and updated by us. This is what that includes.

Applications

Open-source apps, ready to run, with nothing to install.

  • Choose an app and a plan

    Pick an open-source application from the catalogue, then the plan that fits it.

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  • Your own administrator login

    Where the application needs one, the dashboard creates your login or resets its password.

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  • Live right after payment

    No ticket: the app is deployed and checked automatically.

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Isolation and resources

Every app in a stack of its own, held to the limits of its plan.

  • Containers of its own

    Your app and its database run in a stack no other customer shares.

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  • Data of its own

    Files and databases live on volumes that belong to your stack.

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  • Plan limits

    CPU and memory are limited to what your plan includes.

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Address and HTTPS

A place in the EU, a subdomain, and HTTPS from the first request.

  • Hosted in the EU

    Servers run in Frankfurt, on AWS Lightsail.

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  • A subdomain of its own

    The app answers at its own address, with no DNS to set up.

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  • HTTPS only

    A valid certificate is issued and renewed automatically; HTTP only redirects.

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Health checks

Apps and servers are checked around the clock.

  • App health checks

    The app’s health address is requested every few minutes.

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  • Server monitoring

    Disk, memory, CPU and capacity of every server are measured.

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  • Automatic restart

    A crashed container is started again, and returns after a reboot.

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Updates

New versions, prepared and rolled out by us.

  • Pinned versions

    An exact, fixed version runs, not a moving tag.

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  • Updates handled for you

    An operator rolls a new version out; you install and patch nothing.

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Payment and lifecycle

What happens to your app when a payment fails or you stop paying.

  • A failed payment does not stop the app

    It keeps running while the payment is retried, and you are emailed.

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  • Kept after you cancel

    A stopped app and its data are kept for a set period; write to us to bring it back.

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  • Warnings before deletion

    Emails come before the retention period ends and before the final deletion.

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Sign-in & accounts

Every common way in, and the controls a user expects over their own account.

  • Email and password

    Registration with email verification, password reset by link.

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  • Social sign-in

    Google and other OAuth providers; one account can link several of them next to a password.

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  • Any OpenID Connect provider

    An administrator connects a company identity provider from the admin panel — no code.

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  • Passkeys

    Sign in with a fingerprint, face or security key instead of a password.

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  • Two-factor authentication

    Authenticator-app codes with recovery codes, optional per user.

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  • Sessions and account switching

    See signed-in devices and end them; keep several accounts open in one browser.

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  • Delete my account

    The user deletes their own account and everything that belongs to it.

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Teams

Shared workspaces where each member sees exactly what their role allows.

  • Workspaces and roles

    Owner, Admin, Editor and Viewer — access follows membership, not a global role.

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  • Invitations by email

    An invitation carries its role and either creates the account or joins an existing one.

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  • Data isolated per workspace

    Every query is limited to the active workspace in SQL itself, not by checks in code.

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Interface

A consistent design in light and dark, in the visitor's own language.

  • Light and dark themes

    One set of design tokens; the default and the switcher are settings.

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  • Many languages

    Every string is translated; which languages to offer is a setting.

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  • The user's own time zone

    Detected from the browser, changeable in the account.

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  • Installable app

    Installs on a phone like an app and shows a page of its own when offline.

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Pick an app and see it live.