Deploy an app without a signup

One command to a live HTTPS URL — no account, no credit card, no CAPTCHA, no dashboard. And an honest answer to the only question that matters: how long does it stay up?

npx openpouch deploy

That's the whole flow. openpouch packages the current folder, deploys it, health-checks it, and returns a live https://<name>.openpouch.sh URL — plus a plain-language summary you can forward to anyone. It works the same whether a person types it or an AI coding agent runs it autonomously.

What it hosts

• Static sites — a built folder (dist/, build/, plain HTML) is served as files, instantly.
• Node.js apps — anything with a start script (Express, Fastify, full-stack apps) is built and run in a hardened container. Build-on-deploy is live: ship the source and the server runs npm install and npm run build for you.
• Env vars for dynamic apps — --var KEY=value or --env-file .env; values ride a header, never land in logs or output, and dotenv files are never uploaded.

Temporary free Node hosting — with honest expiry

A no-signup deployment is a 72-hour preview. That number isn't hidden in a FAQ: the deploy result carries the exact expiry timestamp, machine-readable, every time. If you need it longer, there are three honest ways to keep it:

• Claim it (the deploy returns a private claim link) — extends the preview to 7 days.
• Save it with a free account — email or GitHub, no card. The app then stays live as long as it's being used: it only expires after ~90 days without a single request, and you get a warning mail first. Any visit resets the clock.
• Paid plans from $15/month — more capacity, always-on apps and a persistent /data volume: pricing.

Doing nothing is also fine — the preview simply vanishes after 72 hours. No mail trap, no dangling account, nothing to cancel.

Fair-use limits, stated up front

Anonymous deploys are rate-limited per IP and capped globally — enough for real work, tight enough to keep the free lane healthy. When you hit a limit, the error tells you exactly that, plus your actual options (wait for a preview to expire, or sign up for self-service list/delete and higher limits). No dark patterns: an anonymous preview can't be deleted manually, and the tool says so instead of pretending otherwise.

Why no signup?

Because the person — or increasingly, the coding agent — deploying a preview shouldn't have to stop for account creation, email verification, or a CAPTCHA that agents can't pass anyway. openpouch is open source (Apache-2.0) and built agent-first: one command in, one JSON object out, errors that say how to fix themselves.