Drift is a minimal(ist) cloud hosting service for everyone.
With a limited set of powerful building blocks, you can deploy in minutes without dashboards, boilerplate,
or infrastructure overhead.
Ship fast, think less about infra, and stay in flow from the first command.
Simple, composableNo resource catalog fatigue.
Drift is stubbornly small and intentionally focused, built around three core services that cover compute, data, and site hosting. Everything works straight out of the box: automatic TLS certificates, zero-config hosting, no cold starts, instant CLI deploys, and support for multiple sites per user β without any ceremony.
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Atomic β Compute layer
Functions
API endpoints in multiple languages with zero boilerplate
Elements
Group related functions into logical services
Schedules
Cron-style background jobs
Triggers
Event-based invocation from queues or webhooks
WebSockets
Persistent connections for real-time and bidirectional communication
Auth
Built-in API keys and request authentication
Logs
Structured function logs in real time
Metrics
Request counts, duration, and error rates
Security
Daily function scans and alerts on vulnerabilities
Backbone β Encrypted data plane
Blobs
Fast object storage for files and assets
SQL
Full SQL support
NoSQL
NoSQL collections with indexing
Secrets
Encrypted environment secrets
Queues
Pub/sub messaging for async jobs
Cache
In-memory key-value store for fast reads
Locks
Distributed coordination to prevent double-processing
Canvas β Site hosting
Static
One-command static site deployment
Frameworks
Frontend framework support
Previews
Per-branch preview deployments
Domains
Custom domains with automatic TLS
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Secure, connectedInfrastructure that disappears in the background.
Your frontend can call your APIs directly within Drift, without cross-origin headaches or tokens to juggle.
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Start with a templateFrom zero to live in one command.
Every template is a full-stack app β Atomic functions, Backbone data, and a Canvas landing page β wired together in a single |
Essentials
Commerce
Bookings
Professional
Community
Hospitality
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# drift.yaml β your entire app in one file name: restaurant atomic: - dir: ./atomic/get-menu - dir: ./atomic/submit-reservation - dir: ./atomic/confirm-reservation backbone: cache: - key: menu file: ./backbone/menu.json nosql: - collection: reservations queues: - name: reservation-queue secrets: - key: RESTAURANT_NAME value: "My Restaurant" - key: RESEND_API_KEY env: RESEND_API_KEY canvas: - dir: ./canvas |
Your whole app in one fileDeclarative, readable, versionable.
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Meet drift-sdkOne import. Every building block.
Write Atomic Functions in Go with drift-sdk β one-line calls for cache, databases, queues, blobs, locks, and everything else on the platform. No package managers, no version conflicts: the SDK is injected at compile time.
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// @atomic route=GET:get-menu auth=none package main import "drift-sdk" func GetMenu() (int, string, interface{}) { menu, err := drift.CacheGet("menu") if err != nil { return 500, "text/plain", "could not load menu" } return 200, "application/json", menu } A complete API endpoint. 12 lines. Zero boilerplate. |
$ drift deploy Deploying restaurant... Atomic ✓ get-menu ✓ submit-reservation ✓ confirm-reservation Backbone ✓ Cache: menu (seeded from menu.json) ✓ NoSQL: reservations ✓ Queue: reservation-queue ✓ Secrets: 3 injected Canvas ✓ default Done in 8.2s 🚀 |
CLI-first by designDon't leave the zone.
On Drift, you can spin up projects, ship updates, and wire services together without ever touching a dashboard.
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Made in EuropeLocal, approachable, fair.
Drift is built in Europe with a commitment to privacy, fairness, and transparency.
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A plan for whatever youβre buildingWe meant it when we said "for everyone".
Drift is built on sustainability, fairness, and access β the stuff that actually matters.
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Everything you need to build and ship. No credit card, no expiration.
Pick exactly the resources you need. Pay for what you use, nothing more.
No tiers. No preset boxes. You configure exactly what you need in the browser, see the price update live, and pay upfront. The bill is the architecture.