Infrastructure orchestration,
from local to cloud
Deploy to your own AWS or GCP without writing a line of Terraform.
Loved by 150+ engineering teams who refuse to slow down
Infrastructure that writes itself
Encore automatically provisions everything in your own AWS or GCP account with sane defaults according to your policies. Settings like instance size and replicas stay outside your code, configurable from the Encore dashboard or your cloud console.
Just code, commit, deploy.
Can I use Encore for existing projects?
Yes. Encore is designed to work for both new projects and existing applications.
For new projects, sign up and create a new app.
For existing projects, you can incrementally adopt Encore by converting invidivual services to use Encore's SDK, one by one. Learn more in the migration guide.
How does Encore compare to Terraform/Pulumi?
Instead of writing separate config files, you declare infrastructure directly in your application code. Encore provisions everything automatically in each environment, so there are no Terraform configs or Pulumi stacks to maintain.
Learn moreHow does local development work?
Encore provides a 1:1 local development environment that mirrors your cloud setup. Run your entire backend locally with real multiple services, databases, Pub/Sub, and all other infrastructure using just one command.
What programming languages are supported?
Encore currently supports TypeScript and Go. Both languages provide the full feature set.
View DocumentationWhat about lock-in?
Encore is designed to avoid vendor lock-in. You deploy to your own cloud account (AWS or GCP), so you own and control your infrastructure.
If you decide to stop using Encore Cloud for infrastructure automation, you can keep using your existing infrastructure and set up your own CI/CD pipeline using Encore's Open Source tools.
Learn about migrating away"Before Encore, deploying with Terraform was so frustrating. Something had always changed with our Kubernetes cluster and the deploy would break. Even for small changes, we'd often be stuck dealing with out of date Terraform state. With Encore, it's a headache I don't need to have."
Mason Stewart, CTO of Bookshop.org
A platform that keeps up with you, and your AI
No IaC detour
Need a new database, Pub/Sub topic, or storage bucket? Encore provisions it automatically from your code. No Terraform to write, no infra team to wait on.
AI with full context
Encore's MCP server gives AI agents visibility into your services, APIs, and schemas. Generated code follows your existing patterns and passes type checking before it ships.
Preview environments per PR
Every pull request gets a full environment with real infrastructure, so you can validate changes and ship with confidence.
Local dev that actually mirrors production
Run your entire backend locally with one command: multiple services, databases, pub/sub.
No Docker Compose yaml archaeology, no "works on my machine" surprises.
Local Infrastructure
No config files, no Docker Compose, no Pub/Sub emulators needed
Hot Reload
Code changes reflected immediately, no restarts needed
Local Dev Dashboard
Explore your app's architecture, APIs, traces, and databases in real-time
Operate, observe, and scale
without bolting on tools
Encore provides the platform tooling required for productive operations.
Infrastructure management
See your infrastructure across all environments in one place, with easy to reach configuration knobs.
Learn more →Preview Environments
Get a full production-like environment for every Pull Request, for end-to-end testing.
Learn more →Service Catalog
Service Catalog with API explorer and auto-generated docs from your TypeScript types.
Learn more →Architecture Diagrams
Real-time architecture diagrams showing services, APIs, databases, Pub/Sub topics, and their connections.
Learn more →Distributed Tracing
Built-in tracing for API calls, database queries, and Pub/Sub messages — no instrumentation needed.
Learn more →
From application code to cloud infrastructure
- 1Define your services and infrastructure in TypeScript or Go using Encore's open source SDK
- 2Encore parses your code and generates a graph of its architecture and infrastructure requirements
- 3Push to git and Encore provisions and deploys everything to your own AWS or GCP account
- 4Get automatic observability, architecture diagrams, and a service catalog out of the box
Customer stories
"Encore is our foundation for all new development. Since adopting it, we've seen a 2-3x increase in development speed and 90% shorter project lead times."
"Encore lets us go from idea to shipped product at least 3x faster and saves us hours of devops work every week."
"We've reduced time spent on DevOps by 95%, and we're now on track to save $60K annually in cloud costs."
"Encore is an unfair advantage. At Pave we've moved 2x faster than we did at Monzo."
"We're saving $200k+ annually compared to additional hiring. The ROI is outstanding, easily 10x."
Join a growing community of pioneering developers
Encore's open source community is the driving force behind the project — full of friendly developers supporting each other with feedback, bug fixes, and wisdom.
Questions & Answers
Yes. Encore is designed to work for both new projects and existing applications.
For new projects, sign up and create a new app.
For existing projects, you can incrementally adopt Encore by converting invidivual services to use Encore's SDK, one by one. Learn more in the migration guide.
Instead of writing separate config files, you declare infrastructure directly in your application code. Encore provisions everything automatically in each environment, so there are no Terraform configs or Pulumi stacks to maintain.
Learn moreEncore provides a 1:1 local development environment that mirrors your cloud setup. Run your entire backend locally with real multiple services, databases, Pub/Sub, and all other infrastructure using just one command.
Encore currently supports TypeScript and Go. Both languages provide the full feature set.
View DocumentationEncore is designed to avoid vendor lock-in. You deploy to your own cloud account (AWS or GCP), so you own and control your infrastructure.
If you decide to stop using Encore Cloud for infrastructure automation, you can keep using your existing infrastructure and set up your own CI/CD pipeline using Encore's Open Source tools.
Learn about migrating away