The backend framework with superpowers.
Build with Encore, ship to your favorite cloud.
Encore understands your code and helps you build your app. Comes with tracing, secrets, live reload, x-ray vision, and more.
Install CLI (macOS | Windows | Linux)
$ brew install encoredev/tap/encore
Create your app
$ encore app create
Run locally
$ encore run
Deploy
$ git push encore
Getting started
Immediate setup
Get the right infrastructure for local development, testing, and production. Encore sets up your Kubernetes clusters, provisions databases, configures build and deploy systems, and more.
Creating
Code without boilerplate
Writing your backend with Encore requires virtually no boilerplate. Defining APIs, microservices, and making API calls takes no time at all.
- Call APIs as functions
- Immediate auto-complete
- Compile-time checking
package hello
import "context"
type Response struct {
Message string
}
// World responds with a familiar message.
// encore:api public
func World(ctx context.Context) (*Response, error) {
return &Response{Message: "Hello, world!"}, nil
}
Collaborating
Go faster with Preview Environments
Encore automatically sets up each PR as its own isolated test environment for easy collaboration.
Debugging
Effortless Distributed Tracing
Encore automatically instruments your app with state of the art Distributed Tracing to easily find and fix bugs. Works in production and for development.
Shipping
Next generation serverless deploys
Encore handles the serverless orchestration of your whole application. Ship in seconds to the cloud of your choice, using your own account:
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
There's a whole lot more.
Authentication
Built in support for authentication. Works with external user stores or your own.
Live Reload
Automatically recompiles and restarts your app for even faster iterations.
Preview Environments
Each PR becomes its own, isolated test environment for easy collaboration.
API Documentation
High-quality API docs, generated straight from your source code.
Observability
Out-of-the-box monitoring, logging and tracing — so you can sleep at night.
Secrets
We've made securely storing passwords simpler than ever.
Encore is so much more than a backend framework! It enables us at Mindhackers to focus on building a great product. Having over 8 years of backend development experience, I’ve never been able to pick up something this fast and be productive in under 1 hour. Encore is a new lifestyle.
Encore enabled us to build our first prototype, and try it out with our customers, getting feedback faster. Encore really speeds up the development. We got to that level of customer feedback in just about 10 weeks.
Not another no-code tool
Most low-code and no-code tools promise the world, but get abandoned when your application grows. Not so with Encore. Encore offers a real programming environment with the full power and flexibility that comes with it.
“I don't even know where to begin. This is what development should be like. WOW.”
Designed for Google scale
With Encore you write your apps using Go, a modern programming language developed by Google to make backend development simpler. Rapidly growing and designed to be easy to learn,
Go is the language of the cloud.
Open Source
The Encore framework is Open Source software (MPL 2.0 license), which makes it freely available and open to contributions.
Runs on your favorite cloud
Develop your app for free using Encore's cloud. When it's time to scale, easily deploy to your preferred cloud provider: AWS, Azure, or GCP. Encore will provision all the necessary infrastructure resources.
- No cloud lock-in
- Encore applications are cloud-agnostic by design. Easily deploy hybrid cloud applications, or migrate between clouds.
- Don't trust us
- Keep your existing trust relationship with your cloud provider.
Your app, your data.
Peace of mind included.
- Reliable platform
- Encore runs on the world's leading cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, and GCP. Built by ex-Spotify engineers, Encore is designed for highly available distributed systems.
- Global scale
- Scale from zero to millions of users without breaking a sweat. Your app auto-scales up and down to handle the load without wasting resources.
- Predictable pricing
- Pay a fixed monthly price without hidden costs. Stop worrying about big cloud bills; use of Encore's cloud for development is included for free.
- Security and compliance
- Keep your data protected. Our platform provisions infrastructure according to industry standards. Bring your own cloud for additional peace of mind.
Frequently asked questions
- Yes. The Encore framework is Open Source under MPL 2.0 license. Learn more
- Yes. With our managed service, we offer a free Hobby plan that let's you get started with Encore in minutes, without commitment.
- We offer our Pro and Enterprise plans to organisations that want to use Encore at scale and get all of the benefits, without any hassle.
- No. You can use the cloud provider of your choice. Learn more
- Encore comes with built in hassle free support for PostgreSQL databases.
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Do I have to use Encore's cloud?
What about databases?
Ready to dive in?
Start shipping for free today.
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