😀What is Alpio?

Learn about what services Alpio provides

General description

Alpio is a cloud service allowing you to generate live backends on the fly with minimal configuration. Backends are hosted on our servers, so you don't have to worry about hosting or deployments.

How does it work?

You create a project, and configure it through a CLI (a GUI will be added later). During the configuration, you define your data model (the entities that describe your business use cases), and your API endpoints (what parameters they accept, what data they return). When you're done, you can simply deploy your project, which only takes a few minutes.

What are the main features?

Each project created on Alpio includes:

• A managed database

• A live REST API

• Authentication for your API

• Hosting

Who is it for?

Alpio is designed for anyone who wants to quickly deploy a live backend with minimal configuration required. Here a few examples:

• A designer, or frontend developer wanting to add backend to their mobile or web app

• A developer who needs a working backend in minutes to prototype their idea

• A developer or team of developers needing to spin small to mid-size backends for independent parts of their application

Although having web development experience will help you understand the different concepts & terminology, it is not required for a basic use of Alpio.

Current status

Alpio is under current development, but an early access version is available. You can follow these instructions to try the product.

Alpio isn't recommended for production use cases at the moment, don't use it for anything that shouldn't break, or be down unexpectedly.