About Lonch
Lonch is a next-generation cloud deployment platform that lets developers deploy any application — static sites, backend APIs, or full-stack apps — to production-grade AWS infrastructure in seconds. No Kubernetes. No Terraform. No DevOps required.
Founder
Abhishek Jha
Founder
Full-stack engineer and distributed systems enthusiast. Built Lonch because deploying a containerized backend to AWS shouldn't require writing 500 lines of CloudFormation YAML. Previously worked on cloud infrastructure and developer tooling projects.
The Problem We Solve
Deploying applications to the cloud today falls into two painful extremes:
PaaS Solutions (Vercel, Netlify, Heroku)
Simple to use, but expensive at scale. Vendor lock-in. Limited control over infrastructure. Heroku killed its free tier. Vercel charges premium prices for serverless functions.
Raw AWS / Self-Hosting
Powerful and cost-effective, but requires deep DevOps expertise. ECS task definitions, CloudFormation stacks, IAM roles, VPC networking — a single backend deployment can take days to set up correctly.
Lonch bridges this gap. We give you the simplicity of a PaaS with the raw power, scalability, and cost-efficiency of AWS. Import your GitHub repo, click deploy, and your app runs on the same enterprise-grade infrastructure used by Fortune 500 companies.
Technical Architecture
Lonch is architecturally split into two planes: a Control Plane (the Lonch API, built with Bun and Node.js) that handles auth, project management, and orchestration, and a Data/Execution Plane (AWS infrastructure) where customer code actually builds and runs.
GitHub Integration
OAuth + GitHub App installation. Webhooks trigger automatic redeployments on every push to main.
Build Engine
BullMQ job queue backed by Redis. Isolated Docker containers clone your repo, install dependencies, and execute builds — with live log streaming over WebSockets.
Static Hosting Pipeline
Build output is uploaded to Amazon S3, distributed globally via CloudFront CDN, and routed via Lambda@Edge using Host header rewriting.
Backend Deployment Pipeline
Docker images are built, tagged, and pushed to Amazon ECR. ECS Fargate orchestrates zero-downtime rolling deployments behind an Application Load Balancer.
Domain & SSL Layer
Custom domains are verified via DNS CNAME. SSL certificates are auto-provisioned through AWS ACM and attached via SNI to CloudFront or ALB.
What Makes Lonch Different
- ✓Isolated Docker builds — your code never runs on shared hosts or interferes with other users
- ✓Zero-downtime deployments — ECS rolling updates keep old containers alive until new ones pass health checks
- ✓Real-time build logs — streamed over WebSockets so you can watch your deployment happen live
- ✓Auto-generated Dockerfiles — we detect your framework and generate optimized container configs
- ✓Wildcard SSL — every deployment gets HTTPS automatically via AWS ACM certificate provisioning
- ✓GitHub webhook integration — push to main and your app auto-redeploys in seconds
Roadmap
Lonch is actively being developed. Here's what's coming next:
- ◇Multi-cloud support (GCP, Azure) for vendor-agnostic deployments
- ◇Team collaboration with role-based access control (RBAC)
- ◇Preview deployments for every pull request
- ◇Managed databases (PostgreSQL, Redis) with one-click provisioning
- ◇CLI tool for deployments from your terminal
- ◇GitHub Actions integration for custom CI/CD pipelines
Ready to Deploy?
Import your GitHub repository and deploy to AWS in under 60 seconds. No credit card required.
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