# apex/up

Deploy infinitely scalable serverless apps, apis, and sites in seconds to AWS.

Repository: https://github.com/apex/up
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/apex-up
Homepage: https://up.docs.apex.sh
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: deployment, aws, lambda, serverless, api, static, deploy-tool, golang, nodejs, aws-lambda, aws-infrastructure, api-gateway, microservice, microservices, graphql, http, heroku, up
Last push: 2024-03-15T07:24:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3361, "days_push": 901, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8792, forks 385 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:25.741182+00:00)

## What it is
Up is a command-line tool that deploys serverless applications, APIs, and static sites to AWS Lambda and API Gateway in seconds, supporting Node.js, Go, Python, Java, and more. It provides a Heroku-style deployment experience with built-in logging, metrics, and no server management.

## Use cases
- deploy a serverless app to aws lambda
- deploy static website to aws
- self-hosted heroku alternative on aws
- deploy http api without managing servers
- deploy express or django app to lambda
- cheaply host many small apis on aws

## When to choose
- you want Heroku-style simplicity on AWS Lambda
- you deploy vanilla HTTP servers in Node.js, Go, Python, or Java
- you want low-cost hosting for many small apps or static sites
- you don't want to manage or scale servers

## When to avoid
- you need multi-cloud or non-AWS deployment targets
- you need long-running processes or WebSockets beyond Lambda limits
- you want a fully managed platform rather than a deploy tool
- you need Pro features like encrypted env vars or alerting without a subscription

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: deployment, serverless, http-server, cli, logging, monitoring
- domain: cloud-computing, web-development, backend, apis
- platform: cli, cloud, windows, go, python
- tags: aws-lambda, api-gateway, heroku-alternative, static-sites, microservices, deploy-tool, devops, linux, macos, nodejs

## Member repositories
- apex/up (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:25.741182+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:25:12.589289+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/apex/up (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:25.741182+00:00, sha 8040f2faa0f8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.