Deno Deploy Has Free Edge Hosting — Here's How to Deploy APIs in Under 30 Seconds

Deno Deploy is the fastest way to get a TypeScript API online. Write code, push, it is live globally in seconds.

What is Deno Deploy?

Deno Deploy is a globally distributed platform for serverless JavaScript and TypeScript. Your code runs on the edge — in 35+ regions worldwide.

Quick Start

// main.ts
Deno.serve((req: Request) => {
  const url = new URL(req.url);

  if (url.pathname === "/api/hello") {
    return Response.json({ message: "Hello from the edge!" });
  }

  return new Response("Not Found", { status: 404 });
});

# Deploy instantly
deno deploy --project=my-app main.ts

Your API is live at https://my-app.deno.dev

With Hono (Recommended)

import { Hono } from "https://deno.land/x/hono/mod.ts";

const app = new Hono();

app.get("/", (c) => c.json({ status: "ok" }));

app.get("/users/:id", async (c) => {
  const id = c.req.param("id");
  // Use Deno KV for storage
  const kv = await Deno.openKv();
  const user = await kv.get(["users", id]);

  if (!user.value) return c.json({ error: "Not found" }, 404);
  return c.json(user.value);
});

app.post("/users", async (c) => {
  const body = await c.req.json();
  const kv = await Deno.openKv();
  const id = crypto.randomUUID();

  await kv.set(["users", id], { id, ...body });
  return c.json({ id, ...body }, 201);
});

Deno.serve(app.fetch);

Built-in Deno KV (No External Database)

const kv = await Deno.openKv();

// Globally consistent storage
await kv.set(["visits", "total"], 0);

Deno.serve(async (req) => {
  const key = ["visits", "total"];

  // Atomic increment
  await kv.atomic()
    .sum(key, 1n)
    .commit();

  const result = await kv.get(key);
  return Response.json({ visits: Number(result.value) });
});

Cron Jobs

Deno.cron("daily-cleanup", "0 0 * * *", async () => {
  const kv = await Deno.openKv();
  const entries = kv.list({ prefix: ["temp"] });

  for await (const entry of entries) {
    await kv.delete(entry.key);
  }
  console.log("Cleanup complete");
});

BroadcastChannel (Real-time)

const channel = new BroadcastChannel("chat");

Deno.serve((req) => {
  if (req.headers.get("upgrade") === "websocket") {
    const { socket, response } = Deno.upgradeWebSocket(req);

    socket.onmessage = (e) => {
      channel.postMessage(e.data);
    };

    channel.onmessage = (e) => {
      socket.send(e.data);
    };

    return response;
  }
  return new Response("WebSocket only");
});

Free Tier

• 100,000 requests/day
• 1 GB outbound bandwidth/month
• Deno KV included
• Custom domains
• GitHub integration

Deno Deploy vs Alternatives

Feature	Deno Deploy	Cloudflare Workers	Vercel Edge
Language	TS/JS	TS/JS	TS/JS
KV Store	Deno KV (free)	KV ($5/mo)	Edge Config
Cron	Built-in	Cron Triggers	Vercel Cron
Cold Start	~0ms	~0ms	~50ms
Free Requests	100K/day	100K/day	100K/day
Deploy Speed	Instant	Fast	Medium

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