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Ifeanyi Chima
Ifeanyi Chima

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Forget Heroku (use THIS instead)

By now you must have heard the news that Heroku will be ending its' free tier. Are you looking for alternatives to Heroku ? there are many options such as Glitch, Render and Vercel etc.

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Today, we will be looking at Glitch. I have used it and it is a really great service.

Glitch is a free PaaS (platfom-as-a-service) where you can host your projects made with Nodejs.

How to use

Create an account by signing up.

Create Readme

In your project, create a Readme and add the following



https://glitch.com/edit/#!/import/github/<GitHub Username>/<Repository Name>"><img src="https://cdn.gomix.com/2bdfb3f8-05ef-4035-a06e-2043962a3a13%2Fremix-button.svg" width="163px" />

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Deploy

Deploy by clicking the button above to import this Nodejs app on Glitch

env

If you have .env in your project, you can add them on Glitch.

🎉Your site is live.

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