Show HN: Kedge – Full-stack cloud with forkable VM snapshots and global SQLite

Jul 29, 2026 · 4:15 PM UTC ·1 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 1 view

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Kedge is a lightweight, globally distributed cloud platform that allows users to deploy static sites, serverless functions, full-stack apps, and databases close to their users. The platform features secure, hardware-isolated VMs with a full Linux kernel and instant sandboxes, as well as a global SQLite database and shared filesystem. Kedge offers a unique pricing model, billing per-second on actual resources consumed, with a $5/month free tier for small websites or dev boxes.

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▪Kedge provides secure, hardware-isolated VMs with a full Linux kernel and instant sandboxes.
▪The platform includes a global SQLite database and shared filesystem built into every app.
▪Kedge offers autoscaling, public HTTPS endpoints, and a built-in CDN for serving cached and static content.

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A lightweight, globally distributed cloud platform. Static sites, serverless functions, full-stack apps and databases, deployed close to your users. echo '# Hello, world!' | ssh kedge.dev The quickstart has more advanced examples. features Secure, hardware-isolated VMs with a full Linux kernel Instant sandboxes and scale-out Global SQLite database and shared filesystem built into every app Persistent local volumes continuously backed by object storage Public HTTPS endpoints, private networking, custom domains Autoscaling spins up instances close to your users, and scales to zero when idle Built-in CDN serves cached and static content from every edge SSH, Git, and HTTP APIs for CLI power-users and AI agents GitHub integration with push-to-deploy per-PR preview environments pricing Billed…

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