DigitalOcean App Platform Features

Source-Based Deploy: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket. Auto-deploy on push. Monorepo support with multi-component apps.

Container-Based Deploy: Docker Hub, DO Container Registry, GitHub Container Registry. Any Dockerfile runtime.

Preview Environments: Auto-created for every PR with unique URL.

Built-in CI/CD: No external tool required. Can also integrate with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.

Rollbacks: Up to 10 revisions per service. One-click rollback.

Supported Frameworks: Node.js (Express, Next.js, Nuxt), Python (Django, Flask), PHP (Laravel, Symfony), Ruby (Rails), Go (Gin, Echo), Static sites (Gatsby, Hugo, Jekyll). Dockerfile for Java, .NET, Rust, Elixir, any runtime.

Auto HTTPS: Let's Encrypt, auto-provisioned and auto-renewed.

Custom Domains: Path-based routing for multi-service apps on one domain.

Global CDN + DDoS: Built-in at no extra cost.

Dedicated Egress IPs (Pro): Fixed IPs for IP whitelisting with third parties.

VPC Integration (Pro): Outbound VPC access and peering for private networking.

Horizontal Autoscaling: CPU-based, configurable min/max. Scale-to-zero available.

HA (Pro): Multi-zone replication. 99.95% SLA.

Cron Jobs: Schedule background jobs. Scale-to-zero between runs.

Functions: Serverless functions as app components. Node.js/TypeScript. 90K GiB-seconds free.

Log Forwarding: To Papertrail, Datadog, or any syslog endpoint.

Monitoring: CPU, memory, response time, throughput. Deployment and health check alerts.

Encrypted Environment Variables: Per-component, scopeable.

MCP Server: AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code) deploy and manage apps from editor.