Guides for hosting apps built by AI coding agents
Solutions, comparisons, concepts, and migrations for deploying and running apps built with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and other AI coding agents.
Solutions
Learn how xhostd fits common workflows, from deploying an AI-built app to running bots, APIs, and background tools.
- Deploy a Claude Code app to a live HTTPS URL
Deploy a Claude Code app to a live HTTPS URL: describe it, ask for a preview to review, then make it live. Works with Cursor and Codex too.
Last reviewed - Run a bot or data tool on xhostd
Run a chat bot or data tool on xhostd: a background worker that keeps running, with Postgres, secrets, logs, and a predictable monthly price.
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Comparisons
Compare xhostd with a VPS, other hosting platforms, and AI app builders: workflow, data, portability, and cost.
- AI app builders vs hosting for AI coding agents
AI app builders and hosting for AI coding agents solve different problems. Compare where the code lives, the database, previews, and how you leave.
Last reviewed - Always-on containers vs serverless functions
Always-on containers or serverless functions for an AI-built app? See when each model fits, compare cold starts, connections, state, and cost.
Last reviewed - VPS vs. managed hosting: xhostd compared
Managed hosting vs a VPS: who handles certificates, Postgres backups, deploys, and server maintenance, and the work xhostd removes. A balanced comparison.
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Concepts
Understand the ideas behind xhostd: preview environments, Postgres backups, and recovery.
- Postgres backups and recovery on xhostd
xhostd backs up each Postgres database nightly and takes a snapshot before every deploy. See retention per plan and what a database restore does not cover.
Last reviewed - Preview and staging environments on xhostd
A preview or staging environment lets you test a web app change at its own URL before production. On xhostd each one is a channel with its own database.
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Migrations
Understand how to move an existing app to xhostd, what moves with it, and what xhostd takes over afterward.
- How to migrate a web app from a VPS to xhostd
Move a web app from a VPS to xhostd: what moves, what xhostd takes over, and how to switch with a preview test and the old server kept as a fallback.
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