Deploying with git

wess.dev is a git remote. Add it to your repo once, then every git push builds and ships your app — you watch the whole thing happen in your terminal.

Connect your repo

wess git myapp
# or by hand:
git remote add wess https://wess.dev/git/myapp.git

The app must exist first (wess create myapp). When git asks for credentials, use your wess.dev email and password.

Add a Dockerfile

Builds are driven by a Dockerfile at the root of your repo. It can be as small as this:

FROM oven/bun:alpine
WORKDIR /app
COPY . .
RUN bun install
CMD ["bun", "server.ts"]

Any language works — if it builds in Docker, it runs on wess.dev.

Listen on PORT

Your app should listen on the PORT environment variable (we set it for you, default 8080). In Bun, that's:

Bun.serve({ port: Number(process.env.PORT ?? 8080), fetch })

Push

git push wess main

What you'll see, live:

-----> building myapp from main (a1b2c3d4e5)
-----> docker build → wess.dev/myapp:a1b2c3d4e5
       ...build output...
-----> importing image into the platform
-----> deploying
-----> ✓ myapp is live
       https://myapp.wess.dev

Redeploys

Every push deploys fresh: a new machine starts with your new build, traffic moves to it, and the old machine is retired. Your app's URL never changes.