{"slug":"hello-world","url":"https://tako.sh/blog/hello-world/","canonical":"https://tako.sh/blog/hello-world/","title":"Hello, world","date":"2026-03-17T12:00","description":"Tako is live — a complete platform for running apps on your own servers. Deployment, routing, TLS, secrets, and local dev in a single tool.","author":"dan","image":"9a637d413a53","imageAlt":null,"headings":[{"depth":2,"slug":"what-is-tako","text":"What is Tako?"},{"depth":2,"slug":"why-i-built-it","text":"Why I built it"},{"depth":2,"slug":"give-it-a-try","text":"Give it a try"},{"depth":2,"slug":"whats-next","text":"What’s next"}],"markdown":"Tako is live. I've been building it for some time and I'm finally ready to share it.\n\n## What is Tako?\n\nTako is a complete platform for running your apps on your own servers. Deployment, routing, TLS, secrets, logs, rolling updates, local development — all handled by a single tool. You own the server, you own the process. No vendor lock-in, no black boxes.\n\nThink of it as your own self-hosted cloud, minus the cloud.\n\n## Why I built it\n\nCloud platforms are great until they aren't. Pricing surprises, cold starts, opaque infrastructure, and the feeling that you're renting your own app from someone else.\n\nI wanted something simpler:\n\n- **One command to deploy** — `tako deploy` and you're done\n- **Self-hosted** — runs on any Linux server you control\n- **Zero downtime** — rolling updates with health checks\n- **Minimal config** — a `tako.toml` and you're set\n\n## Give it a try\n\nGetting started takes a minute. Install Tako, create a `tako.toml`, and deploy:\n\n```bash\ncurl -fsSL https://tako.sh/install.sh | sh\ntako init\ntako deploy\n```\n\nThe [quick start guide](/docs) walks you through everything step by step.\n\n## What's next\n\nI'm working on making Tako even easier to get started with. Follow along here or [on 𝕏](https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=lilienblum) for updates."}