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Hello, world

Dan Lilienblum ·

Tako is live. I’ve been building it for some time and I’m finally ready to share it.

What is Tako?

Tako 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.

Think of it as your own self-hosted cloud, minus the cloud.

Why I built it

Cloud 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.

I wanted something simpler:

  • One command to deploy — tako deploy and you’re done
  • Self-hosted — runs on any Linux server you control
  • Zero downtime — rolling updates with health checks
  • Minimal config — a tako.toml and you’re set

Give it a try

Getting started takes a minute. Install Tako, create a tako.toml, and deploy:

curl -fsSL https://tako.sh/install.sh | sh
tako init
tako deploy

The quick start guide walks you through everything step by step.

What’s next

I’m working on making Tako even easier to get started with. Follow along here or on 𝕏 for updates.