Nitric

Nitric is a framework that bridges the gap between writing application code and deploying it to the cloud. When you build an app, you normally need to manually set up things like storage, databases, and APIs in your cloud provider. Nitric removes this work by automatically understanding what your app needs from your code itself.

It supports major cloud providers including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, all from the same code. This means you are not locked into one provider and can switch easily. The framework is completely open source and free to use. It includes ready-made plugins for deployment and lets you build custom ones too. You can even test everything locally before deploying to avoid cloud costs during development.

Using Nitric is simple and fast. Here is how to get started:

• Install the Nitric CLI tool on your computer. You also need Docker installed for local development and testing.

• Create a new project using the command line. Nitric provides starter templates for different languages like JavaScript, Python, Go, and others.

• Write your application code in your favorite language. When you need cloud resources like storage or APIs, declare them directly in your code using Nitric's simple syntax.

• Test your application locally using the Nitric local development environment. This lets you run and debug everything offline without spending money on cloud resources.

• When ready to deploy, run the deploy command. Nitric will automatically create all the infrastructure you need and deploy your app to your chosen cloud provider.

• Monitor and manage your deployed app using your cloud provider's tools or Nitric's dashboard.

• Multi-language framework (JavaScript, Python, Go, TypeScript, Dart)

• Deploy to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud from one codebase

• Automatic infrastructure provisioning and security setup

• Local development and testing without cloud costs

• APIs, storage, databases, queues, and websockets support

• Integration with Terraform and Pulumi

• Custom plugin support

• Open source with Apache 2.0 license

• Active community and documentation