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Start from a template

cohostly new writes a tiny starter project in one of six kinds, so you can see the whole path once.

cohostly new writes a small working project into a folder. It is a seed packet: you plant it, then watch it grow with cohostly deploy. It needs no network and no sign-in.

Terminal
cohostly new <template> [folder]

The six templates

static
A plain website. Writes index.html.
flask
A Python web app with Flask. Writes requirements.txt (Flask 3.0.3) and app.py, which listens on port 8080 on all addresses.
fastapi
A Python API with FastAPI. Writes requirements.txt (FastAPI 0.115.0 and Uvicorn 0.30.6) and main.py. It writes no start command, so a deploy relies on the platform detecting one.
express
A Node web app with Express 4.19.2. Writes package.json (with a start script that runs node server.js) and server.js, which listens on port 3000.
go
A Go web server. Writes go.mod (Go 1.21) and main.go, which listens on port 8080.
nextjs
A Next.js 14.2.15 site. Writes package.json, app/layout.js and app/page.js.

Usage

  • folder is optional. The default is my-<template>-app inside the current folder.
  • The folder must be new or empty. If it is not, the command stops.
  • Anything that starts with -- is ignored.

What it prints

$ cohostly new express hello
Created hello/ (A Node web app with Express.)

Next:
  cd hello
  platform deploy

The last line says platform deploy. Typing cohostly deploy does the same.

Failures

Unknown template "x". Usage: platform new <template> [folder]
Pick one of the six names. The message lists them. Exit code 1.
<dir> already exists and is not empty. Pick another folder name.
Choose a new folder name, or empty the old one. Exit code 1.

Examples

Make a plain website in the default folder:

Terminal
cohostly new static
cd my-static-app
cohostly deploy

Make a Flask app called notes, then deploy it under a name of your choice:

Terminal
cohostly new flask notes
cd notes
cohostly deploy --project notes-demo

Good to know The templates are meant to deploy as they are. The fastapi one has no start command written, so if its first deploy fails with a start problem, add a start command with --start or in cohostly.json. See put an app online.

Put an app onlinewhat deploy does with the folder.The settings filethe cohostly.json you can add next to the code.