Tencent EdgeOne Makers Lets Developers Deploy Web Apps for Free at Global Scale

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Tencent EdgeOne Makers is a free frontend and serverless deployment platform built on Tencent Cloud's global edge network, designed for frontend developers and AI builders. The platform supports up to 40 active projects per account, offers free custom domains with automated HTTPS certificates, and delivers sub-50ms load times via global edge CDN. Developers can deploy static sites instantly by dragging a build folder into the browser-based Makers Drop interface, with no Git authentication or CLI setup required. For ongoing projects, the platform integrates with GitHub and GitLab to enable automatic continuous deployment on every code push. Security features include isolated edge containers, automated TLS encryption, and built-in DDoS and bot mitigation backed by Tencent Cloud's infrastructure.

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