> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hop.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Introduction
> Cloud built for the modern developer
## Overview
Hop allows developers to quickly and easily deploy their code and start serving traffic to the masses without having to worry about the underlying infrastructure.
As a deployment platform, we've created developer-friendly abstractions that offer extensive visibility and control, freeing developers from the complexities of solutions such as Kubernetes. We allow you to deploy straight from GitHub or Docker Hub with no configuration needed, as well as providing presets for popular services such as Redis, Postgres and more.
## Quickstarts
Deploy a Node.js Express application in less than 2 minutes
A generic guide for deploying any application to Hop from GitHub
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Deploy Redis to Hop in less than 10 seconds
Effortlessly deploy a clustered, scalable Elixir application to Hop
Install the Hop CLI to manage your deployments from the command line
## Products
### Ignite
Connect your codebase. All languages and environments are supported. Focus on your product, leave the infrastructure to us.
Ignite provides containers as a service. Think about it like Kubernetes,
without the hassle and boilerplate that comes with it. Ignite also offers the
option to attach GPUs to your containers.
### Channels Alpha
Realtime messages & events, delivered globally in milliseconds.
Realtime, stateful objects that live on the edge. Use them to store realtime
data or to send message events to Channel subscribers with a simple call to
our SDK. Very configurable and feature-rich; use them to create anything from
a realtime stock ticker to a full-featured chat platform.