# Heroku: An Online Rails Development and App Hosting Environment

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heroku-an-online-rails-development-and-app-hosting-environment/122709>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 11, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heroku-an-online-rails-development-and-app-hosting-environment/122709 "2007-12-11T04:26:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![pyodor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@pyodor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pyodor)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heroku-an-online-rails-development-and-app-hosting-environment/122709/1 "2007-12-11T04:26:33Z")

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Heroku is an online environment where you can develop and host Rails  
applications… all from the browser.

Get an account now through invite or sign up to be on the waiting list  
and start playing rails applications in a snap!

> **[Cloud Application Platform | Heroku](https://www.heroku.com/)**
>
> Heroku is a platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to build, run, and operate applications entirely in the cloud.