Encore

Encore is a backend development platform and framework designed to help developers build and ship cloud applications dramatically faster by treating infrastructure as part of the code rather than a separate, manual concern. The core idea is "infrastructure from code": you write your application using Encore's framework, and it automatically understands and provisions the cloud infrastructure your app needs — databases, queues, cron jobs, services and more — eliminating much of the boilerplate, configuration and DevOps work that usually slows backend development to a crawl.

This approach addresses a real pain point. Building a modern backend typically means not just writing application logic but also wrangling cloud services, writing infrastructure-as-code, setting up CI/CD, and managing environments — a huge amount of undifferentiated work. Encore lets developers declare the resources they need directly in their code, and it handles provisioning, local development that mirrors production, and deployment to the cloud. It also provides built-in tooling like automatic API documentation, distributed tracing, and architecture diagrams generated from your code, giving teams observability and clarity for free.

Encore is particularly appealing to startups and teams building cloud-native backends and microservices who want to move fast without a dedicated platform team. By reducing the gap between writing code and running it reliably in the cloud, it lets small teams achieve what previously required significant infrastructure expertise. It supports building everything from APIs to event-driven systems, and emphasizes type safety and developer experience throughout. For developers who find that too much of backend work is plumbing rather than building product, Encore offers a compelling vision: write your application, and let the platform handle the cloud infrastructure, deployment and observability — so you can focus on what your software actually does.