Deploy in Seconds

A TKO app can be as simple as a single HTML file. No bundler, no server runtime, no build step — just upload to any static hosting provider and you’re live.

The simplest deploy

Save this as index.html:

<!doctype html>
<html>
  <body>
    <div id="app">
      <input data-bind="textInput: name" />
      <p>Hello, <strong data-bind="text: name"></strong>.</p>
    </div>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@tko/build.reference/dist/browser.min.js"></script>
    <script>
      const ko = globalThis.tko
      ko.applyBindings({ name: ko.observable('TKO') }, document.getElementById('app'))
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Or as an ES module (no IIFE needed):

<script type="module">
  import ko from 'https://esm.run/@tko/build.reference'
  ko.applyBindings({ name: ko.observable('TKO') }, document.getElementById('app'))
</script>

Upload that single file to any of the platforms below. That’s it — a live, reactive web UI.

GitHub Pages

Free, deploys from a git push.

Create a repo and add your index.html
Go to Settings → Pages → Source and select your branch
Your site is live at https://username.github.io/repo/

Or use the gh CLI:

gh repo create my-app --public --clone
# add index.html
git add index.html && git commit -m "init" && git push
gh browse --settings  # enable Pages under Settings → Pages

Cloudflare Pages

Free tier, global CDN, automatic HTTPS.

Push your files to a GitHub or GitLab repo
Connect the repo at dash.cloudflare.com → Pages → Create
No build command needed — just set the output directory to / (or wherever your HTML lives)

Or deploy directly from the CLI:

npx wrangler pages deploy . --project-name my-app

Google Cloud Storage

Good for projects already on GCP.

gcloud storage buckets create gs://my-app.example.com
gcloud storage buckets update gs://my-app.example.com --web-main-page-suffix=index.html
gcloud storage cp index.html gs://my-app.example.com/

Add a load balancer or use Firebase Hosting for automatic HTTPS and CDN.

Firebase Hosting

Free tier, automatic HTTPS, global CDN.

npm install -g firebase-tools
firebase init hosting  # select your project, set public dir to "."
firebase deploy

Netlify

Free tier, drag-and-drop or git-based deploys.

Go to app.netlify.com/drop
Drag your project folder onto the page
Live in seconds

Or via CLI:

npx netlify-cli deploy --dir . --prod

Why this works

TKO loads from a CDN (esm.run or jsdelivr). Your app is just HTML + the browser’s ES module loader. No server-side rendering, no Node.js, no build artifacts. The entire deploy is one file.

As your app grows you can add a bundler, but you don’t have to. Many production TKO apps are a handful of HTML files and a CSS stylesheet.