> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.springwinter.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Springwinter: AWS-Native PaaS for Fast-Moving Teams

> Springwinter deploys web servers, workers, databases, and more directly into your AWS account — you own the infrastructure, we handle the complexity.

Springwinter is a Platform-as-a-Service control plane that deploys and manages cloud infrastructure directly inside your own AWS account. Instead of routing your traffic and data through a shared vendor environment, Springwinter provisions real AWS resources — ECS services, RDS databases, ElastiCache caches, S3 buckets, and CloudFront distributions — under your control, then monitors and manages them on your behalf. You get the developer experience of a modern PaaS without surrendering ownership of your infrastructure.

## How Springwinter differs from traditional PaaS

Traditional PaaS platforms run your code on infrastructure they own. That means your data transits their network, you pay their markup on compute, and migrating away requires rebuilding your stack from scratch.

Springwinter inverts this model. You connect your AWS account once, and every resource Springwinter creates belongs to you from the first second. Your data never leaves your AWS account. Your costs appear directly on your AWS bill with no platform surcharge on infrastructure. If you ever stop using Springwinter, every resource it created continues running in your account — there is no lock-in at the infrastructure layer.

Springwinter handles the complexity that makes "just use AWS directly" impractical for small teams: networking, IAM policies, container orchestration, TLS certificates, auto-scaling, cost visibility, and deployment pipelines — all managed through a clean dashboard and a fully documented REST API.

## Get started

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  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Deploy your first service in under 10 minutes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect AWS" icon="aws" href="/connect-aws">
    Link your AWS account via a CloudFormation IAM role.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect GitHub" icon="github" href="/connect-github">
    Install the GitHub App to enable automatic deploys on push.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API Reference" icon="code" href="/api-reference/overview">
    Explore the full REST API and automate your workflows.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Resource types

Springwinter supports six resource types, each provisioned as a first-class AWS service in your account.

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  <Card title="Web Servers" icon="server" href="/deploy/web-servers">
    Containerized HTTP services running on Amazon ECS with an Application Load Balancer and automatic TLS.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Workers" icon="gears" href="/deploy/workers">
    Background processing services running on ECS with no public URL — queues, cron jobs, and event handlers.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Static Websites" icon="globe" href="/deploy/static-websites">
    HTML, CSS, and JavaScript sites served from S3 and accelerated by CloudFront with automatic HTTPS.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Caches" icon="bolt" href="/deploy/caches">
    Valkey (Redis-compatible) caches on ElastiCache with TLS enforced, accessible from your other services.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Databases" icon="database" href="/deploy/databases">
    PostgreSQL and MySQL databases on Amazon RDS, provisioned in your VPC with automated backups.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Storage" icon="box" href="/api-reference/storage">
    Private S3 buckets with scoped access policies for assets, uploads, and build artifacts.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Note>
  All resources stay in your AWS account. Springwinter reads logs, metrics, and cost on demand — it does not mirror or store your application data.
</Note>