Quickstart
Two ways to use Sinkron — run an app on the network, or earn by renting out a machine you already have. Pick your track below; each one takes a few minutes.
Run your app
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Add funds
Open your Wallet and top up by card (from $25) or by sending USDC on Base to your deposit address. Your credit shows up as a spendable balance — you pay only for what you run.
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Create a session
Go to Sessions → New session. Point it at a container image (try nginxdemos/hello to start), choose CPU and RAM, set how many runners you want, and the port your app listens on.
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Go live at a URL
Sinkron places your app across independent machines behind one load-balanced address — https://<your-slug>.apps.sinkron.network. Rename the slug any time from the session.
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Pay as you go
Billing is by the second of runtime, drawn from your balance — the rate is quoted per hour, but you only pay for the time you actually run. If you run low we email you first; if funds run out, running sessions are stopped automatically so you never go negative.
Earn by renting your machine
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Add a machine
From your dashboard, click Add machine. Copy the one-line installer and run it on your host as root. It installs the agent, joins it to the network, and registers it — no manual config.
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Set capacity & price
Choose how many CPU cores and how much RAM to offer, and your hourly price. You can raise capacity live; lowering it only evicts work if it has to.
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Earn
When customers run workloads on your machine you accrue earnings automatically. Withdraw them from your Wallet whenever you like.
Good to know
One URL, many machines
Every session is reachable at a public, load-balanced subdomain. If one machine drops, your app keeps serving from the others.
Prepaid, no surprises
You fund a balance and spend it down — there are no monthly minimums and no surprise invoices. Top up by card or USDC.
Private images
Public images work out of the box. To pull from a private registry, add credentials under Registries and pick them when you create a session.
Providers: just need Docker
The installer targets apt-based Linux hosts and sets everything up for you. If a machine can run Docker, it can earn on Sinkron.
Always the cheapest rate
Compute comes from a network of spare capacity, so you pay a fraction of traditional cloud prices — and providers monetize hardware that would sit idle.
Switch sides any time
The same account can run apps and rent out machines. Flip between customer and provider mode from the top of the dashboard.
Guides
How to host a small always-on app cheaply
The cheap way to keep a side project, bot, or API online 24/7.
How to deploy a Docker container to a public URL
From a built image to a live HTTPS URL — no server to set up.
How to deploy a Flask app
Containerise it, run gunicorn, and get a public URL.
How to deploy a FastAPI app
Run uvicorn in production and put your API on HTTPS.
How to host a Node.js app cheaply
Container to public URL — stateless vs stateful, done right.
How to keep a Python script running 24/7
Keep a loop, poller, or scheduled job alive without a server.
How to host a Discord bot 24/7
Keep a bot online around the clock for pennies an hour.
How to host a Telegram bot 24/7
Polling vs webhook, and how to keep it always on.
Sinkron vs. a $5 VPS
Which is cheaper for a small app — and when each one wins.
Still stuck?
Email info@sinkron.network and we'll help you get going.