Here’s everything you need to build on Fastly

What will you create today?

Use these free Fastly Developer Tools to build, deploy and configure your apps on Fastly. Get started with our CLI on your local machine or try Fiddle now - no setup needed!

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The Essentials

Start Here

Looking to get started with Fastly? Start with the essentials and check out some of these tools first.

  • CLI

    Build, deploy and configure Fastly services from your terminal. The CLI comes with local emulation capabilities for your Compute services. Yes! Batteries included.

  • SDKs

    Pick your favorite language to write your app with. We officially support Rust, Go and JavaScript. Here’s a guide to help you. choose a language

  • API Clients

    Get programmatic access to all the knobs and dials of Fastly. Jumpstart with this Postman collection. See reference.

  • GitHub Actions

    Already using GitHub for your Compute source code? Use our GitHub actions to perform steps like installing the CLI, and building and deploying Compute services. See Reference.

  • Terraform Provider

    Orchestrate your Fastly services as code. See Reference.

  • Fiddle

    Try Fastly in your browser — no setup. No sign up needed. Give it a shot. Create a new Fiddle now!

  • MCP Server

    Manage Fastly with natural language using your AI developer tools. Our open-source MCP Server provides a secure bridge to the Fastly CLI to simplify complex workflows. Explore on GitHub

Elevate your workflow

Here is all that you need to create instant and powerful apps with Fastly. Streamline your workflow from development to deployment with these tools.

Build

Everything you need to build and test your next app — however and wherever you like to code.

Manage

Access all Fastly features from through APIs or CLI. Take your workflow one step further by automating deployments.

  • CLI

    Command line tool for interacting with the Fastly API. Use it to create services, manage backends and domains, upload VCL or build and deploy Compute packages.

  • API Clients

    RESTful API that provides access to all Fastly services and accounts available through the Fastly web interface.

  • Terraform Provider

    Orchestrate your Fastly services as code

  • GitHub Actions for Compute

    Use this Action in your existing CI/CD workflow to perform steps like installing the CLI, and building and deploying Compute services

  • Cloud Deploy

    Deploy any public Compute project template (including all our official starter kits) to your Fastly account and create a working, edge-hosted application connected to a GitHub repository with automated continuous deployment, in a few clicks

  • Official starter kits

    Starter kits are complete projects from Fastly Labs or community members that will work immediately and give you a functional foundation to build on as you explore what Fastly can do.

Observe

Leverage observability tools to monitor and troubleshoot your Fastly services

  • Log Tail

    See logs from your Compute service stream real-time in your console.

  • Log Endpoints

    Send logs from your Compute and VCL services to 3rd party logging integrations

  • Alerts API

    Create alerts for an observed metric when it either exceeds or falls below a threshold. Get notified in the Fastly control panel or send alerts to your custom integrations (e.g., Slack and webhooks).

  • Metrics and Stats API

    Fastly offers a variety of ways to report on the performance and activity of your services. Obtain real-time or historical data through Fastly API.

  • Notification Service API

    Create and manage notification integrations such as New Relic, Slack, PagerDuty, and webhook. Fastly will use these integrations to send you notifications and alerts related to the Fastly product.

  • Official starter kits

    Starter kits are complete projects from Fastly Labs or community members that will work immediately and give you a functional foundation to build on as you explore what Fastly can do.

Utilities and Libraries

Fastly has several open-source utilities and libraries to help you create incredible instant apps

Looking for more?

  • Documentation Hub

    Find code examples, developer guides, solutions, and much more!

    Learn more

  • Community Forum

    Post your ideas, example code, and problems and get help from other developers and Fastly specialists

    Meet the community

  • Fastly [Developers] on YouTube

    See the tools in action. Follow us on Fastly [Developers] YouTube channel for exciting videos.

    Watch now

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