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Every change that reached your workspace, in plain words.
Hosting
Better pages for visitors, smoother builds
- Visitors to a deleted project, a missing page, a site that is starting or not responding now see a clear Rimbra page instead of a plain error. A site’s own 404.html is used first.
- Cancel stops a running build right away.
- Builds are up to twice as fast: unchanged packages are reused instead of reinstalled, and Next.js apps with API routes build once instead of twice.
- Changing settings, variables or domains while a build runs no longer fails with “workspace busy”.
- rimbra.app project addresses stop working on November 6. Move each project to .rimbra.live, .xyz or .click in Settings → Address.
Hosting
Choose your free address
- New projects pick where they live when you deploy: your-app.rimbra.live, your-app.rimbra.xyz or your-app.rimbra.click. All free, all with HTTPS.
- Change it later in project Settings. Visitors on the old address are sent to the new one.
- Projects you already have stay on rimbra.app until you move them.
Docs
Deploy guides and comparisons
- Step-by-step deploy guides for 20 frameworks, from Next.js and Express to Django, Laravel, Go and Docker.
- Honest comparisons with Vercel, Netlify, Render, Railway, Heroku, Resend, SendGrid and Twilio, with when each one fits better and how to move.
- The whole docs site as one text file at /llms-full.txt, so AI assistants can read Rimbra in one go.
- A public roadmap: Mobile Preview Cloud, Agent Cloud, sandboxes, a media cloud, a design studio, game backends, WhatsApp apps, templates and plugins.
Billing
Plans renew when you choose
- Paid plans no longer send a monthly invoice. Your plan is paid for a month (or a year) at checkout, and Billing → Plan shows the date it is paid until.
- We email you 3 days before it ends. Renew from Billing in one step; renewing early adds the time on, so you never lose days.
- If a plan isn’t renewed you keep it for 7 more days, with reminders, before the workspace moves to Free. Nothing is deleted.
Billing
Pay invoices by bank transfer
- Any unpaid invoice can now be paid by bank transfer from a Nigerian bank, as well as by card.
- Choose Bank transfer on the invoice to see the amount in naira and our account details, and put the invoice number in the transfer description.
- The invoice is marked paid automatically within minutes of the transfer arriving, and you get a receipt by email.
Billing
Clearer upgrades and new domains
- After you upgrade, a confirmation shows your new plan and everything it now includes, from projects and storage to emails and WhatsApp messages.
- A domain you just bought shows Activating while the registry publishes it, with a note that this can take up to 30 minutes.
- Prices are shown before the payment processing fee, which is added at checkout and depends on how you pay.
WhatsApp
Get a WhatsApp number from Rimbra
- No spare SIM? WhatsApp → Get a number sells you a number in most countries for setting up a new WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business account.
- Pick a country, see the price, pay once at checkout. The number appears with its sign-up code right on the page, usually within a minute.
- Then link it under Numbers like any other and start sending.
- If a number doesn’t get its code, cancel it (or wait 5 minutes) and you get a new one in the same country for free.
Billing
One storage allowance for everything
- Your plan’s storage now covers project files and databases together: 10 GB on Free, 30 GB on Launch, 75 GB on Pro and 250 GB on Scale.
- There is no separate database allowance any more, so a database can use as much of your storage as it needs.
- Usage shows one storage meter, and the Databases card shows how much of it your databases use.
Databases
Connect to Postgres from anywhere, encrypted
- Turn on Outside connections on a Postgres database to use it from your laptop, a database tool or an app hosted elsewhere, at db.rimbra.app.
- Outside connections are encrypted only (TLS 1.2+), with a public certificate you can verify. Unencrypted connections are refused.
- Every database stays private until you turn it on, and you can turn it off again at any time.
- AI tools connected over MCP can switch it too, with your confirmation.
AI
Rimbra MCP server
- Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client at app.rimbra.app/mcp. Agents can create and deploy projects, read logs, roll back, change settings and variables, run and back up databases, connect domains, and send email and WhatsApp messages.
- Claude.ai and ChatGPT connect by signing in to Rimbra, no keys to copy. You choose the workspace and whether the agent can make changes or only read.
- Find it under MCP in the dashboard. Keys for tools that can’t sign in, like Claude Code in a terminal or CI, with Developer or Viewer access.
- Agents follow your plan limits and team roles, and can never pay for anything.
- A plain-text guide for language models at /llms.txt.
Hosting
Roll back, branch previews and env files
- Roll back to any of the last three builds from the Deployments tab. It goes live instantly, with no rebuild.
- Branch previews: push to any branch other than production and it gets its own link, <project>-<branch>.rimbra.app. Deleting the branch takes the preview down.
- Preview-scoped environment variables apply to previews only.
- Importing a repository reads its .env.example and asks for each value before the first build.
- Pick the branch and the folder to deploy, so a frontend and a backend in one repository deploy as separate projects.
- Frontends deploy without a database, and an app that answers with an error still goes live, with hints in the logs.
Workspace
Teams
- Invite people by email as a Developer (everything except billing and the team) or a Viewer (read-only).
- Switch between your own workspace and the teams you are on from the workspace menu.
- Seats come with your plan: 1 on Free, 2 on Launch, 5 on Pro and 25 on Scale.
Security
Safer sign-in
- Email sign-ups and password sign-ins finish with a 6-digit code sent to your inbox.
- Two-factor sign-in with an authenticator app, with recovery codes. It covers password, GitHub and Google sign-in.
- Forgot password: reset with an emailed code, which signs you out everywhere else.
- The sign-in page shows the method you used last time.
Domains
Domain auto-renew
- Bought domains get a renewal invoice 30 days before they expire, and renew as soon as it is paid.
- Reminders at 7 days and 1 day if a renewal is still unpaid. Turn auto-renew off per domain.
- Renew early from the domain page, from 120 days before expiry.
Platform
Faster loads and fairer limits
- HTTP/3 is on for every site, for faster loads on mobile and patchy networks.
- Bandwidth: 50 GB on Free, 100 GB on Launch and 200 GB on Pro, and storage now counts only your own files.
- Live usage in Billing updates every minute.
Billing
New plans, usage and add-ons
- Four plans: Free, Launch at $5, Pro at $15 and Scale at $49 a month, enforced for every workspace.
- Billing now has separate Bill, Plans and Usage pages, with month-to-date usage for every limit.
- Add-ons for projects, storage, bandwidth, build minutes, emails and social notifications, bought from Usage.
- Billing cycles start on the day each workspace signed up. No daily limits.
- Outbound bandwidth is measured for every project.
Workspace
Support, settings and docs
- Support tickets with threaded replies, attachments and email notifications when the team answers.
- Workspace settings rebuilt: profile, email and password, signed-in sessions, notifications and data export.
- The docs were rewritten from scratch to cover every flow, from your first deploy to webhooks.
Hosting
Managed databases
- PostgreSQL 16, MySQL 8.4 and Redis 7, ready in a few seconds.
- Connect a database to a project and it appears as DATABASE_URL.
- Browse and edit data, run queries, and back up and restore from the dashboard.
Domains
Buy domains on Rimbra
- Search for a name, see its price and renewal, and register it instantly.
- Owner contact details and WHOIS privacy at checkout.
- Live DNS, certificate and site checks on every domain.
Notifications
WhatsApp, rebuilt
- Numbers, Inbox, Compose, Contacts, Webhooks, Usage and API rebuilt on a real backend.
- Send to local-format numbers; Rimbra adds the country code of the sending number.
- Recipients are checked before sending, and failures explain what went wrong.
Email
Emails pages redesigned
- A new email log, metrics, broadcasts, templates and API keys.
- Sending domain setup now matches custom domains: one table of records, each with a copy button and live checks.
Email
Better inbox placement
- Every sending domain is signed with its own DKIM key.
- A return path on your own domain removes the “via” label in Gmail.
- Multipart emails and an unsubscribe header on broadcasts.
- A broadcasts API for sending one email to a list.
Hosting
Deploys and domains
- Move a domain between projects without changing DNS.
- Environment variables follow every redeploy.
- Restarts on our side no longer take sites down.
Company
Rimbra opens
- Hosting from GitHub or a folder, custom domains with automatic HTTPS, transactional email and WhatsApp in one workspace.