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Hans India
24-05-2025
- Business
- Hans India
US-Based Coding Platform Glitch to Cease Hosting Services by July 2025
Glitch, the New York-based collaborative coding platform, has announced it will stop hosting web applications and user profiles on July 8, 2025. CEO Anil Dash confirmed the decision, attributing it to escalating costs and infrastructure issues, as well as user misuse. While users won't be able to host apps or maintain public profiles after the deadline, they can still access and download their project code until the end of 2025. A tool to redirect project subdomains is also in the works. Glitch will no longer accept new Pro subscriptions, though current subscribers can continue until the service ends in July. Originally launched in 2017 by Fog Creek Software, Glitch gained popularity for allowing developers to remix and share live web apps. It was later acquired by Fastly in 2022. Though some limited features may remain, the platform's future remains uncertain following this major scale-down.
The Verge
23-05-2025
- Business
- The Verge
Glitch is basically shutting down
Glitch, the coding platform where developers can share and remix projects, will soon no longer offer its core feature: hosting apps on the web. In an update on Thursday, Glitch CEO Anil Dash said it will stop hosting projects and close user profiles on July 8th, 2025 — but stopped short of saying that it's shutting down completely. Users will be able to access their dashboard and download code for their projects through the end of 2025, and Glitch is working on a new feature that allows users to redirect their project subdomains. The platform has also stopped taking new Pro subscriptions, but it will continue to honor existing subscriptions until July 8th. Without these key features, it's not clear what will be left of Glitch. When The Verge reached out to Dash for clarification, he said the dashboard, app redirects, and code download tools are the 'only user features that we've confirmed availability' for after July 8th. 'Anything else that we would have to share would come in a future update, but it's just that very minimal feature set for now.' Dash launched Glitch in 2017 under Fog Creek Software, but it was acquired by the cloud service provider Fastly in 2022. In the blog post announcing the update, Dash said the time and money required to host apps 'has greatly increased as the platform has gotten older and bad actors try to misuse the platform.' However, Dash tells The Verge the team is 'still figuring out what plans might be possible for Glitch and its community going forward.'
