AlpacApps Infra

Free static site hosting via Cloudflare’s global CDN. Every git push to main deploys automatically — no build step, no server to manage.

• How it works: Your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files are built and served from Cloudflare’s edge network. Cloudflare handles SSL, CDN, and uptime.
• Limits: 500 deploys/month, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited requests (generous — most sites never hit deploy limits).
• Custom domains: Add any domain in the Cloudflare Pages dashboard with free HTTPS automatically.

Go to Cloudflare Pages →

Open-source Firebase alternative that replaces an entire backend. One service gives you a PostgreSQL database, user authentication, file storage, and serverless edge functions.

• Database: Full PostgreSQL with Row Level Security — your browser talks directly to the database, and RLS ensures users only see their own data.
• Auth: Built-in Google OAuth, magic links, and email/password. 50,000 monthly active users on the free tier.
• Storage: 1 GB free for photos, documents, and media with public/private access policies.
• Edge Functions: Serverless TypeScript functions for webhooks, API integrations, and anything that needs server-side logic (Stripe, Telnyx, etc.).
• Free tier: 500 MB database, 1 GB storage, 500,000 edge function calls/month.

Go to Supabase →

Cloudflare manages your domain’s DNS and provides a D1 serverless database for session logging. Claude sets everything up using your Global API Key.

• DNS management: Authoritative DNS for your domain. Claude configures records for Cloudflare Pages, custom domains, and any other services.
• D1 database: Serverless SQLite for logging Claude Code sessions — tracks what was built, when, and by which agent.
• R2 storage: If you need object storage (images, files), Claude creates an R2 bucket using the same Cloudflare token.
• Setup: Just provide your Cloudflare email and Global API Key. Claude creates a scoped project token automatically.

Go to Cloudflare →

AI-powered developer by Anthropic that writes, tests, and deploys your code. It reads your project’s CLAUDE.md file to understand your codebase, conventions, and architecture.

• What it does: Writes HTML/CSS/JS, creates database tables, deploys edge functions, configures services, commits and pushes to GitHub — all from natural language instructions.
• How you use it: Describe what you want in plain English; Claude Code handles the implementation, commits, and deploys.
• Plans: Free tier (daily limits), Pro ($20/mo, recommended), Max ($100/mo for heavy building), Max+ ($200/mo for intensive development).

Go to Claude Code →

“Sign in with Google” powered by Supabase Auth. Users authenticate with their Google account — no passwords to store or manage.

• Setup: Create a Google Cloud project, get OAuth credentials, enable the Google provider in Supabase. The setup wizard handles the code.
• How it works: One-click Google login redirects through Supabase, which creates a user record and returns a session token. Your app checks the token to gate admin pages.
• Use cases: Admin dashboards, customer portals, any page that needs user accounts.

Go to Google Cloud Console →

Modern transactional email API. Send welcome emails, booking confirmations, payment receipts, and custom notifications.

• Free tier: 3,000 emails/month with a verified domain (or use onboarding@resend.dev for testing).
• How it integrates: A Supabase edge function (send-email) handles outbound mail. Your app calls the function with a template name and data.
• Inbound email: Webhook support lets you receive and process incoming emails (e.g., reply-to-ticket workflows).

Go to Resend →

Open-source toolkit that supercharges Claude Code with a headless browser and pre-built skills for common workflows.

• QA testing: /qa systematically tests your site, finds bugs, fixes them, and verifies the fixes — all automatically.
• Code review: /review analyzes your diff for SQL safety issues, trust boundary violations, and structural problems before you merge.
• Ship workflow: /ship runs tests, reviews the diff, bumps version, updates changelog, and creates a PR in one command.
• Headless browser: Navigate pages, click elements, take screenshots, verify deployments — ~100ms per command.

Go to gstack →

SMS messaging API for sending text notifications to users — booking reminders, access codes, payment alerts.

• Cost: ~$0.004/message outbound, ~$1/month for a dedicated phone number.
• Two-way messaging: Inbound webhook lets users reply to texts and trigger actions in your app.
• How it integrates: A Supabase edge function (send-sms) sends messages. Telnyx webhooks post inbound messages to another edge function.

Go to Telnyx →

Payment processing with both online and in-person support. Good for businesses that also have a physical location with a Square terminal.

• Pricing: 2.9% + 30¢ per online transaction. No monthly fee.
• Sandbox: Full test environment with fake cards — build and test before going live.
• How it integrates: Square webhook posts payment events to a Supabase edge function. Your app creates payment links via the Square API.

Go to Square →

The most popular payment platform, with excellent ACH bank transfer pricing and support for marketplace-style payouts.

• ACH: 0.8% per transfer, capped at $5 — ideal for rent collection or high-value transactions.
• Cards: 2.9% + 30¢ per charge.
• Stripe Connect: Split payments between multiple parties (e.g., property owner gets 90%, management fee is 10%).
• How it integrates: Stripe webhook posts events to a Supabase edge function. Your app creates checkout sessions and payment links via the Stripe API.

Go to Stripe →

Accept payments via PayPal and send payouts to associates. Works alongside Stripe and Square for maximum payment flexibility.

• Checkout: Buyers pay with PayPal balance, cards, or Venmo. 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction.
• Payouts: Send money to vendors and associates via the PayPal Payouts API — instant to their PayPal account.
• How it integrates: Three Supabase edge functions handle checkout, payouts, and webhooks. Config stored in paypal_config table.

Go to PayPal Developer →

Electronic signatures for leases, contracts, and agreements. Send documents for signing from your app and get notified when they’re completed.

• Free tier: 3–25 documents/month depending on plan.
• How it works: Your app sends a document via the SignWell API. The signer receives an email, signs in their browser, and a webhook notifies your app when it’s done.
• Templates: Create reusable templates with placeholder fields that get filled automatically from your database.

Go to SignWell →

Add AI-powered features to your app using Google’s Gemini models. Chat assistants, content generation, image analysis, and smart matching.

• Free tier: 1,000 requests/day — generous for most applications.
• How it integrates: Gemini API key is stored as a Supabase secret. Edge functions call Gemini for server-side AI tasks. Client-side JS can also call Gemini directly for chat interfaces.
• Use cases: AI chat assistant, auto-generate listing descriptions, analyze photos, match tenants to spaces, summarize documents.

Go to Google AI Studio →

S3-compatible object storage with generous free tier and zero egress fees — you never pay for downloads.

• Free tier: 10 GB storage, 1 million reads/month, 10 million writes/month.
• Zero egress: Unlike AWS S3, downloading files costs nothing. Ideal for serving media, PDFs, and documents.
• When to use: For files that don’t need Supabase Storage’s row-level security — public media, manuals, marketing assets. Use Supabase Storage for private/user-scoped files.

Go to Cloudflare →

Serverless SQL database from Cloudflare for archiving your Claude Code session transcripts.

• What it stores: Every Claude Code conversation — what you asked, what was built, what files changed. Searchable development history.
• Why it’s useful: Find “how did we build the payments page?” months later. Great for onboarding new team members or debugging past decisions.
• Free tier: 5 GB storage, 5 million reads/day. More than enough for session transcripts.

Go to Cloudflare →

A personal knowledge management system that gives every AI assistant — Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor — access to the same unified brain. Type a thought into Slack, and it’s instantly embedded, classified, and retrievable by any connected tool.

• Capture: Messages in a private Slack channel are automatically embedded, classified, and stored — with people, action items, and tags extracted automatically.
• Retrieve: An MCP server lets any AI assistant semantically search your brain and write to it using a single URL. Meaning-based, not keyword matching.
• Multi-AI: One knowledge base shared across Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible tool.
• No local dependencies: Runs entirely on Supabase + OpenRouter + Slack. No servers to maintain.

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Always-on cloud VPS for background tasks that can’t run in the browser or in serverless edge functions.

• What runs here: Device pollers (Tesla, LG, cameras), OpenClaw (3D printer/laser cutter proxy), AI image generation, automated bug fixer, and webhook processors.
• Options: Hostinger VPS ($5–12/mo, recommended) or Oracle Cloud (free ARM tier — always free, 4 vCPU, 24 GB RAM).
• When you need it: Only if you have smart home devices, vehicles, maker tools, or other integrations that need continuous background polling. Most projects don’t need this.

Go to Hostinger →

Use your own branded URL (e.g., yoursite.com) instead of username.github.io.

• Cost: ~$10/year from any domain registrar (Cloudflare, Namecheap, Google Domains).
• Setup: Add your domain in the Cloudflare Pages project settings. Cloudflare configures DNS and provides free HTTPS automatically.
• When to get one: Before sharing your site publicly. You can always add a domain later without breaking anything.

Go to Cloudflare Registrar →

Native iOS app built with Swift and SwiftUI. Full access to push notifications, camera, GPS, biometrics, and all native APIs.

• Native performance: Built with SwiftUI for smooth 60fps animations, native navigation, and platform-idiomatic UI. Screens for lights, music, climate, cameras, vehicles, and more.
• Shared API layer: Connects to the same Supabase backend and Home Assistant APIs as the web app.
• Cost: Apple Developer Program ($99/yr). Requires a Mac with Xcode to build.

Go to Apple Developer →

Native Android app built with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. Full Material 3 design with native performance.

• Native performance: Built with Jetpack Compose for native Android UI. Screens for lights, music, climate, cameras, vehicles, and an AI assistant.
• Build anywhere: Android Studio runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux — no Mac required.
• Cost: Google Play Console is a $25 one-time fee (not annual).

Go to Google Play Console →

Add AI-powered voice calling to your app. Create phone agents that answer calls, make outbound calls, and handle conversations with natural language.

• How it works: VAPI handles the phone infrastructure. Your Supabase edge function (vapi-webhook) processes call events and transcripts.
• Use cases: Automated appointment reminders, AI receptionist, property inquiry hotline, emergency notification calls.
• Config: API key and assistant settings stored in vapi_config table.

Go to VAPI →

An AI-powered Discord bot that bridges your community server to your platform’s AI assistant. Users can chat with PAI, ask questions about the property, and trigger actions.

• How it works: A Node.js worker (pai-discord) listens for messages and forwards them to the alpaca-pai Supabase edge function.
• Runs on: Your background worker VPS as a systemd service.
• Cost: Free — Discord bot accounts are free to create and run.

Go to Discord Developer Portal →

A dedicated Mac on your local network that bridges LAN-only smart home devices to your cloud app. Runs Home Assistant OS (HAOS) as the central smart home hub.

• What it runs: Home Assistant (HAOS — 30+ smart devices across WiZ, Govee, Tuya/SmartLife), Sonos HTTP API (music control), go2rtc (camera streams), Music Assistant, Blink camera poller, and device pollers.
• How it connects: Tailscale VPN links the Mac to your cloud services. A reverse proxy (Hostinger or similar) routes external requests to the Mac.
• Cost: A used Mac Mini runs ~$150 one-time. Low power draw (~10W idle).
• When you need it: Only for smart home features (Sonos, cameras, climate control). Not needed for standard web apps.

Go to Mac Mini →