“It makes it easy to spin up services and way better than going directly with AWS.”
HostingMaker says so · source ↗
SST
Open-source framework that defines and deploys full-stack apps and their infrastructure to your own AWS or Cloudflare account from TypeScript config.
Works with AI agents:llms.txtCLIWhere it fits
How SST itself is built
1 tools, from its own code, website and Product Hunt page.
Who uses it
7 makers' products, each linked to the source that shows it, and 6 open-source projects that declare it in their code.
“SST is so good that we never have to think about it. SST simply works.”
HostingMaker says so · source ↗“Actual AI's backend is all hosted with SST - it is just incredible”
HostingMaker says so · source ↗“SST was a game changer in IAC. I mean I have been through pulumi and AWS CDK and I love the idea of typesafe IAC in a real programming language. But the deployment speed of CDK and others is quite slow. So I was able to 10 fold my iteration speed with SST. I also liket the console for logging!”
HostingMaker says so · source ↗“I generally use AWS for all of my infrastructure needs but I hate messing with CloudFormation. CDK was nice but was also a bit cumbersome to get right. SST is CDK but on steroids. They make it super easy to create the primitives you need to GSD, without worrying that much about the specifics. And if you ever need to get in the weeds, you can create your own CDK constructs to do so.”
HostingMaker says so · source ↗“Build the website with SST! It’s a beginner-friendly, serverless framework for creating full-stack apps on AWS, providing all the tools and features needed for development.”
HostingMaker says so · source ↗“SST provides a great workflow for running our infrastructure on AWS. It provides flexibility both when developing locally and deploying to production. We're really enjoying using it along with Seed.dev.”
HostingMaker says so · source ↗Open source: a project that declares SST as a dependency in its public code — verifiable, but not necessarily a live product.
What makers say
8 makers on why they use SST, in their own words on Product Hunt.
It makes it easy to spin up services and way better than going directly with AWS.
RubySep 2026 ↗SST is so good that we never have to think about it. SST simply works.
Actual AI's backend is all hosted with SST - it is just incredible
wrapped.devSep 2026 ↗I generally use AWS for all of my infrastructure needs but I hate messing with CloudFormation. CDK was nice but was also a bit cumbersome to get right. SST is CDK but on steroids. They make it super easy to create the primitives you need to GSD, without worrying that much about the specifics. And if you ever need to get in the weeds, you can create your own CDK constructs to do so.
SST was a game changer in IAC. I mean I have been through pulumi and AWS CDK and I love the idea of typesafe IAC in a real programming language. But the deployment speed of CDK and others is quite slow. So I was able to 10 fold my iteration speed with SST. I also liket the console for logging!
Loved and watch-outs
Themes that recur in makers' words and Hacker News comments, each linked to what it summarises, with how Product Hunt tags its reviews.
Reliability and open issues
- Tunnel not working after upgrade to 3.12.3👍 18 · opened Apr 2025 · active Feb 2026
- Feat: Container runtime for functions👍 18 · opened Jul 2024 · active May 2026
- [ION-1321] Feat: Script👍 13 · opened Aug 2024 · active Mar 2026
- Allow reusing an existing Network Load Balancer (NLB) with `sst.aws.Service`👍 11 · opened Apr 2025 · active Mar 2026
- 409 on Lambda Permission, too many concurrent permissions updates with Function URLS👍 11 · opened Jun 2026 · active Aug 2026
Alternatives to SST
All alternatives by situation →On Product Hunt, people weigh it against: Render, NestJS, Amazon Web Services, Appwrite, Netlify.
Questions makers ask about SST
Is SST free?
Yes — there is a free tier a small product can run on; paid use starts at $0.086 per active resource (Console). source ↗
Is SST open source or self-hostable?
Open source, and you can self-host it. source ↗
Can AI coding agents work with SST?
It serves an llms.txt docs index; it has an official CLI (sst).
Who uses SST?
7 makers' products we track, each with a source, and 6 open-source projects declare it in their code. source ↗