Changelog

What's new in
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Every fix, feature, and improvement — in chronological order. We ship fast and document everything.

Sep 2026
Sep 06New

Deploy smart contracts to Sepolia with just a wallet — no RPC signup needed

Web3 deploys previously required two credentials: your own RPC provider URL (Alchemy, Infura) and a wallet private key. Cloudpen now maintains its own shared Alchemy RPC connection for Sepolia, used automatically as a fallback whenever a project hasn't set its own SEPOLIA_RPC_URL — so a first deploy only needs your wallet key. Your private key is always yours and is never shared; only the RPC connection (read/relay access, no fund control) is pooled. Shared-pool usage is tracked against its own daily cap, separate from your general Web3 deploy limit. Available on Pro, Team, and Enterprise, plus AppSumo Tier 2 and 3 — check your Billing page for your exact allowance.

Sep 01New

Cloudpen Arcade — take a break without leaving your dashboard

A new Arcade tab, available on every plan, no accounts or scores required. Play Night Run (a neon 3D racer built with Three.js), Neon Siege (a twin-stick shooter with sector bosses), a from-scratch Chess engine with adjustable AI difficulty, hints, and save/load, plus Typing Sprint, Word Rush, Speed Math, etc. Find it via the "Take a Break" button in the header. We'll keep maintaining, improving, and updating the Arcade regularly, with new games added over time.

Aug 2026
Aug 30New

Backend & Fullstack Deployment (PHP/Laravel) + Hosted Databases

Deploy a real, persistent PHP/Laravel backend straight from the editor — not a static preview — running continuously at yourproject.cloudpen.dev in its own isolated container. Pair it with a hosted MySQL database provisioned per project, complete with one-click phpMyAdmin access. Database credentials are written into your app's .env automatically when both are deployed together. Available on Pro, Team, and Enterprise, plus AppSumo Tier 2 and 3 — check your Billing or Add-ons page for your exact deployment/database allowance.

Aug 11Fix

Deployed SPA projects now survive page reloads

Reloading a nested route on a deployed React, Vue, Next.js, or Angular project (e.g. yourapp.cloudpen.dev/app/settings) no longer shows a 404 — it now correctly re-renders through your app's router, matching how Vercel and Netlify handle client-side routing. Static/plain HTML deployments are unaffected and continue to 404 correctly on invalid paths. Every project's own custom 404 page — not Cloudpen's — now shows for real broken routes within a deployed app.

Aug 07New

MCP Server support

Cloudpen can now act as an MCP server, so external tools connect to your projects the same way Cloudpen connects out to yours. Point Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client at a project to read files, check deployment status, and see git history, right from your existing workflow. Read access is on by default; writes are a separate opt-in that require confirmation from the AI client before anything is saved. Every token is scoped to exactly one project, write-scoped tokens expire within 90 days no matter what, and creating a write-scoped token always requires a fresh email confirmation code. Find it under the MCP panel in the sidebar of any project, under the "MCP Server" tab. Available on Pro, Team, and Enterprise, plus AppSumo Tier 2 and 3.

Aug 03New

MCP Client — Connect to Supabase, GitHub, and more

Cloudpen can now connect to external MCP servers like Supabase directly from the editor. Quill uses the live context from your connected tools when it responds — no more pasting schema or config into chat by hand.

Aug 01New

Quill AI image input

Quill can now read images — screenshots, error dialogs, design mockups — when you bring your own AI key. Drop an image into chat and Quill reasons over it alongside your code.

Jul 30Improvement

Model search for custom AI keys

Searching for a specific model when you bring your own key now pulls live from the OpenRouter catalog, with instant filtering instead of a fixed dropdown list.

Jul 29New

Vue, Angular & Node.js templates

Three new starter templates join the project creation flow. Fork one and you're running in seconds, same as every other template on Cloudpen.

Jul 2026
Jul 27New

SFTP Hosting Deploy

Push or pull your project directly to any shared-hosting account over SFTP — cPanel, DirectAdmin, or any standard SFTP host. Transfers run in a background queue with live progress updates, encrypted credentials at rest, and safety exclusions for sensitive folders.

Jul 24New

API Client

A REST tester built directly into the editor. Send requests, inspect responses (including rendered HTML previews), save requests to a collection, and pull up your history — all from the sidebar, without leaving your project.

Jul 24New

Environment Variables Manager

Set your env vars once, just like on Vercel, and they're automatically available in your terminal, when you hit Run, and in your deployed build. No more juggling .env files by hand or copy-pasting secrets into the sandbox.

Jul 20New

Git Panel

A full Git workflow built into the editor sidebar, running the real Git CLI under the hood. Stage, commit, push, pull, switch branches, review inline diffs, and publish a new project straight to a new or existing GitHub repo — no terminal required.

Jun 2026
Jun 05New

In-editor browser tab

Preview your running app side-by-side with your code. Includes a DevTools panel, JS REPL, context menu, and hot reload on every save — no tab switching required.

Jun 01New

Student & bootcamp discount

50% off Pro for verified students and bootcamp learners. Apply at cloudpen.dev/students — approval within 24 hours.

May 2026
May 18Improvement

Quill AI context awareness

Quill now reads your active file and open project structure before responding. Select any block of code to explain, debug, or refactor it without copy-pasting into a separate chat.

May 10New

Editor DevTools tabs

The in-editor panel now ships with tabbed DevTools — Network, Console, and Elements — alongside the JS REPL and hot reload controls.

May 04Fix

PTY terminal reconnect on tab restore

Terminal sessions now reconnect automatically when a browser tab is restored from sleep instead of showing a stale or frozen shell.

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