Val Town is winding down
The gist
Val Town founder Steve Krouse said the cloud hosting service is winding down, with apps stopping January 10, 2027.
Users must migrate their code to other hosts before the platform shuts off.
How it unfolded
- Nov 10, 2026Steve Krouse announces Val Town is winding down. New signups and plan upgrades end, billing is paused, existing subscriptions are serviced for free, and annual-plan prepayers get a partial refund.
- Dec 10, 2026Code becomes read-only, though sqlite and blob storage are not included in that change.
- Jan 10, 2027All other services stop and apps ("vals") stop running.
Key terms
- Deno runtime
- A runtime environment for JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly built on the V8 engine and the Rust language.
- sqlite
- A free, open-source relational database engine written in C that is embedded as a library inside applications rather than run as a standalone program.
- blob storage
- A data storage approach that manages data as objects or blobs rather than as files or blocks.
Source: Wikipedia