# Docs

- [Quickstart](/docs): Go from zero to a live Python backend in under five minutes.

- **Getting Started**
- Getting Started
  - [Getting Started](/docs/getting-started): Set up your Phemeral account and deploy your first Python backend.
  - [Connect Your GitHub Account](/docs/getting-started/connect-github): Authorize the Phemeral GitHub App to enable continuous deployment from your repositories.
  - [Deploy Your First Project](/docs/getting-started/first-deployment): Walk through creating a project, connecting a repository, and deploying your Python backend.

- **Concepts**
- Concepts
  - [Platform Overview](/docs/concepts): What Phemeral is and how its core concepts fit together.
  - [Projects](/docs/concepts/projects): How projects organize your work in Phemeral.
  - [Environments](/docs/concepts/environments): How environments separate deployment targets within a project.
  - [Deployments](/docs/concepts/deployments): The deployment lifecycle — from code push to live URL.
  - [Database Clusters](/docs/concepts/database-clusters): Fully managed Postgres databases that scale automatically and belong to a project.

- **Guides**
- Guides
  - [Set Up GitHub Continuous Deployment](/docs/guides/github-integration): Connect a repository and map branches to environments for automatic deployments on push.
  - [Trigger a Manual Deployment](/docs/guides/manual-deployments): Deploy on demand from a local folder or a connected GitHub repository, without waiting for a Git push.
  - [Manage Environment Variables](/docs/guides/environment-variables): Add, update, and delete environment variables for your deployment environments.
  - [Set a Custom Root Directory](/docs/guides/custom-root-directory): Override Phemeral's autodetected project root for dependency and app discovery.
  - [Set a Custom Start Command](/docs/guides/custom-start-command): Override Phemeral's autodetected runtime command for a project.
  - [WebSockets & Server-Sent Events](/docs/guides/websockets-and-sse): Add real-time features to your deployment using WebSockets or Server-Sent Events.
  - [Configure Custom Domains](/docs/guides/custom-domains): Assign a custom domain or a Phemeral subdomain to your environment.
  - [Configure Scheduled Webhooks](/docs/guides/scheduled-webhooks): Send scheduled HTTP requests to an environment on a UTC cron schedule.
  - [Create and Connect to a Database Cluster](/docs/guides/managed-postgres): Provision a managed Postgres database in a project and connect your application to it.
  - [Create & Switch Organizations](/docs/guides/organizations): Create additional organizations and switch between the ones you belong to.
  - [Manage Team Members](/docs/guides/team-management): Invite team members to your organization and manage seats.

- **Reference**
- Reference
  - [Supported Frameworks](/docs/reference/supported-frameworks): Python frameworks and package managers that Phemeral detects and deploys automatically.
  - [Project Structure Requirements](/docs/reference/project-structure): How Phemeral detects your project root, dependencies, and application entry point.
  - [Scheduled Webhooks Reference](/docs/reference/scheduled-webhooks): Field definitions, cron syntax, and execution behavior for scheduled webhooks.
  - [Managed Postgres](/docs/reference/managed-postgres): Technical reference for database clusters
  - [Plans & Billing](/docs/reference/plans-and-billing): Pricing tiers, compute dimensions, and billing details.

- **FAQ**
- [FAQ](/docs/faq): Frequently asked questions about deploying and running applications on Phemeral.