About webapp.io

webapp.io is a DevOps platform founded in 2020 by Colin Chartier and Lyn Chen, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The company focuses on accelerating development for modern web applications by utilizing memory snapshots and a custom hypervisor to create full-stack preview environments quickly.

The platform specializes in streamlining CI/CD pipelines and end-to-end testing for web developers. It enables significantly faster builds by reusing memory snapshots and skipping unchanged steps, achieving build times that are ten times quicker than traditional cloud providers. webapp.io supports any Linux-based stack through Layerfiles, which define VM build steps. The company promotes a fully remote work culture and aims to empower technology-forward businesses in sectors like fintech, healthcare, biotech, and SaaS with its developer-focused tools.