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# Alchemy
 
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Alchemy is an embeddable, TypeScript-native Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) library for modeling Resources that are Created, Updated and Deleted automatically.

Unlike similar tools like Pulumi, Terraform, and CloudFormation, Alchemy is implemented in pure ESM-native TypeScript code.

Resources are simple memoized async functions that can run in any JavaScript runtime, including the browser, serverless functions and durable workflows.

```ts
import alchemy from "alchemy";

// initialize the app (with default state $USER)
const app = await alchemy("cloudflare-worker");

// create a Cloudflare Worker
export const worker = await Worker("worker", {
  name: "my-worker",
  entrypoint: "./src/index.ts",
  bindings: {
    COUNTER: counter,
    STORAGE: storage,
    AUTH_STORE: authStore,
    GITHUB_CLIENT_ID: alchemy.secret(process.env.GITHUB_CLIENT_ID),
    GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET: alchemy.secret(process.env.GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET),
  },
});

// finalize the alchemy app (triggering deletion of orphaned resources)
await app.finalize();
```

# Features

- **JS-native** - no second language, toolchains, processes, services, etc. to lug around.
- **Async-native** - resources are just async functions - no complex abstraction to learn.
- **ESM-native** - built exclusively on ESM, with a slight preference for modern JS runtimes like Bun.
- **Embeddable** - runs in any JavaScript/TypeScript environment, including the browser!
- **Extensible** - implement your own resources with a simple function.
- **AI-first** - alchemy actively encourages you to use LLMs to create/copy/fork/modify resources to fit your needs. No more waiting around for a provider to be implemented, just do it yourself in a few minutes.
- **No service** - state files are stored locally in your project and can be easily inspected, modified, checked into your repo, etc.
- **No strong opinions** - structure your codebase however you want, store state anywhere - we don't care!

# Examples

- CloudFlare Worker with Queue, R2 Bucket, Durable Objects, Workflows and RPC: [examples/cloudflare-worker/](./examples/cloudflare-worker/alchemy.run.ts)
- CloudFlare Worker Bootstrap with Queue and R2 End-to-End Testing: [examples/cloudflare-worker-bootstrap/](./examples/cloudflare-worker-bootstrap/index.ts)
- CloudFlare ViteJS Website + API Backend with Durable Objects: [examples/cloudflare-vite/](./examples/cloudflare-vite/alchemy.run.ts)
- CloudFlare TanStack Start Application Deployment: [examples/cloudflare-tanstack-start/](./examples/cloudflare-tanstack-start/alchemy.run.ts)
- CloudFlare RedwoodJS Application with D1 Database: [examples/cloudflare-redwood/](./examples/cloudflare-redwood/alchemy.run.ts)
- CloudFlare React Router Application Deployment: [examples/cloudflare-react-router/](./examples/cloudflare-react-router/alchemy.run.ts)
- CloudFlare Nuxt 3 Application with Pipeline and R2 Bucket: [examples/cloudflare-nuxt-pipeline/](./examples/cloudflare-nuxt-pipeline/alchemy.run.ts)
- CloudFlare SvelteKit Application with KV and R2 Storage: [examples/cloudflare-sveltekit/](./examples/cloudflare-sveltekit/alchemy.run.ts)
- Deploy an AWS Lambda Function with a DynamoDB Table and IAM Role: [examples/aws-app/](./examples/aws-app/alchemy.run.ts)

# Getting Started

See the [Getting Started Guide](https://alchemy.run/getting-started).

Repository info

Default branch: main
Latest version: v0.94.0
Created: 17/01/2025
Last activity: 01/08/2026
License: Apache-2.0
Open issues: 121
Watchers: 10

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