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Build and deploy serverless functions and full-stack apps on Cloudflare's global network. No servers to manage. No cold starts or region complexity.
npm create cloudflare@latest my-appThe AI inference platform
Run AI inference globally with one API call, build agents, and search across your data — no GPUs to manage, no capacity planning.
npx wrangler ai modelscf ai run @cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct --helpMake your database feel instant, everywhere
Serverless SQL, globally distributed key-value, and global database acceleration — query directly from Workers with no connection management.
npx wrangler d1 create my-databasecf d1 --helpBuild media pipelines without infrastructure headaches
Cloudflare Images helps teams build scalable, reliable media pipelines to store, optimize, and deliver images.
curl --request POST https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/images/v1Build with your favorite AI agent
Paste into any AI coding agent to install Cloudflare agent tooling:
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What's new
The latest features and improvements shipping across Cloudflare.
Cloudflare API MCP server now supports step-up authorization
Grant only the required scopes when you connect, and authorize more on demand as your agent performs a task.
Precursor adds Monitor mode
Monitor mode lets you test Precursor without applying its signals to bot score or Challenge clearance.
Cloud Workload Security is now available in Beta
Cloud Workload Security applies policy controls to cloud API requests before they reach your cloud provider.
Introducing Clairic: an extraction model for typed values, now on Workers AI
Clairic is a preview of a new class of System One models, extraction models. It extracts, computes, estimates, and forecasts values from your input, and returns typed answers with confidence scores in a single pass.
Test Cron Triggers with Local Explorer
Local Explorer can invoke configured or ad hoc Cron Triggers with custom scheduled times during local development.
AI Search keyword search supports Japanese, Chinese, and Korean queries
Keyword search with the trigram tokenizer now matches Japanese, Chinese, and Korean queries, including full natural-language questions.
Search Cloudflare documentation with the Cloudflare CLI
Find Cloudflare guides and examples from the terminal with cf docs search, available in Cloudflare CLI 1.0.0-beta.16.
50,000 routes per account and Tunnels for Platforms
The default route limit for Cloudflare Tunnel and Cloudflare Mesh is now 50,000 per account, and you can now buy more than 1,000 tunnels per account with Tunnels for Platforms.
Security that scales
Everything you need to secure applications, APIs, and infrastructure.
Public websites & apps
Protect your applications without sacrificing performance
Identify and block malicious payloads before they can compromise your application.
Harden your app with WAFEncrypt your site in minutes
Streamline TLS Certificate Management.
Set up SSL/TLSVerify visitors without CAPTCHA
Confirm web visitors are real and block unwanted bots without slowing down web experiences for real users.
Add Turnstile protectionCorporate and home networks
Securely connect origins with post-quantum encrypted tunnels
Outbound-only encrypted tunnels, no open ports.
Create a secure TunnelSecure internal applications with Cloudflare Access
Identity-first, quantum-safe access to private applications and infrastructure.
Set up Cloudflare AccessSecure Internet browsing without disruptions
Cloud-native Secure Web Gateway (SWG) that inspects browser traffic without disruption.
Create Gateway policiesFaster web performance
Accelerate websites and applications with Cloudflare CDN caching, image optimization, smart routing, load balancing, and web analytics.
Fast, reliable and resilient DNS queries
World's fastest authoritative DNS, consistently ranked #1 by DNSPerf; free, fully API-managed, DNSSEC supported.
Set up Authoritative DNSMinimize origin load and accelerate dynamic content
Intelligently manage traffic, optimize content delivery, and safeguard origin infrastructure.
Enable Smart ShieldDefault caching for static assets, with cache rules for full control
Caches content in 330+ cities worldwide, with instant purging and granular Cache Rules.
Set up Cache RulesAssess your site speed and apply recommended optimizations
Application delivery optimizations including minification, Brotli compression, Early Hints, and HTTP/3.
Improve your site speedTransform, optimize, and deliver images worldwide
Cloudflare Images handles format conversion, responsive sizing, and intelligent caching.
Optimize image deliveryUnderstand the performance of your web pages
Cloudflare Web Analytics collects Core Web Vitals and performance data from 100% of page views without cookies or sampling.
Track real user metricsConnect with Cloudflare
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