# Deploying applications to Fly.io without Docker

DevFeed: [Deploying applications to Fly.io without Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/deploying-applications-to-fly-io-without-docker-38534.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://msfjarvis.dev/posts/deploying-applications-to-flyio-without-docker/>)

Author: Harsh Shandilya

Published: 2024-10-05T06:30:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Posts on Harsh Shandilya](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/posts-on-harsh-shandilya.md>)

Topics: [fly.io](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/fly-io.md>), [fly](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/fly.md>), [Skopeo](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/skopeo.md>), [Docker Image](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-image.md>), [docker registry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-registry.md>), [Nix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nix.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>)

Tags: [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [docker-image](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker-image.md>), [docker-registry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker-registry.md>), [fly](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fly.md>), [fly-io](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fly-io.md>), [nix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nix.md>), [oci-registry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oci-registry.md>), [skopeo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/skopeo.md>)

## AI overview

A guide to deploying applications on Fly.io without installing Docker locally. It explains how to use Nix to build an OCI image and Skopeo to copy the image archive to Fly.io's registry before deployment.

## Source excerpt

A quick guide to deploying apps to Fly.io without a local Docker installation