# Heroku Fir: Dive into the New Platform Capabilities

DevFeed: [Heroku Fir: Dive into the New Platform Capabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/heroku-fir-dive-into-the-new-platform-capabilities-26432.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.heroku.com/blog/heroku-fir-generally-available-new-platform-capabilities/>)

Author: Ethan Limchayseng

Published: 2025-04-02T06:58:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/heroku.md>)

Topics: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku.md>), [Cloud Native Ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-native-ecosystem.md>), [container images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/container-images.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [buildpacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/buildpacks.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [cloud-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-native.md>), [container-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-images.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [developer-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-tools.md>), [fir](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fir.md>), [heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [nextgen](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nextgen.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>)

## AI overview

Heroku announces the general availability of Fir, its next-generation platform built on open source standards and cloud-native technologies. The article highlights Cloud Native Buildpacks as the standard build system for creating portable OCI container images and simplifying deployment.

## Source excerpt

For years, Heroku has been empowering developers to deploy and scale their applications with ease. We're thrilled to offer the next generation of the Heroku platform, codenamed Fir. Built on open source standards and cloud-native technologies, Fir accelerates your development like never before. A change of this scale is not something that we take lightly. [...] The post Heroku Fir: Dive into the New Platform Capabilities appeared first on Heroku.