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Hoista finds the web services, background workers, cron jobs, Postgres databases and Key Value stores in a Render workspace. It shows their settings, variables and metrics, and can create a new service or database.

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Connect

Render connects with an API key:
  1. Open API Keys: Account Settings → API Keys → Create API Key. Name it Hoista.
  2. Copy the key.
  3. In Desktop, open Accounts, choose Render, paste the key and pick the workspace.
Render’s API Keys page

Render’s API Keys page, captured November 2026. Personal details are blurred. If yours looks different, the names in the steps still match.

From the CLI:
Hoista asks for the key in a hidden prompt. In scripts, use hoist accounts add render --name NAME --token-stdin, and add --account <workspace-id> if the token reaches more than one workspace.

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What you can do

  • See a service’s deploys, environment variables, custom domains, disk and settings on the Render tab.
  • Set environment variables on the Variables tab.
  • See metrics on Metrics.
  • Create a service from a GitHub repository (a web service, static site, background worker or cron job), or a Postgres or Key Value database. Workers and cron jobs need Render’s paid Starter plan.
  • Use Render’s own operations from the Render tab.
  • Delete a service at Render after you confirm it by name.
Render’s bill isn’t shown on Billing. See it in the Render dashboard.

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Bring in existing resources

Hoista looks for services when you connect. In Desktop, add them as described in Bring in an existing project. From the CLI:
Projects start in watching mode. Run hoist projects manage my-app when you want Hoista to make changes. To look again, run hoist accounts refresh <account> with the name or ID from hoist accounts.

Providers

What Hoista supports on each provider.

Connect hosting accounts

Connect, check and rotate accounts.

Bring in a project

Add what an account already runs.