# Runs as

Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/runs-as/

Runs as records how the software behaves on the live site. Static files need only a web server or a CDN. A script per request needs a server that starts it on each visit, which is how most PHP hosting works. An always-on process needs a host that keeps a program running and restarts it when it stops. Software that runs in the visitor's browser or only during development puts no load on the server at all. A record carries every value its documentation describes, so a framework that can export static files and also run a server holds both. Which language the host must offer shows under [hosting needs](/hosting/).

6 values in use.
106 records do not record this field.
For 133 records the question does not apply.

## Values

- [Static files](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/runs-as/static/) — 60 projects — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/runs-as/static.md
- [Per request](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/runs-as/per-request/) — 28 projects — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/runs-as/per-request.md
- [Always on](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/runs-as/always-on/) — 192 projects — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/runs-as/always-on.md
- [Scheduled](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/runs-as/scheduled/) — 5 projects — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/runs-as/scheduled.md
- [In the browser](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/runs-as/browser/) — 51 projects — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/runs-as/browser.md
- [Dev only](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/runs-as/local/) — 87 projects — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/runs-as/local.md

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