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Re: Show HN: A searchable list of self-hosted software with screenshots

#11

Post by MiroF »

techindex wrote: post #8
recrudesce wrote: post #6

Website constantly times out for me, stuff doesn't load etc. Not sure if that's because of traffic due to this post or not.

Definitely the traffic. Wasn't expecting the front page. Working on it now.

Is the site self-hosted?

Re: Show HN: A searchable list of self-hosted software with screenshots

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Post by jannes »

MiroF wrote: post #11
techindex wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Definitely the traffic. Wasn't expecting the front page. Working on it now.

Is the site self-hosted?

That's not what people use the term "self-hosted" for. It doesn't really apply to websites that you created yourself. It rather applies to off-the-shelf software that you use as an alternative to SaaS offerings.

Re: Show HN: A searchable list of self-hosted software with screenshots

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Post by ricardbejarano »

jannes wrote: post #13
MiroF wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is the site self-hosted?

That's not what people use the term "self-hosted" for. It doesn't really apply to websites that you created yourself. It rather applies to off-the-shelf software that you use as an alternative to SaaS offerings.

Perhaps we need a new term or two to distinguish between "services I provide through providers" and "services I provide with my own metal" (except ISP and power, 'cause I run my services but I'm not buying a power plant).

At the moment people, myself included, use "self-host" for both.

Re: Show HN: A searchable list of self-hosted software with screenshots

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Post by ricardbejarano »

techindex wrote: post #8
recrudesce wrote: post #6

Website constantly times out for me, stuff doesn't load etc. Not sure if that's because of traffic due to this post or not.

Definitely the traffic. Wasn't expecting the front page. Working on it now.

I know a lot of people here don't like Cloudflare, but they provide a solution to the "HN hug of death" mentioned above for free.

Whenever you expect to get a traffic spike, you can always turn proxying on for a day or two and turn it off afterwards.

Re: Show HN: A searchable list of self-hosted software with screenshots

#16

Post by prophesi »

techindex wrote: post #8
recrudesce wrote: post #6

Website constantly times out for me, stuff doesn't load etc. Not sure if that's because of traffic due to this post or not.

Definitely the traffic. Wasn't expecting the front page. Working on it now.

I'd highly recommend Solr[0] for searching to cut down the load. Or, if this is a static site, you could use Lunr[1] to have an efficient search that runs on the client. Is this site OSS?

[0] https://lucene.apache.org/solr/

[1] https://lunrjs.com/

Re: Show HN: A searchable list of self-hosted software with screenshots

#18

Post by unixhero »

oefrha wrote: post #9

From https://selfhostedsource.tech/about : > Lucid index sources it's data from curated lists of software compiled by volunteers. The specific lists used are: > - Awesome Self Hosted[1] > - Awesome SysAdmin[2] [1] https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted [2] https://github.com/n1trux/awesome-sysadmin

https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

Re: Show HN: A searchable list of self-hosted software with screenshots

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Post by m_fayer »

I know many non-technical small-scale entrepreneurs who would love to use OSS self-hosted tools to run the basics of their businesses and get away from BigTech. I'm talking little shops, yoga studios, restaurants, recording studios, etc. All they need is basics - email, calendars, maybe some shift management, inventory management, and obviously documents. These people are completely non-technical and I don't know of any tooling that would let them set these things up quickly and reliably.

I fantasize about running a little consultancy that would set up and maintain a tailored package of self-hosted OSS software for such small businesses. But I haven't actually studied whether there's a workable business model to be had, or whether there's enough quality self-hosted software out there to adequately cover the needs of most small businesses. I'm curious if HN thinks this could be a viable business...

Re: Show HN: A searchable list of self-hosted software with screenshots

#20

Post by jagged-chisel »

ricardbejarano wrote: post #15
techindex wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Definitely the traffic. Wasn't expecting the front page. Working on it now.

I know a lot of people here don't like Cloudflare, but they provide a solution to the "HN hug of death" mentioned above for free. Whenever you expect to get a traffic spike, you can always turn proxying on for a day or two and turn it off afterwards.

Does the HN crowd not like Cloudflare? If that's the case, why not?
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