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

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Post by oefrha »

koheripbal wrote: post #94
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

My biggest factor in choosing an Open Source Software platform is the size * activity of the community. I think it would be a huge improvement to give me a sense of whether the product is well supported. There are a few reasons for this... 1. I want to choose an OSS that will have security vulnerabilities resolved in a timely fashion. 2. I want the product to keep up with the times and changing landscape. 3. I want t…

I’m not OP.

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

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Post by oefrha »

JackPoach wrote: post #100

Bitrix24 isn't on the list, even though self hosted editions are available since 2008 - https://www.bitrix24.com/self-hosted/ Am I blind or there is no 'Submit' section on the website?

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21713048.

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

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Post by gpdpocketer »

m_fayer wrote: post #19

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…

Totally easy to step off the net. You just put bits of it in your own space.

I wanna write a book titled: "how to run your small/medium-sized office with just a linux box on the wall and your staffs cell phones..."

Pretty sure I read a FAQ for how to do this, 20 years ago, though...

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

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Post by gpdpocketer »

m_fayer wrote: post #34
codingdave wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I did similar work between gigs a couple years back. There is absolutely a customer base for such things. But they don't have tech budgets - even pricing our services fairly cheaply, they would balk at the cost. So there may be a business opportunity, but you need enough scale that each single customer is happy with the price.

Maybe it's particular to my local culture (Berlin), but many people I talked to said they would pay a premium to support a small business and to acquire independence and privacy. They're not technical, but they understand the ramifications of these things. Not sure if this culture is everywhere, but my gut feeling is that in Berlin it's big enough.

Here in Vienna, there is a thriving small-business, local IT economy... but it is rapidly being countered with "cloud all the things" new-economy bollocks.

Also, I once saw a "Linux-friendly" PC shop, literally sign-posted "LINUX SHOP", out in farm-boy country, in the lower Austria sprawl, so.. pretty sure there is a mom 'n pop/cousin shop mentality for a lot of IT needs...

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

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Post by myself248 »

bachmeier wrote: post #69
gramakri wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please give Cloudron ( https://cloudron.io ) a try. We provide a solution that makes it easy to self-host apps. We provide Ghost, Rainloop, Nextcloud, InvoiceNinja, GitLab, Rocket.Chat among other apps. Full list here - https://cloudron.io/store/index.html Disclaimer: I am the co-founder

What are you selling for $30/month? Looking at the home page, the customer apparently provides their own server and storage, installs Cloudron themselves, and then pays you $30/month to run open source apps.

I'm not even a business owner and I think this might be worth it just for personal use. I hate surveillance capitalism almost as much as I hate the twisty little maze of services each written in their own language with their own config file and their own suite of gotchas. $30/mo seems reasonable for someone to make all those headaches their own, but still let me keep control of my data and uptime.

The thing I haven't figured out is what happens to it if/when Cloudron goes away. Do I have/get the passwords somehow so I can hire someone else to take it over (or, heaven forbid, dive in there myself)?

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

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Post by m_fayer »

gpdpocketer wrote: post #104
m_fayer wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe it's particular to my local culture (Berlin), but many people I talked to said they would pay a premium to support a small business and to acquire independence and privacy. They're not technical, but they understand the ramifications of these things. Not sure if this culture is everywhere, but my gut feeling is that in Berlin it's big enough.

Here in Vienna, there is a thriving small-business, local IT economy... but it is rapidly being countered with "cloud all the things" new-economy bollocks. Also, I once saw a "Linux-friendly" PC shop, literally sign-posted "LINUX SHOP", out in farm-boy country, in the lower Austria sprawl, so.. pretty sure there is a mom 'n pop/cousin shop mentality for a lot of IT needs...

I've spent some time in Vienna and gotten a general vibe that the past lives on in this city in a way that's particular and charming and unaffected. This includes the cool-but-nerdy computer-geek of the mid 90s, running a bunch of servers out of a closet at home, participating in some sort of pirate-radio setup, maintaining a huge quasi-legal library of all sorts of media and sharing it with the in-the-know kids. I hope this can hold the "cloud all the things" people back.

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

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Post by techindex »

koheripbal wrote: post #94
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

My biggest factor in choosing an Open Source Software platform is the size * activity of the community. I think it would be a huge improvement to give me a sense of whether the product is well supported. There are a few reasons for this... 1. I want to choose an OSS that will have security vulnerabilities resolved in a timely fashion. 2. I want the product to keep up with the times and changing landscape. 3. I want t…

Makes sense. What would you want to see in that regard beyond what's already on the site? It currently shows last commit and release date, and that date is green for projects with recent releases...

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

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Post by techindex »

ronyfadel wrote: post #83

Neat! I’m wondering if you’re looking to monetize this, and how? I’m working on a curated list of [not software] and wondering about how I can monetize it.

I have a link to one of my other projects on the site - https://duetapp.com

Beyond that, I don't really have any specific plans to monetize.

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

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Post by BrandoElFollito »

bshipp wrote: post #81
anderspitman wrote: post #59

This looks really nice. In principle, I'm a big advocate of self-hosting (one of my services is even on this list). In practice, it just doesn't work for me. Once I get beyond 2-3 services it's just too much hassle to keep track of everything. The key realization for me is that I don't actually care too much where the software is running, or who is running it for me. What I do care about is a avoiding vendor lock-in.…

I found docker was perfect for self-hosting services with relative ease. upgrades are self-contained, security is simplified behind a reverse proxy like nginx, and there are very few dependency conflicts to worry about. I've got about 40 containers running at any given time and barely think about them at all.

Exactly my thought and setup.

I used to install and upgrade everything myself until I discovered docker and docker hub.

Together with watchtower I have zero maintenance on the versions and everything updates automatically.

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