Great work!
2 questions:
1) Do you support RAW images?
2) Do you have larger paid plans?
Show HN: Horizon – Private alternative to Imgur
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Re: Show HN: Horizon – Private alternative to Imgur
#82How is it private if you can't self host? (I'm hoping I missed something :)
If you (or anyone else) are looking for a self-host option, check out Lutim https://framagit.org/fiat-tux/hat-softwares/lutim
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
Privacy and security here are being commingled under the banner of AES encryption at rest, which is apparently disabled by default. I always wonder, if your marketing pitch involves security features, but those features are off by default, aren't you technically pitching your lack of security?
Encryption at rest is disabled by default because many users do not want to keep track of all of their encryption keys, which are not stored by Horizon when that setting is enabled. There are also other security features, like end-to-end encryption for pastes, but like mentioned before, not everyone wants to lose the ability to preview their content in the dashboard. By giving the user a choice, I can cater to both c…
Clear and concise. Well done. Impressive for a 17 year old.
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#84>Unlike Imgur, Horizon has absolutely no ads, doesn't sell your data, has built-in security and privacy controls, and is fully focused on your file sharing needs. No social media or other bloat.
Why and how is your service's financial future secured? I took a quick glance, and your free tier is perfectly adequate for most people.
>Horizon allows you to quickly upload and store all types of files, from images and video, to PDFs and other documents.
Can I easily upload something from any of my computers (desktop, laptop, phone, tablet) in basically one or two easy steps?
One of the reasons I don't use imgur anymore and instead use Discord (yes, Discord) for my image hosting needs is because I could not upload anything to imgur from my phone or tablet. Yes, an image hosting service that won't let me upload from the most prevalent computing devices of our time.
I don't care if imgur is spamming me with ads or torturing me with a terrible UI, an image hosting service that won't let me upload is literally useless to me.
On Discord I can upload anything by just clickdragging or copypastaing into the client. Dead simple, dead easy, dead quick, dead done. And it's not even an image or file hosting service, it's a bloody instant messaging and voicecomms service.
>The desktop app is completely free to use! It's powered by Tauri using TypeScript, SvelteKit, Sass, and Rust.
Don't care about any of that jargonsoup, is it lightweight and fast with a UI that respects humans? Also, why is there no Windows client?
Re: Show HN: Horizon – Private alternative to Imgur
#85Great work! 2 questions: 1) Do you support RAW images? 2) Do you have larger paid plans?
Thank you!
1. Images that are natively previewable are supported in the browser at the moment. RAW is unsupported for previews, but should still be able to be uploaded for file sharing.
2. I haven't seen any demand for larger paid plans yet. If this arises, I'll be sure to explore new pricing.
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#86>Unlike Imgur, Horizon has absolutely no ads, doesn't sell your data, has built-in security and privacy controls, and is fully focused on your file sharing needs. No social media or other bloat. Why and how is your service's financial future secured? I took a quick glance, and your free tier is perfectly adequate for most people. >Horizon allows you to quickly upload and store all types of files, from images and vide…
1. Maybe it's a matter of perspective. I actually find the free plan to be quite restrictive, especially for long term use. The current model is designed to be profitable. The free plan is sustainable.
2. Yes, you can. Just open the web app, click Upload Files, and select what you want. More details here: https://horizon.pics/help/articles/start-uploading-files.
3. Yes, it's lightweight, fast, and user-friendly. It's quite minimal looking, and I've tried my best to make it as easy to understand as possible. Whether that's through clear and concise instructions along the way, tooltips or intuitive action button colour hierarchy. There's no Windows client because I just haven't gotten to it yet. There's ShareX, which is compatible with Horizon.
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#87Hey, dude, your site is pretty sick. Great job. Optional email! A minor gripe: the blue on green for your “Sign in with google” is kind of hard to read on my iPhone. Black or white perhaps might be better?
How do you make the economics work? Cloudflare in front? R2 for storage?
Holy balls and a desktop app in Tauri?! Dude you are a skilled 17 yo. You’ve been doing it for 3 years? Haha the kids are going to be all right. Good shit, mate.
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#88>Unlimited Bandwidth*
>Keep on sharing with peace of mind that your files will always be accessible for those who need them.
What about sharing them in a forum post which may become viral or may be targeted by a ddos attack?
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#89Hey, dude, your site is pretty sick. Great job. Optional email! A minor gripe: the blue on green for your “Sign in with google” is kind of hard to read on my iPhone. Black or white perhaps might be better? How do you make the economics work? Cloudflare in front? R2 for storage? Holy balls and a desktop app in Tauri?! Dude you are a skilled 17 yo. You’ve been doing it for 3 years? Haha the kids are going to be all rig…
Thank you! I work hard to impress with all of my sites.
Looks like the "Sign in with Google" text is only blue on iOS Safari. On other browsers, it's white on green. I'll investigate further.
Cloudflare is indeed in front. The pricing model has been tuned to allow for one paid subscription to subsidize many free accounts. Horizon uses Backblaze B2 as the object storage provider.
I'm always eager to learn new technologies!
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#90>Unlimited Bandwidth* >Keep on sharing with peace of mind that your files will always be accessible for those who need them. What about sharing them in a forum post which may become viral or may be targeted by a ddos attack?
That's ok! Horizon should be able to handle it.