Your project is probably ripe for a kickstarter. Go for that too!
Show HN: I built a self-hosted Basecamp alternative. Try the demo
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#172This is beautifully designed, and I think you ought to raise the price. Lots of comments about the potential support headaches are spot-on; price as many of those out as you can. Check out patio11's online talks for more rational.
I agree. A tiered pricing plan would really benefit OP. Adding a forum to offload some of the one on one support would be great as well.
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#173I'll probably get buried but, here's what I'm going to suggest. Don't deviate from the price too much. I'll tell you why. You're competing with pancakeapp, buggenie, bugify, redmine, bugkick, mantis, Zoho (on some level) and many more, including some of the cheaper hosted basecamp clones. And I'm already considering buying yours. Your pricing is great. And I appreciate what you're doing. I wouldn't go more than $69 o…
One possibly unexpected use is for business consulting and accounting. I picked up a copy today to give it a whirl with a few side clients. My firm uses an enterprise solution with many similar features but the usability is horrendous and it doesn't offer online pay options, a project feed, or integrated document filing. The current price was low enough that I could afford to try it out without stressing.
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#174Earlier quoted context omitted.
It comes with an installation script that's pretty simple to use. You just need your database credentials. I can also install it for you if necessary.
Joe Sixpack may not know what "credentials" means in this context, or how to create a database account.
"Joe Sixpack" isn't using this software. This is a self-hosted project management tool. "Joe Sixpack' isn't in this equation. They call a pro. By your logic, WordPress is challenging to install without Softaculous, and even hard to understand by "Joe Sixpack" with Softaculous. Keep it in perspective of who this is for.
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#175Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nope. That's a good idea, but not sure whether I'll add it. I will definitely be adding archive functionality within the next week or two though. So you can archive a file/project, which gets it out of your way until you want to see it again.
How will you handle updates for people who have already purchased?
he said earlier, updates are free.
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#176Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can easily imagine what some of the dependency management issues could be, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on the following two options: In the Java world there is a concept of a .war file which packages everything up so it's easy to deploy on app servers that handle it like: Tomcat or Jetty. Also what's wrong with giving out a prebuilt virtual image for a single server install? Github enterprise does this.
I'm not a fan of app servers; I'd rather segment my running applications. I use maven-shade or sbt-assembly to create an executable .jar with an embedded web server. (Also makes it easier to just provide a runtime interface with jsvc.)
Also makes it a hell of a lot harder to scale horizontally. With an app layer you can just horizontally scale your app server stack and put a load balancer in front of it and you're done.
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#177There's already at least one "beautiful self-hosted Basecamp alternative" out there: Collabtive ...and it's free (FOSS).
I think most would agree that this version is cleaner and smoother.. You know what they say about beauty..
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#178This is great. I can't wait for more and more attention to go back to self-hosting. One reason why: if you knew the LTV of a customer on a SaaS app, would there be any reason to not sell it to them for self-hosting for that amount?
Yes. Charging LTV for a product upfront would be categorically untenable for both sides.
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#179Amazing looking product. Well done for nailing the visuals. Aggressive pricing is a good move also, seems like the right way to get some good traction. I would caution against the 'free forever' approach you've taken. Maybe free updates for all 1.x releases, or free updates for 12 months will make it easier for you to sustain the business.
FYI: I had no issues accessing your page this morning, however a couple of hours later and I'm getting this from Sophos AV:
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#180I really like the source model that you've got here. All the benefits of open source without the sales leeches. Smart idea.