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Re:Show HN: I built indiehost to automate self-hosting on a ... by andrewinardeer on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @12:11AM (#41844875)
Just so people know, if you sign up you go on a waitlist which is basically specified in the 'not what to do' section in the ShowHN guidelines.
Re:Show HN: I built indiehost to automate self-hosting on a ... by stugreen13 on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @12:25AM (#41844925)
Ah thanks for pointing this out - was not familiar with that rule

Deleting and moving to regular submission

Re:Show HN: I built indiehost to automate self-hosting on a ... by d1sxeyes on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @06:29AM (#41847065)
Only fair I think to highlight that essentially this exact service is also offered by Coolify themselves as a subscription which is $5/mo ($4/mo if you pay annually).

I haven't used this service myself because I found self-hosting Coolify to be easy enough, but I think it would be useful to have a side-by-side comparison between this service (Indiehost) and Coolify Cloud.

Re:Show HN: I built indiehost to automate self-hosting on a ... by stugreen13 on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @11:59AM (#41849938)
Great point thank you - will add a section on this to the landing page

Indiehost is even more of an abstraction (sign in with cloud provider and we do the rest) vs. Coolify Cloud still requires configuring your servers + resources + understanding of Coolify (e.g. proxies, redirects, ssh keys, backups, etc.)

Of course, the abstraction has its drawbacks (limited control) and I always recommend self-hosting. It's a template for the most common scenarios for new devs/app devs who may shy away from self-hosting for many reasons (takes too much time, not-reliable, fear of the unknown)

Re:Show HN: I built indiehost to automate self-hosting on a ... by d1sxeyes on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @09:26AM (#41858809)
Yeah, I’m sure there are folks for whom Indiehost will provide a value add on top of what Coolify Cloud offers, and I think tabulating them and demonstrating your value proposition is easy enough, (support, ease of setup, cost savings over the mid-to-long term, etc.), and I like that you refer to the self hosting option in the FAQs, just would be nice to see the two services side by side!
Re:Show HN: I built indiehost to automate self-hosting on a ... by XCSme on Monday October 21, 2024 @11:05AM (#41904977)
Does the Coolify allow this use-case?
Re:Show HN: I built indiehost to automate self-hosting on a ... by d1sxeyes on Thursday October 24, 2024 @05:40AM (#41933848)
IANAL, but Coolify is available under the Apache licence, which I think would allow for this.

Coolify itself is essentially a tool allowing you to install other open-source software, it would be somewhat ironic if they refused to allow others to build products that use their service in the same way.

Re:Show HN: I built indiehost to automate self-hosting on a ... by preetramsha on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @01:49AM (#41855986)
why would I use this when I can use railway.app and coolify themselves for $5?