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I really like that more and more developers are doing the open-source/paid service option(no idea what's the term for it). I personally think it's great for both developers and their customers/users.

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I recently created a site to collect all the web services that are backed by an open source repository [1]. I'm happy to add timetagger to the collection:)

Hope there will be many more applications like this in the future. You can share your ideas in https://wintermute.app/ideas. Imho many services are missing, like a privacy first social network.

[1] https://wintermute.app/repositories

Thanks!

This is an impressive list. Adding tags, categories would help in browsing ideas and repo faster.

Thanks for the feedback. I thought about this earlier, but it requires to maintain this list manually. What do you think about fetching the tags from the Github repository and link once synchronized to wintermute?

that could be helpful. Are you looking at launching this on PH? I'm see people can contribute.

I would be glad about more people that contribute. But afaik launching this on PH would require to make it look more fancy. As you said tags and maybe screenshots. Otherwise I think the post will not get any attraction :)

How do I submit a repository?

You need to sign in with Github. Then you can add any Github repository https://wintermute.app/repositories/new.

Gotcha. Would love to see GitLab supported so I can submit the project I'm working on!

Do you see open source + self hosting could drive more adoption among developers rather than customers? Looking forward to hear your thoughts. Do you see model like Ghost could be a strategy to grow Open Source SaaS products?

It is an interesting model, and developers seem to like it. TimeTagger is the successor to a similar product that is not open source, which I've posted about here, but never quite got a response like this :)

I love open source and maintain several open source projects. By making TimeTagger open source, I was hoping to find a niche of "tech" users. And if it fails, at least the code can be useful to someone else.

That was perhaps the most compelling landing page I've ever seen. When you mentioned the lack of cookie banner I found it strangely exciting.

I hope I'm in a salaried, non time tracking role for the foreseeable future, but if not I'll look into TimeTagger.

Hard to tell, but from my(developer) point of view I see it as a big benefit to be able to see the code. Plus it gives me the option, in case I like the service and it is discontinued for any reason, to just host it by myself. Also it adds another layer of trust and I have the feeling I can influence the product.

>Do you see model like Ghost could be a strategy to grow Open Source SaaS products?

Definitely, I think Ghost is a very good and successful example of Open Source SaaS.

open core?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-core_model

I think the term is open-core

Open source SAAS: OSSAAS?

OSAS? Open Source As Service?

freemium?

That usually means that the premium version has more features, and doesn't imply libre/Open Source.

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