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"My suggestion is keep offering it as OSS, but offer a hosted version as well."

I would think, that is the obvious monetization plan?

Yes, that is the most obvious plan. I want to find a community-friendly way to do this.

I know Supabase has a similar and successful monetization plan but I know some take issue with the way they offer their hosting.

There is nothing to take issue, open source projects are allowed to monetize the same way as closed source projects. Your first thought needs to be how to create a sustainable project otherwise you won't have a community.

> Your first thought needs to be how to create a sustainable project otherwise you won't have a community.

I agree. Do you have any tips here besides being good with answering questions, documentation, and otherwise continuing to work on the project?

Honestly, marketing. Great open source projects die because the creator doesn't know or doesn't want to marketing. Your app looks great which is already way above average in open source so I'm hoping you can succeed in creating a sustainable business already it!

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