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1 > Does this service allow me to deploy the apps on my own a VPS and/or dedicated server?

2 > Does this service offer to host the apps I deploy?

3 > Does this service allow me to specify a docker container?

4 > There should be a full list of supported deployable apps.

5 > Can I use forks of the available apps, or deploy from a git repo?

6 > Do I get analytics (cpu, ram, visitors)?

7 > [Assuming clear answers on earlier questions] So I can deploy a ghost blog from my phone? Maybe this could be elaborated.

8 > Any plans to release a video example of the service's usage?

ANSWERS

1. On the roadmap, you'll have the ability to automatically deploy your apps to several locations (VPS, AWS, home servers, etc.)

2. Absolutely. Nearly any web app can be wrapped with a definition file and added to your personal library and shared with others. I find wrapping an existing app takes less than an hour.

3. Yes. Apps are docker containers wrapped with a definition file.

4. For sure! Once the service launches there will be a free tier with a fully searchable index.

5. Eventually you'll be able to choose versions of apps and import from repos.

6. That's an interesting idea, cpu, ram, disk use and bandwidth are tracked, number of visits could be too. I could see this being available as a power user option.

7. Yes. Would look like opening the browser on your phone, logging into your account and clicking the Ghost graphic. Now you have a URL to your new public instance of Ghost.

8. There's an instant use free tier but we're considering also making a short 60 second "Intro to using Cloudblast" video to jumpstart new users.

What do you think about a service like I'm building https://cloudblast.network (Opens Apr 1) Do you think it's something you'd try?.. Makes it easy to use self-hostable software, Gogs for example. Combines discovery, hosting and backup. Updates are automatic.

Interesting, I think there's a lot we could improve in the way we do things. You're talking about an automatic pricing tool that learns the market through time and region and automatically seeks optimal price points?... Some kind of drop in library tool a few lines of code thing would be awesome! Also if you're making me more money, I'd be willing to share a percentage with you considering I may not have had that money otherwise.

Yes, that's it, though needs an update for 2021.

Easy self-hosting is great for privacy and a lot fun, finding it makes the web/net/computers exciting like it was when computers and the net were new. It does feel like a lot of things are coming together where self-hosting solutions may boom.

Cloudblast: https://cloudblast.network

Working to solve the online privacy problem by making it easy to discover and host copies of existing privacy-respecting web apps.

Cloudblast spawned from my original "what I'm working on" project CloudFromScratch posted to this similar thread a year ago.