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    • scookeS scooke

      @fbartels But they need us to use two servers?? One for services, one for DNS. And their site https://selfprivacy.org/docs/getting-started/, for me at least, doesn't actually tell me what I'm installing. But elsewhere they reference cd /etc/nixos so I guess it is based on nixos? Then there isa Linux Desktop app... is this what I install on the server?? Their instructions list

      Generating tokens
      Installation
      Connecting to the services
      

      but then the text skips the "Installation"... forget it! Cloudron has spoiled me for it's clarity of purpose and instruction.

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      @scooke said in A list of Cloudron-like services/ competitors:

      Cloudron has spoiled me

      One of the big selling points for me too.

      The way i understood their model is that you install an app on your phone (there is also a desktop app if you prefer this). And this app then provisions a server at hetzner that is installed and configured through nix.

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      • timconsidineT timconsidine

        @scooke said in A list of Cloudron-like services/ competitors:

        Cloudron has spoiled me for it's clarity of purpose and instruction

        👍
        For me too
        I've looked at and tried out Dokku, CapRover, CosmosServer, Coolify, Yunohost, Sandstorm.
        They each have their good points.
        But overall, none come close to Cloudron as a reliable PaaS deployment.
        Trying to summon the motivation to try EasyPanel, but the nagging voice in my head keeps saying "but why bother? time is precious".

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        @timconsidine i'll admit, despite the problems i had with it, it is pretty decent. without it i wouldn't be able to deploy my website, not to mention securely.

        my website is not available right now

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          in fact, if i'm bein honest, i never had a website untill cloudron came around. i had no priar experience in html. we went with linode wordpress, and that had close to no security configurations. not to mention, it didn't have any hsts/default ssl. when i started using cloudron, i noticed a big differents. i had hsts, ssl, everything basically. it seams to do better than linode marketplace

          my website is not available right now

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          • timconsidineT timconsidine

            @scooke said in A list of Cloudron-like services/ competitors:

            Cloudron has spoiled me for it's clarity of purpose and instruction

            👍
            For me too
            I've looked at and tried out Dokku, CapRover, CosmosServer, Coolify, Yunohost, Sandstorm.
            They each have their good points.
            But overall, none come close to Cloudron as a reliable PaaS deployment.
            Trying to summon the motivation to try EasyPanel, but the nagging voice in my head keeps saying "but why bother? time is precious".

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            @timconsidine said in A list of Cloudron-like services/ competitors:

            Trying to summon the motivation to try EasyPanel, but the nagging voice in my head keeps saying "but why bother? time is precious".

            FWIW, I found it very easy to setup. It splits things up by having the user make a Project. Then, within the Project one can add Services (primarily DBs, but also just the name for a custom App), or, you can use Templates to install a common app from a list of 242. TWO HUNDRED FORTY-TWO. Since my own coding chops are low, I opt for the Templates, and use it primarily for the Rotki app, but also the usual WP, Ghost, etc.

            One thing I like about it is a page wide Dashboard which gives basic info. For me, it is often the exact info I'm curious about, so it is handy (you gotta pay to see more).
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            A life lived in fear is a life half-lived

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              adison
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              y'know, i'm thinking of posting a review of cloudron to my personal website. i actually once even tryed to get a sponcership with them because i liked what they were doing, and i never had the ability to really do anything like setup a website untill i found cloudron. in facgt, they actually power about 95% of my business and allows them to run. yeah we have some non cloudron services, but cloudron takes cair of about 95% of my business. i do remember my media guy who i won't mention actually having a referral link to his video (it was my link) in a video he did because, y'know, i thought, why not give the viewers a chance to explore cloudron, so i created a referral link. i might go ahead and do that when i make my cloudron review for my website

              my website is not available right now

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              • adisonA adison

                y'know, i'm thinking of posting a review of cloudron to my personal website. i actually once even tryed to get a sponcership with them because i liked what they were doing, and i never had the ability to really do anything like setup a website untill i found cloudron. in facgt, they actually power about 95% of my business and allows them to run. yeah we have some non cloudron services, but cloudron takes cair of about 95% of my business. i do remember my media guy who i won't mention actually having a referral link to his video (it was my link) in a video he did because, y'know, i thought, why not give the viewers a chance to explore cloudron, so i created a referral link. i might go ahead and do that when i make my cloudron review for my website

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                @adison yeah, I haven't actually paid for Cloudron for ages now because I've referred so many people! 😄 (although I need to refer some more as my credits balance is beginning to get low!)

                I use Cloudron with Gandi & Hetzner

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                • scookeS scooke

                  @timconsidine said in A list of Cloudron-like services/ competitors:

                  Trying to summon the motivation to try EasyPanel, but the nagging voice in my head keeps saying "but why bother? time is precious".

                  FWIW, I found it very easy to setup. It splits things up by having the user make a Project. Then, within the Project one can add Services (primarily DBs, but also just the name for a custom App), or, you can use Templates to install a common app from a list of 242. TWO HUNDRED FORTY-TWO. Since my own coding chops are low, I opt for the Templates, and use it primarily for the Rotki app, but also the usual WP, Ghost, etc.

                  One thing I like about it is a page wide Dashboard which gives basic info. For me, it is often the exact info I'm curious about, so it is handy (you gotta pay to see more).
                  0a465da4-81a0-4739-97c2-00f32124c455-image.png

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                  @scooke despite my earlier comment, I did try Easypanel.
                  Yes, easy to setup, and 3 apps free.

                  Yes a large library of existing templates, but the ones that would interest me are already on Cloudron.
                  Interesting though that they have Langchain and Flowise

                  The stand-out feature is the ability to deploy straight from a Github repo (remember though to choose Nixpack as deploy methiod - not entirely clear).
                  Worked perfectly with one that I tested (Libreddit), not so well with another.

                  And Heroku package support, although I haven't tried that.

                  Interesting but doesn't displace Cloudron for me.

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                  • jdaviescoatesJ jdaviescoates

                    @adison yeah, I haven't actually paid for Cloudron for ages now because I've referred so many people! 😄 (although I need to refer some more as my credits balance is beginning to get low!)

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                    @jdaviescoates aw. yeah, i'm gonna do my review on cloudron sometime today.

                    my website is not available right now

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                      kinda deserves it.
                      without cloudron, i wouldn't have a business, and i wouldn't have sutch an online presence. i wouldn't have any of that stuf.
                      not even jokin. i never had an online website, or could never even run a sefitient online business untill i had cloudron.

                      my website is not available right now

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                        i just made a reviw of this on my website.
                        https://adison.blindsoft.net/a-review-of-cloudron/

                        my website is not available right now

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                        • adisonA adison

                          i just made a reviw of this on my website.
                          https://adison.blindsoft.net/a-review-of-cloudron/

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                          @adison I'd update your blog post to make the first link to Cloudron your referral link too if I were you 😉

                          I use Cloudron with Gandi & Hetzner

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                            @adison nice blog post! Regarding the missing button labels, I guess those are the ones which only have an icon and no text? If so, what's the best way to add the label information to the code for blind people?

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                            • nebulonN nebulon

                              @adison nice blog post! Regarding the missing button labels, I guess those are the ones which only have an icon and no text? If so, what's the best way to add the label information to the code for blind people?

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                              @nebulon honestly, i would put something like, (domain here) manage, for the lable so that its labled

                              my website is not available right now

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                                We usually put text labels in buttons where there is enough space. Otherwise we show an icon alone and a tooltip. I guess those button should have the aria-label attribute set? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-label

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                                  ah. ok. by the way, do you guys wonna maybe see a full-on tutorial on how to set things up on the website? i can certainly make1for those who wonna know.

                                  my website is not available right now

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                                    hmmm, seams not many people wonna see me write a post about how to get started using cloudron. o well...guess not that many people are interested. i'll think about it, i might just do it out of boardm.

                                    my website is not available right now

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                                      Zeabur: A new PaaS platform deploy service with one click (zeabur.com)
                                      Apps Marketplace: https://github.com/zeabur/zeabur/tree/main/marketplace

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                                        now that i think about it, i see (even though i'm a blind person i can still imagine seeing) cloudron as like your own wicks, your own hostinger, your own, uh, 000webhost, but its your own, and it has a lot of applications. y'know what? i think i will make a post about installing cloudron.

                                        my website is not available right now

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                                          Zeabur: A new PaaS platform deploy service with one click (zeabur.com)
                                          Apps Marketplace: https://github.com/zeabur/zeabur/tree/main/marketplace

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                                          @jagan said in A list of Cloudron-like services/ competitors:

                                          Zeabur: A new PaaS platform deploy service with one click (zeabur.com)
                                          Apps Marketplace: https://github.com/zeabur/zeabur/tree/main/marketplace

                                          Interesting: „Zeabur can automatically analyze the code to determine what language and framework the project uses.“

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                                          • necrevistonnezrN necrevistonnezr

                                            @jagan said in A list of Cloudron-like services/ competitors:

                                            Zeabur: A new PaaS platform deploy service with one click (zeabur.com)
                                            Apps Marketplace: https://github.com/zeabur/zeabur/tree/main/marketplace

                                            Interesting: „Zeabur can automatically analyze the code to determine what language and framework the project uses.“

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                                            @necrevistonnezr yep, just like github can

                                            Conscious tech

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