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I don't fully understand how/why you guys selfhost some apps (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by dafuccdoyoumean@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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I don't have a home server yet but I'm exploring and sometimes I get confused about some posts here.

For example I saw a post asking for recommendation for a "self hosted budget management app". Can't you just install this type of app to your phone or pc? What's the purpose here, will you host it and access it from a browser? Or do you only want to backup its data to your server?

I hope I don't sound stupid please enlighten me.

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[–] Ken_Mcnutt@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

One thing I haven't seen talked about as much is just the variety of self-hosted applications that might even have paid/enterprise counterparts because the use-case is so extremely niche. Either that or it's only targeted towards big businesses.

Everything from monitoring a homebrewing operation to keeping a full inventory of my possessions can be accomplished with selfhosted apps that may otherwise be subscription based or nonexistent in the paid market.