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Running an open source app: Usage, costs and community donations

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260 points scastiel | 2 comments | 18 Oct 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mherrmann ◴[18 Oct 24 18:05 UTC] No.41881923[source]▶
Re your question on saving costs: If you run it on a single Linux VPS, then I suspect you can get the costs down to 5-10$ per month.

One thing I find interesting is the growth chart: It's linear. But given that the app clearly has some traction, and is viral in nature, how come it isn't exponential?

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JamesonNetworks ◴[18 Oct 24 21:30 UTC] No.41883676[source]▶
Best I’ve been able to do is around $22 a month on DO, would love to hear alternatives that are cheaper
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moffkalast ◴[18 Oct 24 22:47 UTC] No.41884182[source]▶
Pi 5 + Cloudflare
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1. eklavya ◴[19 Oct 24 04:35 UTC] No.41885664{3}[source]▶
Any guides or blogs on how to do that?
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2. moffkalast ◴[19 Oct 24 09:07 UTC] No.41886628[source]▶
Loads, but it'll depend on what you want to do exactly. I think this should be the approximate list of things:

- domain at Cloudflare set up to cache requests (this will take the brunt of the site traffic)

- static IP at home (call your ISP)

- port forwarding on your router to the Pi for 80 and any other ports you need, maybe a vlan if you're feeling like isolating it

- a note on the Pi that says "don't unplug, critical infra"

- the same setup on the Pi as you'd do on a cloud server, ssh with key pairs, fail2ban, etc.