Congrats!
I used to use Firefly III, this looks similar but more polished.
Am I correct, self-hosting is only possible with the $520 lifetime license?
I used to use Firefly III, this looks similar but more polished.
Am I correct, self-hosting is only possible with the $520 lifetime license?
Most of the folks who initially asked for a self-hosted version wanted a way to pay once and then know their deployment could operate offline indefinitely. I hoped there might be a bit less piracy risk that way too.
If others would be more interested in a recurring model for self-hosting though, I'd definitely consider it.
For pricing models, JetBrains (PyCharm) has a nice setup, although it could be more user friendly. After 12 months of payments you get a perpetual fallback license[0].
The more user friendly version would be getting perpetual access to the current version of software after 12 months of payments, rather than the backdated version. But I understand their reasoning.
0 - https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207240845-What...
We also certainly hear about companies or individuals looking for an easy way to send money for FOSS projects they rely on, so hopefully it works out for you!
But I do wonder if/how that might change with an alternate licensing model.
In the examples you've heard about, do you recall where the most significant support costs oftened stem from?
At this point, I can barely imagine trying to create and maintain a cross-platform self-hostable product the old school way.