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I don't fully understand how/why you guys selfhost some apps (alien.top)
submitted 2 years ago by [B] 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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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

Different reasons.

Main are availability and support for several simultaneous users.

Pi-hole, web server, media server and cloud storage only makes sense when available 24/7 for several users.

My most niche case is installing a VScode server because you can't install VScode on an Amazon Fire and I wanted to do some web design on the train. I can now access a VScode server through the browser anywhere and sync it with Git.

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