Selfhosted

No this is a fair question. I think I’ll add this to our sites about page.

I’ll also paste a couple paragraphs disclaimers I added to another reddit r/selfhosted post just to save my thumbs while typing this from my iPhone. Please feel free to ask any follow on questions though.

I am a senior software engineer with over a decade of experience and a similar amount of firsthand self-hosting experience. I built this project on top of a project boilerplate I made almost entirely by hand. I have used copilot to speed up development of this application on top of the boilerplate I made. So everything is built the way I want it, on top of my own architecture, technology, and design decisions. Check out my GitHub here if you're interested. https://github.com/gianlazz/

The features and quality improvements have been made with considerable time, engineering, and intention. While ShoshannaTM, Leolazz, and I are using copilot to accelerate development, substantial upfront deliberate design was done on our part before any feature development. Additionally, nothing is taken without thorough iteration and human review. We are professional software engineers. This project is not vibe coded. It is engineered and we take much pride in our craft and the quality of our work.

This is an exemplary exchange between the potential end user and the dev. Refreshing. Thank you.

Apparently that's me lol

As a redditfugee, I was in the males fashion sub way back when they were small but growing and someone came along and built a wardrobe app similar to this. It's not like I'm into fashion much, but sometimes I just want to feel put together for my own satisfaction

Well now that I'm here I'm more receptive to FLOSS software and movement, self hosting and stuff

I'm not into fashion but I'm obsessed with cataloguing my life.

Yeah, I'm kinda, open wardrobe door, grab what looks about right for today, done.

But.

I can see another use case here...

• Partner "has nothing to wear"
• Mentions buying more clothes
• I open app, scroll, demonstrate how long the scrolling is still going for.
• Win argument.
• Purchase beer with saved money
• (pass some to devs for assisting)

I have the forgetting kind of ADHD, so I straight up don’t know what I do and don’t have. This could be handy in that regard.
But I also can’t really see myself using this because the debt of keeping it current would be a nightmare.

but it feels like cataloging stuff you put in your fridge so you can make recipes instead of just looking in the fridge.

I use Grocy and Bar Code Buddy for the pantry and groceries. My 'wardrobe' consists of jeans or shorts, and a t-shirt, so there's not much to catalog. However, I can see how someone who has fashion sense, going to a fancy engagement, might want to browse their wardrobe for a potential ensemble and accessories. Not everyone is a slob like me. LOL

At this point we don’t have a concrete plan, but for the sustainability of the project I would like to monetize it eventually.

As of now we do have a ko-fi donation page set up and linked in the repo though.

What I do know for sure though is that it’s important to me that the selfhosted deployments always be maintained as full featured as possible. I’m a selfhoster myself and have been doing so for many years. I’ve thought a lot about this subject and really don’t want to f it up.

I really like the Bitwarden, Immich, or ghost blog model. “Want to use our convenient cloud hosted instance? Toss us a few bucks a year to support development. Otherwise selfhost it and you’ll still get the same full experience… it just might take a bit of work.”

I’m entertaining some kind of paid plan for professional stylists on the public cloud instance.

The selfhosters will always be our core audience though. It takes actual effort to selfhost and invest in open source, so those who do so will remain first and foremost. And ideally this good will may result in positive recommendations for our cloud offerings down the road to those less inclined to self host.

Perhaps they are not?