Docker

svefro

Have you considered docker support?

For me. Running tonfotos in docker and self hosting it would be awsome.

Andrey

svefro It is not like all you need is just to run it in docker to magically convert it to self hosted app. It would be actually develop the new app from the scratch. Sure some parts of existing code can be reused, but that totally different architecture and everything. And the sad part there is no market for that, and there are tons of free apps already.

svefro

Andrey I know that it would some work.
It seems like more and more software is moving toward either self-hosting or paid hosting models these days.

Personally, I self-host almost everything now because it allows me to access my services and data from any computer at any time.

Remote hosting for Tonfotos probably isn’t practical. However, if part of the backend could be compiled separately, I think it would be possible to distribute it as a Docker image that requires a valid license key.

I’m currently working through a list of installed applications and replacing them with self-hosted alternatives wherever possible. I only have a few applications left to evaluate, and Tonfotos is one of them.

I also believe many other users are following a similar path. Because of that, I think making Tonfotos self-hostable could be in your best interest. It would likely help retain existing users while also attracting people specifically looking for self-hosted solutions.

svefro onsidered docker support?

For me. Running tonfotos in docker and s

svefro

i just came across this projects.
something like this could work for tonfotos

the creator also has a base image that can be used
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What do you think?

Andrey

svefro Sorry, I am not sure why you referring to this random project and what is has to do with our conversation. Can you please explain what you mean?

svefro

Not random at all.

I noticed the link was removed here.

Take a look at github.com/jlesage/docker-baseimage-gui. It is a Docker base image that allows you to run GUI applications inside a Docker container.

The application becomes accessible through a web browser via a URL. For a complete working example, check out docker-freefilesync, which is based on the same solution and is very easy to test.

With this approach, Tonfotos would not require any source code changes and would be accessible from any browser, provided there is enough bandwidth available for the VNC session.

Personally, I would run this on my home server.

Andrey

svefro Oh, I see now. Thanks for explanation.

svefro Personally, I would run this on my home server.

So, why don’t you try this and then share your experience with the community?

svefro

Andrey I did, but ran in to some issues.

Andrey

svefro I see, thank you. So I guess this is not something we can recommend to other users then.

svefro

If you, The creator of Tonfotos had made this work. It would defenetly be something that could be recomended.

And it would make Tonfotos accessible to those that are on the same path as me.
That is going for self hosting.

Andrey

svefro As to that part, I have already replied in the very beginning. This is huge investment and there is no market.

svefro

Andrey

You’ll never really know whether there’s a market for it unless you give it a try.

That said, I understand that you do not see the benefit of being able to access Tonfotos remotely.