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Life & fun · July 30, 2015

Cloudron – Get Your Own Cloud

Cloudron is a complete solution for running apps on your server and keeping them up-to-date and secure.

Cloudron – Get Your Own Cloud launched on July 30, 2015 with 64 votes, #1,093 of 4,208 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

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In plain words

Cloudron is a platform for running applications on your own server while handling updates and security automatically. It targets users who want self-hosted apps without managing system administration tasks. The service publishes app updates within days and security patches within 24 hours, allows inviting multiple users with customizable app access, and provides a unified dashboard for launching applications. Its immutable infrastructure design simplifies maintenance and reduces costs compared to manual server management.

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From the sources

Self-hosting apps is time consuming and error-prone. Keeping your system up-to-date and secure is a full-time job. Cloudron lets you focus on using the apps and not worry about system administration. We publish the latest releases within days and security fixes within 24h for apps and the server via the Cloudron App Store. This makes maintenance of your private cloud hassle-free and cost-effective. Invite users and configure which apps they have access to. Users can use the dashboard to find and directly open their apps. All in one place. Cloudron's immutable infrastructure design allows easy migration of apps across servers. In fact, you can move your entire server along with all its apps…from cloudron.io

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