I asked a similar question on two occasions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16250959 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16250959 https://news.ycombina

I asked a similar question on two occasions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16250959 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16250959 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14781420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14781420 The short answer is that no, there is no simple way to get users to self-host your software. Perhaps developers prefer it that way? It certainly helps keep the SaaS model going. Remember that what a developer deems 'simple' matches no known definition of the word amongst ordinary users.