Like I've said in the original post, the decision to open-source was made only a while back, after the core was developed as primarily a closed-source service.

Like I've said in the original post, the decision to open-source was made only a while back, after the core was developed as primarily a closed-source service. I decided it'd be very hard to compete with a closed-source CMS, let alone one targeted at DEV, so I decided to go with it - to build community and move the idea forward in general. Still, actually adjusting it to be easily self-hostable will take time, as I wrote here: https://docs.vrite.io/self-hosting https://docs.vrite.io/self-hosting The intention isn't to "talk users into" the hosted version, but just build interest, for which the hosted version serves best at the moment. Other points r.e. landing page are valid and I'm generally aware that I should focus more on content than design. Easier said than done though :)