self-hosting as a term existed before VPS's did and it generally meant putting hardware in your house and running it off of that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

self-hosting as a term existed before VPS's did and it generally meant putting hardware in your house and running it off of that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-hosting_(web_services) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-hosting_(web_services) > The practice of self-hosting web services became more feasible with the development of cloud computing and virtualization technologies, which enabled users to run their own servers on remote hardware or virtual machines. If you buy their definition, it seems inline with the idea that self hosting is more about the software than the hardware these days.