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Apptown

A self-hosted software forge and agent platform ('mini Heroku') that builds and maintains small apps and games. It runs on Mac or Linux in a temp container, is self-hostable, and can use local models. It deploys smallish things predictably and consistently with low friction, then helps maintain them long term, handling chores such as dependency and container updates.

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01 / The problem

What it addresses

Deploying and maintaining small apps involves low-friction, predictable deployment plus ongoing chores like dependency and container updates; large-scale platforms aren't suited for this.

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  1. Apptown

    A self-hosted software forge and agent platform ('mini Heroku') that builds and maintains small apps and games. It runs on Mac or Linux in a temp container, is self-hostable, and can use local models. It deploys smallish things predictably and consistently with low friction, then helps maintain them long term, handling chores such as dependency and container updates.

    Problem: Deploying and maintaining small apps involves low-friction, predictable deployment plus ongoing chores like dependency and container updates; large-scale platforms aren't suited for this.

    Posted by @xyzzy123 · Original comment ↗

    “A self hosted software forge / factory / agent platform / mini heroku thing. It's not polished yet but it's building and maintaining little apps and games. https://github.com/flokkit/apptown”