Downloadable version of LH?
HI there, so first. If you're on the dev team or the likes, thank you for reading this and not scrolling by with a chuckle and a quick roll of the eyes ;)
A few things first: a) YES, I (and I'm absolutely sure plenty of others) would be willing to pay for a downloadable version of LH that could be licensed in a similar way that WH is currently. How much? Read below...
b) I'm LOVING Warehouse, and already have a few ideas to extend it (which I'll gladly donate to your cause when I'm done. More on that in the WH forums soon) some of which are specific for my needs, and others could probably be more widely used. Since I'm hosting the instance, I'm able to create extensions and plugins based on current architecture. I'm sure there are plenty of awesome rails coders that would probably be willing to do the same, maybe even have a WH/LH plugin area or something...
c) I realize there are probably plenty of specific requirements for LH currently, since your devs and admins are only concerned with in-house deployments especially. This may or may not be the decider of why it's currently a paid service. Given the pricing model for LH, and the fact that it could be a pretty nice source of income for you guys, I'd have no regrets paying the "Unlimited" price of $120 for a downloadable copy. Maybe even more, depending on...{insert sweet new features here} ;)
Although...it works great as is. Effing incredible product, great work guys!
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1 Posted by tarnawska on 20 Feb, 2008 07:41 AM
I'd like to second this. My company would really be interested in purchasing a downloadable version of lighthouse, strictly for internal development work. Because of it's seamless integration with warehouse (our svn browser of choice), this would make an excellent addition.
The primary reason I bring this up isn't that it is a paid monthly service, but more along the lines of having to rely on an external host. I know that Engine Yard is really reliable, but it still doesn't beat having it in my own datacenter. Also, due to the nature of some development projects, having an internal service for the purposes of security is always a plus.
If there is some sort of on-the-down-low version available, I've got a purchase order ready to be signed off on. :) Do let me know.
2 Posted by Rick on 20 Feb, 2008 09:26 AM
Wheels are in motion... Though it's a big step for such a small team to offer and support multiple versions of our products. I don't want to say too much since nothing's really finalized though.
3 Posted by tarnawska on 20 Feb, 2008 09:47 AM
Do you guys have an ETA on this? I work for Fox and we're dying to have a lightweight app like lighthouse to use for our internal dev stuff.
I'm serious; I could have a purchase order signed in the next 24 hours for this.
4 Posted by Rick on 21 Feb, 2008 07:45 PM
Hah, I couldn't even reply in 24 hours :) (I did reply on my iphone yesterday but never actually submitted.. ugh).
No ETA for this, sorry. We're looking at offering custom virtualized servers that you could run on your own servers. If you wanted something more custom, it'd probably cost a lot more to set it up. Lighthouse requires setup of other things like email checking, background s3 upload jobs, memcache, etc.
5 Posted by fatjoez on 26 Feb, 2008 10:13 AM
I've spent pretty much all day looking for a relatively simple change request/ticket system and came across this i'd be willing to pay for a downloadable version but don't really like the idea of a hosted one. i like to keep everything on my server.
every other script i've found has generally had an interface which is like designed by the Windows 95 team or been too buggy so I'm not interested in them...
I may have to resort to writing my own basic script to be honest which sucks but seems to be my only option at this stage...
dam the person who first said "if you want something done you gotta do it yourself" because it's always true
6 Posted by Will Duncan on 27 Feb, 2008 01:32 AM
fatjoez -- I know what you mean about the windows 95 team design stuff. There are actually some nice apps out there, but they are horrid to use in the end.
I can say that LH has worked wonders for our team, at first we were hunting for something we could host on our own as well, but ended up trying LH back when it was a new kid on the block, and it's so easy to use we never thought twice about it.
But like rick said, it's something he's had up his sleeve, but at the moment he's been so busy there isn't really an ETA, and the setup is pretty complex at this point. He's got it tweaked out to run hellaciously well here.
7 Posted by tarnawska on 29 Feb, 2008 04:45 AM
It would be nice to be able to have the option to download either version (raw source code or the embedded server). Some of us are fairly adept systems administrators and should be able to get LH running with a bit of documentation.
8 Posted by Jeremy Maziarz on 04 Apr, 2008 07:05 PM
I administer a project management service internal to my company based on Gforge at the moment. A survey of my 2000 users showed that the only services they are really concerned about are SCM (CVS and SVN), web based SCM browsing and ticket tracking. I have been looking for over a year for a replacement for our crusty and very expensive GF installation and have unfortunately come up empty.
I was shocked to find that WH was only $30. By way of comparison, our GF installation costs tens of thousands of dollars per year...and most users only need three main services?
It would be pretty easy for me to justify purchasing a version of LH that could be hosted inside my firewall for even a few thousand dollars! I'm hoping this topic is seriously taken under consideration.
9 Posted by tarnawska on 07 Aug, 2008 11:01 PM
Bumping this thread to see if there's any more thought on making a download version of Lighthouse.