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You know your way around, I'm sure of it. But I don't, and I don't have the time.
I want to self-host but don't have the time to do it by manually by myself, I really appreciate the container automation it provides. I tried before doing it by using Docker Desktop, Podman Desktop, CasaOS, and failed miserably with all of them, or in the case of CasaOS it just didn't automate enough. Cosmos targets oblivious users like me and it's not wrong, it's just different.
Then let me tell you this: Cosmos does not solve any of the risks they paint in their vision. You are lulled into a false sense of "security" after they frightened you.
What are they lying about?
How do they fix this? Do they audit and approve all source code? Do they submit security patches to the apps they have in their repo?
How do they fix this? Auto updates? Those are going to bite you in the ass extremely hard at some point.
Things like this are completely untrue:
Scaremongering and lies.
The more important question here is: What are you fighting against here? Like you say that you feel like some snakeoil salesman trying to convince you of something.
But it's FOSS. You can just install it and you're good to go. You don't have to buy any license to get the super duper security features they promise or something.
It's a webui for a homeserver that makes it easier to install docker containers and provides you with some pre-configured security measures and that's it.
As others said, this is clearly made for people who don't want to dig into the whole selfhosting thing too deep but want to have their own data and privacy. And that project accomplishes excatly that.
The "features" they promote are the same "features" everyone has who takes their selfhosted environment serious but automate it. This does things the way the majority of this community does it and gives the power of self host to non-tech-savvy ppl.
Stop being so hateful just because you find their way of promoting their features to be "snakeoilsalesman-y"
Strongly agree. These guys are just so typical in the Linux community. Embarrassing themselves ranting against a project designed to lower the barrier for entry. "If you can't code your own kernel why are you even trying to set up a Plex server" vibes
wow you are getting in quite a nonsensical defensive mood here. I gave my opinion on it and warmaster asked for clarification. If you want to use it go ahead I just pointed out the red flags. If you think it is hateful that people read the readme of your favorite project you really need to grow up. A readme is not the place for absurd 'promotion' like it's a product sold on TV.
Also it's not FOSS but a selfmade variation on Apache 2. Check the reddit link, even the author claims it is not FOSS.