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Who Is Sandstorm For and Where Can You Run It?

Sandstorm is for individuals, teams, and organizations that want to run open-source web apps without managing each app's installa…

What kinds of apps are available on Sandstorm?

Sandstorm is an open source platform for self-hosting web apps, and its own site points to four concrete examples: Etherpad for d…

How Is Sandstorm Different From Manually Self-Hosting Web Apps?

Sandstorm is an open source platform for self-hosting web apps, and its main difference from manual self-hosting is that it repla…

How Does Sandstorm Keep Self-Hosted Web Apps Secure?

Sandstorm's security comes from wrapping each thing you create — a document, chat room, mailbox, notebook, or blog — in its own i…

What is Sandstorm and what can you do with it?

Sandstorm is an open source platform for self-hosting web apps. Instead of signing up for a separate hosted account for each tool…

What Are Open-Source UI Element Libraries and How Do They Differ From UI Frameworks?

An open-source UI element library is a collection of individual, ready-made interface pieces—buttons, cards, inputs, toggles, loa…