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duetapp.com
Company blog · duetapp.com/blog · on HN as 23andwalnutstartupsbusinessdesign
duetapp.com is the company blog at duetapp.com, writing about startups, business and design. Since 2013, 19 different Hacker News readers have linked it 79 times, most often “Show HN: A self-hosted alternative to Trello, Basecamp, and Freshbooks”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Rarely recommended · 0 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
Linked as the homepage of Duet, a self-hosted project management app, mostly in freelancer and self-hosted software threads. Comments discuss the product and its licence, not any writing on the site.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Show HN: A self-hosted alternative to Trello, Basecamp, and Freshbooks5 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2015-12-01
- Show HN: My self hosted project management and billing app (Trello alternative)4 people · 46 mentions · first linked 2013-07-10
- /3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-05-11
- Show HN: Try my self hosted alternative to Basecamp2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2013-05-10
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-06-14
- /features2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-05-13
What Hacker News says?
I have a link to one of my other projects on the site - https://duetapp.com Beyond that, I don't really have any specific plans to monetize.
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on “Show HN: A searchable list of self-hosted software with screenshots”Submitted Show HN: A self-hosted alternative to Trello, Basecamp, and Freshbooks as a story · 396 points
HN discussionOh wait, you are the creator of https://upbase.io , not https://duetapp.com , sorry for the confusion!
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on “Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.”Submitted Show HN: I built a self-hosted Basecamp alternative. Try the demo as a story · 367 points
HN discussionI just bought the lifetime license, because it looks useful and I hope you're successful. Reminds me a lot of the self hosted https://duetapp.com
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on “Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.”Submitted Design tips for developers as a story · 10 points
HN discussionHappy to help you with some of your web dev and design issues. Check out some of my work at http://www.duetapp.com , http://www.getsoloapp.com , http://www.23andwalnut.com . Shoot me an email at from any one of those sites if you're interested.
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on “My really successful, unfundable, piece of shit startup I hate to love”Submitted Show HN: My self hosted project management and billing app (Trello alternative) as a story · 6 points
HN discussionPlease open a ticket here: http://duetapp.com/ticket and I will help you fix whatever issues you're having. 99.9% of issues are simple config problems so I'm sure we can get it resolved quickly.
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on “Show HN: A self-hosted alternative to Trello, Basecamp, and Freshbooks”Submitted How HN convinced me to stop selling my product on CodeCanyon as a story · 5 points
HN discussionHa. Yep, I knew that was coming too. They are definitely things I've thought about. I wrote about my thoughts a couple of years ago. You can check it out here: http://www.duetapp.com/blog/is-saas-the-only-business-model-... But I like the idea of a 1-click Digital Ocean install. I'm going to work on that asap
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on “Show HN: A self-hosted alternative to Trello, Basecamp, and Freshbooks”Submitted The worst week of sales I've ever had as a story · 2 points
HN discussionReally sorry you didn't have a good experience. I'm not sure why you weren't able to get support. I've always done my best with that and I've recently formalized the process with a support center, ticketing system, and community based support. If you're interested in trying the new version please open a ticket ( http://duetapp.com/ticket ) and I'll just give you a copy of 2.4, the current version. No fee. Just let m…
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on “Show HN: A self-hosted alternative to Trello, Basecamp, and Freshbooks”Submitted A programmer’s adventures in product marketing as a story · 1 points
HN discussionDuet actually started out on CodeCanyon :) I was a very active elite author on there for a few years. Ultimately it wasn't the right fit. I actually wrote an article about my decision at the time: http://www.duetapp.com/blog/why-i-stopped-selling-duet-on-co...
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on “Show HN: A self-hosted alternative to Trello, Basecamp, and Freshbooks”Submitted Show HN: Try my self hosted alternative to Basecamp as a story · 1 points
HN discussionOh wow, Duet (project management app, http://duetapp.com ) is exactly what I've been looking for. This is going to make my life so much easier! I'm buying it right now.
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on “Shit for Making Websites”XSS vulnerabilities all over the place. No validation performed at all? Example; http://www.duetapp.com/demo/#projects/3/tasks/30
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on “Show HN: I built a self-hosted Basecamp alternative. Try the demo”Typo on http://www.duetapp.com/features - "Integrated messaging helpw you keep your entire..."
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on “Show HN: I built a self-hosted Basecamp alternative. Try the demo”Well done, love the idea! Just to let you know on the http://www.duetapp.com/features page it says 'helpw' instead of 'help' under the messaging section.
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on “Show HN: I built a self-hosted Basecamp alternative. Try the demo”When trying to access the demo in Firefox 20 it throws an error for LESS: A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete. Script: http://www.duetapp.com/demo/client/js/libs/less-1.3.0.min.js...
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on “Show HN: I built a self-hosted Basecamp alternative. Try the demo”Short story - It's a product that I needed that didn't exist. There are only a handful of self hosted project management apps and none of them felt like the right fit, especially with regard to UX. After a couple of years of waiting I finally decided to build it myself. I wrote about some other reasons on my blog (i.e. cost), but the primary reason is that I wanted it for myself. Here are the links to the blog posts…
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on “Show HN: A mostly complete 2014 "Tools of the Trade"”It's a great list, but I don't understand why it's limited to SaaS. Self hosted apps could definitely be considered "tools of the trade". Perhaps I'm just biased because I sell a self hosted project management app - http://duetapp.com , but it seems like an arbitrary distinction....
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on “Show HN: A mostly complete 2014 "Tools of the Trade"”You can try Duet - http://duetapp.com . It's self hosted and has a super simple setup process. I'm the developer.
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on “Show HN: Matterhorn – Your new project manager”I sell a self hosted web app ( http://duetapp.com ) that generates 3-4k a month. It used to be higher, but I haven't given it the attention it deserves in a couple of months.
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on “Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?”Hey. I'm the creator of http://duetapp.com . What CRM features would you need for the app to be useful to you?
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on “67 Signals hasn't changed a thing”Hi! Thank you! :-D The license is based on DuetApp's ( https://duetapp.com/ ) version. I liked its simplicity and asked the creator if it would be OK with him to use his license as a starting point. Shared drafts sound like an interesting feature and one that seems easy to implement on Full Help. I've added it to my Trello board. Thanks!
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on “Show HN: Full Help – Self-hosted help desk and knowledge base software”I'm doing ok with the freemium model. My app is self hosted project mangement ( http://duetapp.com ) so I created a slimmed down version that I distribute for free - http://getsoloapp.com . The landing page for the free version has links to the paid version and there is a link within the settings panel of the free version. It's working fairly well. Almost every successful entrepreneur recommends content marketing as…
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on “Ask HN: How do you drive web traffic to your successful side projects?”I make quite a bit more than $1k a month from Duet - http://duetapp.com It's a project management app for freelancers and small businesses. Hopefully one day soon it will be more than a side project.
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on “Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects - what did you make?”You can do this in Duet ( http://duetapp.com ), but it's self-hosted. Pretty sure Flow also lets you switch back and forth between boards/lists. Have to imagine a bunch of other apps have it too.
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on “Boards in Asana”
