[colordrops]

That's exactly my goal with HomeFree:

https://homefree.host

Goal is my mom running it, and keeping it 100% open source.

It looks like there isn't a lot of visible progress, but there's now a branch with a live CD installer, and an admin UI, so no command line shenanigans are necessary. Once that is cleaned up, the website will be refreshed.

I really need to quit my job so I can work on this full time.

[tibu]

What will make development sustainable? I mean it could take some time until it gets trackson and also usually open source works if there is a supporting company behind it.

[colordrops]

I am going to get it to a point where moderately technical people would be happy to use it over other options, and build a community that contributes. I will continue to work on making it easier to use over time.

[bix6]

HomeFree must be deployed from another machine with Nix installed.

Your mom runs Nix?

[colordrops]

No, if you use the installer CD it's a fully UI based install. No command line. No awareness it's even running nix.

Administration is through a web UI.

It could easily be pre-installed on a device like a NUC and delivered to my mom.

Did you read the FAQ?

I've got all this running on a branch but it's still rough. Once it's relatively stable it will be merged to master and the home page completely revamped.

[bix6]

No I didn’t read the FAQ, I read the get started section.

> Get a Nix environment set up on your host machine. HomeFree must be deployed from another machine with Nix installed. If you are on NixOS, you should be good to go. If you are on a different distribution of Linux, follow the instructions on how to install and use Nix.

[colordrops]

Right, the published version is a super early technical preview. As mentioned in my top level comment the installer and admin UI are in a branch and I will update the website once these are released.