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GitHub

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  • Closed Source (Black box)
  • Expensive monthly fees per user
  • Data stored on their servers
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  • 100% Open Source Code
  • Free forever (Self-hosted)
  • You own your data completely
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Estimated Annual Waste
$1,440
Monthly Burn Rate$120
5-Year Projection$7,200
Cost with Self-Hosted$0
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Detailed Breakdown

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C/Shell mixed codebase
Pure Go implementation
1
Full production feature set
Minimal educational subset
2
System level dependencies
Standard library only