Hosting
The software is MIT licensed and made to be self-hosted, so running it yourself is the default path and always will be. But somebody has to keep that server patched, and not every organisation has that person. So we also run instances.
Not a free tier and a paid tier. The same code, either on your infrastructure or on ours, and the choice is about who does the maintenance.
Run it yourself
One command puts Deckyard on your own machine at localhost:4177, picking Docker or Node 22+ automatically. Putting it in front of an organisation is the Compose path, with Postgres if you want it.
We run it for you
Your own Deckyard, not a tenant inside somebody else’s. Hosted in Europe, on your domain, with the upgrades, backups and certificates handled.
On your own domain
A managed instance sits on a hostname you choose and control, with the certificate issued in your name. There is no shared login page with somebody else’s logo on it, and no vendor domain in the URL your audience sees.
The honest list. No tiers, because there is nothing here we would hold back to sell you later.
Your own database and your own application, not a row in a shared one. It can be moved to your own infrastructure later without an export-import dance.
Hosted in Europe under European law, which for a lot of public organisations is the part that decides whether this is usable at all.
New versions applied, backups taken and checked, certificates renewed. The work that makes self-hosting a commitment rather than an install.
Small enough that support is a person who knows your setup, not a queue. That is also why we take on a limited number of instances.
Where the money goes
There is no venture capital behind Deckyard, and no plan to sell seats to as many people as possible. That means the money has to come from somewhere honest, and this is it.
Organisations that pay for a managed instance are funding software that everybody else can run for free. The roadmap follows the organisations actually using it, which is a very different pressure from following the organisations most likely to upgrade.
There is no signup flow, because this starts as a conversation rather than a checkout. Send an email and we will tell you honestly whether a managed instance or self-hosting fits you better.