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I'm involved with an org that needs to set up a public wishlist for supplies for a project. The rough requirements are as follows:

  • Public webpage with a static URL
  • Can be easily edited by non-technical people
  • Editing requires authentication
  • Avoiding corporate services, especially avoiding tracking of both users and admins
  • As cheap as reasonably possible
  • As quick to set up as possible

Nice to have:

  • Hosted under a custom domain
  • Supports users "reserving" items so multiple people don't all supply the same stuff

One option I considered would be running something like wishthis in a VPS under our own domain, but this is kinda expensive, complex, and I don't trust wishthis' auth. A different option could be just having a static page in something like Notion or Github pages, which would be free but relies on corporate services we don't trust.

Is there a middle ground between the two previous options? Or a better solution that fits most of the requirements?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

There's a free web hosting service called HelioHost that's completely funded by donations. It's really really good, especially for being free. It's not owned by any big companies and all you need is to make an account