Is there an open source and self hosting cloud that apps like this can build on....

volker · on Jan 27, 2015

It does not require mysql db. sqlite works fine (at least for smaller systems).

They recommend mysql (especially for bigger systems), but not a requirement.

hrjet · on Jan 25, 2015

sandstorm.io

ape4 · on Jan 25, 2015

Donno how good it is but they have a cat mascot so thats a start.

ape4 · on Jan 25, 2015

That was a joke you mean downvoters.

RDeckard · on Jan 25, 2015

HN doesn't like jokes. It's dry.

Stratoscope · on Jan 25, 2015

HN has that reputation, but it isn't entirely true.

Some of my highest-voted comments have been pure humor. A few examples, with parent comments included for context:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8690893 (86 points, and 24 for the followup comment)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6447007 (43 points)

Even this silly one-liner got 23 points:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7863205

That one won't make sense out of context, so here's the article it refers to:

http://www.newstatesman.com/business/2014/06/bizarre-secret-...

My point in sharing these is to give some examples of kinds of humor that have gone over well here. Of course as they say, "Past performance is no guarantee of future results."