We’re going live!
Published: 2023-10-11 12:12:21

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title: We’re going live!
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date: 2022-02-08 17:02:31 UTC
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canonical_url: https://elestio.hashnode.dev/elestio-is-going-live
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After 6 years as an internal tool, and 12 months of development, were launching elest.io to the public.

elest.io is the simplest way to start using open-source software for your business or projects.

> _As open-source fanatics, were really happy to make open-source more accessible and more reliable + hassle-free for many businesses, IT departments, or freelancers who want to own their own data._
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> _With our platform, you can deploy any one of over_ **250+** _supported software services on a dedicated instance in less than 3 minutes, and we take care of everything else: installation, configuration, encryption, backups, software & OS updates, and live monitoring are all Included._

For example, you can set up a wiki for your business with [Wiki.js](https://elest.io/open-source/wikijs?ref=blog.elest.io) or [BookStack](https://elest.io/open-source/bookstack?ref=blog.elest.io), collaborate with your team (and save tons of money) using [Mattermost](https://elest.io/open-source/mattermost?ref=blog.elest.io), set up a blog or website with [Ghost](https://elest.io/open-source/ghost?ref=blog.elest.io) (thats what powers this blog), Improve your website/digital app using [Sentry](https://elest.io/open-source/sentry?ref=blog.elest.io), [Healthchecks](https://elest.io/open-source/healthchecks?ref=blog.elest.io), [Uptime Kuma](https://elest.io/open-source/uptime-kuma?ref=blog.elest.io), [SigNoz](https://elest.io/open-source/signoz?ref=blog.elest.io), or even simply set up your own secure file syncing and sharing tool using [Seafile](https://elest.io/open-source/seafile?ref=blog.elest.io) or [Syncthing](https://elest.io/open-source/syncthing?ref=blog.elest.io) (or [Filestash](https://elest.io/open-source/filestash?ref=blog.elest.io) ).

Please, check out the [list of fully managed open source softwares](https://elest.io/fully-managed-services?ref=blog.elest.io) we support!

### Do we really take care of everything?

> _If you mean:_ [_free SSL certificates_](https://doc.elest.io/books/security/page/automated-encryption-ssltls?ref=blog.elest.io)_, even for your own domain,_ [_321 backups_](https://doc.elest.io/books/backups/page/overview?ref=blog.elest.io) _including_ [_snapshots of app and OS state_](https://doc.elest.io/books/backups/page/vm-snapshots?ref=blog.elest.io)_, automatic encrypted mesh networking,_ [_L4 & L7 firewall_](https://doc.elest.io/books/security/page/network-firewall?ref=blog.elest.io)_,_ [_rate limiting_](https://doc.elest.io/books/security/page/ip-rate-limiter?ref=blog.elest.io)_,_ [_caching_](https://doc.elest.io/books/security/page/output-cache?ref=blog.elest.io)_,_ [_monitoring_](https://doc.elest.io/books/service-dashboard/page/metrics?ref=blog.elest.io) _and_ [_alerts_](https://doc.elest.io/books/service-dashboard/page/alerts?ref=blog.elest.io)_,_ [_automatic non-breaking updates that respect semantic versioning_](https://docs.elest.io/books/service-dashboard/page/software-os-updates-configuration?ref=blog.elest.io)_. yes._

Keeping your open source software up to date doesnt have to make you cringe. Choose a maintenance window that works for you, and let us handle the rest.

### Automated Security

We deploy your service with sane defaults, fully managed SSL certificates, application-sensitive firewall rules, rate limiting, and secure root credentials (where applicable).

### Automated Backups

elest.io automatically implements an industry-standard backup strategy to protect you from accidental or malicious loss of data. No matter the reason, you can restore your data in minutes with a single click.

### Globally private Multi-cloud IPv4 network

Project-scoped services are automatically connected to a private IPv4 network that spans datacenters, regions and providers using mutually authenticated certificates.

### Check our documentation

Have fun!

_Originally published at_ [_https://blog.elest.io_](https://blog.elest.io/welcome/) _on February 8, 2022._