Unhosted Web Apps
10 months ago
- #web apps
- #privacy
- #serverless
- Unhosted web apps, also known as 'serverless', 'client-side', or 'static' web apps, do not send user data to their server.
- Users can connect their own server at runtime, or data stays within the browser.
- Advantages over native apps: work on any device, no platform restrictions, and no censored app stores.
- Advantages over hosted web apps: independent server provider choice, no data visibility by app provider, cheaper to publish, kill-switch resilience, and infinite backend scalability.
- Unhosted web apps are entirely client-side, receiving source code over HTTP instead of an opaque UI.