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What is the future of this project with respect to "capacitor next"?
I would like to clarify what the plan for this project is and what "capacitor next" means, given there is no "next" branch and the project is looking for self-hosted beta testers.
- Will capacitor next be closed source?
- What is the planned license for capacitor next?
- What is the future of non-next capacitor? Commits/changes still seem to come in?
- If non-next capacitor has a future, what will be the distinction between it and next?
With issues like this being closed with a comment that it will be handled in capacitor next, it makes it seem like the non-next (/open source?) version will be left behind and/or severely hampered in functionality.
Hello,
main is now Capacitor Next.
It is a local, CLI based app that launches a browser window. Check it out: wget -qO- https://gimlet.io/install-capacitor | bash It does not get easier than this. Think of it like k9s, but in the browser. It is meant to be used by individuals, or individuals in teams. Open-source.
The self-hosted version is the same app but wrapped in a backend and you can host it on a URL for your team. The wrapper is not open-source at this point. If you want to run it for your team on a URL, get in touch.
The local and self-hosted version share the same features and codebase. The self-hosted one has other non-functional things that teams care about. May become source available and paid once the beta is done.
The old Capacitor is deprecated.
Thank you for the explanation, I had this question too.
Would it be fair to ask for a license statement in the repo? Unless I just missed it :) For my teams it’s usually a pragmatic question: our overlords (rightfully) demand absolute clarity on licensing of every product we use. Right now it’s “I think it’s ok to use”, but we must show something to prove it and play nice.
Thanks for the wonderful next chapter of capacitor!
Added Apache 2.0 as license: https://github.com/gimlet-io/capacitor/commit/b06de39ca583fe61aed48873592734fa4a9e911b