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Self-Host License

Your machine. Your data. Your rules.

The practical details behind the $49/year plan.

What you get

Your own independent BWU Uplink server. Same features as this one, your data, your rules. It's not a limited version.

What the $49/year actually covers

Every update for the year — new features and fixes as they ship, the same builds this server runs. Plus license activation and the download servers your instance pulls from. Self-hosted doesn't mean self-sufficient; my side keeps that running, and that infrastructure isn't free for me either. It's the price of keeping it working, not a license fee for the software.

If the license lapses

Straight answer: your server stops starting. The license is checked every six hours, with warnings for the last two weeks before it expires. Your data is untouched — it's your machine and your database — but the app won't run until you renew. Renew and it comes straight back up.

If my end breaks

Your server keeps running for 72 hours if my license service is unreachable. My outage shouldn't take your server down with it.

Get a license

$49/year. Purchased inside the app after you sign in, same Stripe checkout as Premium. You get a key, then download the package and run it on your machine.

Create an account Sign in, get a license Open the app, get a license

Once you’re in, open Upgrade and hit Buy self-host license — $49/yr.

Setting up

Docker Compose on any Linux box with a domain pointed at it. One script asks three questions and starts everything — no build tools, no config files to hand-edit.

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