For the apps nobody wants to run a server for.

Find the one that sounds like you. Each says what works today, and what doesn't.

Clubs, classes, families Games with friends Paid apps Hosted open-source apps Client work Privacy-first apps Learning

FOR THE TEACHER, THE CLUB ORGANIZER, THE TECHY PARENT

Share what you build. Never get a hosting bill.

WORKS TODAY

No running costs, so the roster or packing list can keep working for years, untouched.
Invite people with a share link; members keep their own data in their own accounts.
Want data the group owns together? Team plan, $10 a month flat.

Every member makes a free Bazaar account. No reminders or push notifications.

FOR BROWSER GAME MAKERS

Multiplayer with no game server.

WORKS TODAY · FRIENDS AND TURNS

Each player keeps their half of the game in their own database; the other reads it live.
Hidden fleets stay fair: each is committed with a hash up front and checked at the end.
"Challenge a friend" with a single-use invite link.
Sell a puzzle pack once, unlocked by a permission filter.

No leaderboards across all players, no matchmaking with strangers, and no game server for real-time action. Play Battleship and Baffle →

FOR INDIE HACKERS AND SOLO MAKERS

Get paid for the app, not the data.

BETA · US & EU PAYOUTS

One-time purchases and subscriptions, with a checkout popup. No Stripe webhooks, no entitlement table.
A paywall is a permission filter: no entitlements of your own to keep in sync.
No running costs: what you charge isn't eaten by hosting, and one-time pricing works.

Selling needs the Creator plan. Fees: 10% of each payment + $0.30. No developer stats dashboard yet.

FOR OPEN-SOURCE MAINTAINERS

A hosted version of your app, with no infra.

WORKS TODAY

Your app as a static site plus Bazaar is the hosted version. Non-technical users just sign in.
Users own their data; you hold nothing and pay nothing for strangers.
Free plus sponsorships works, because there's no bill to cover.

Bazaar's server is source-available (O'Saasy), not OSI open source, and bring your own backend is coming soon, not here yet.

FOR FREELANCERS AND SMALL AGENCIES

Hand the client an app, not a hosting contract.

WORKS TODAY · SMALL CLIENTS

The client's organization owns the data, with admins and an audit log on Business.
You deliver a static site; nobody's on call for a server.
The client can switch developers and keep every record.

No security certifications or DPA yet, which rules out bigger clients. No integrations that need server code. Bazaar for teams →

FOR BUILDERS OF JOURNALS, TRACKERS, FAMILY TOOLS

Apps that never store your users' data.

WORKS TODAY

A claim you can put on your landing page: "Your data stays in your Bazaar account. We never store it."
Users see, export and delete their data per app in their dashboard.
No database on your side means nothing of theirs for you to leak.

Your frontend could still send data elsewhere, so say "never store", not "can't see". Not end-to-end encrypted yet (coming soon). Hosted in the US or the EU, the user picks.

FOR STUDENTS AND BOOTCAMP GRADS

Ship a real multi-user app this weekend.

WORKS TODAY

Frontend skills are enough: logins, sync and sharing included.
Fork Battleship, Buzz or Banter and make it yours.
Free plan, static deploy, a real link for your portfolio.

You'll learn Bazaar, not backend engineering. That's the trade. Fork a demo →

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