Discode

Discode

Sell and distribute your own "Once-style" web apps.

rsbondoc
@rsbondoc
Published on Jul 1, 2025
Visit site
6 PeerPush
🥇
Ranked #1
Product of the Day
PeerPush

Details

Follow on
@roelbondoc
Platforms
Web

About Discode

Over the years, I’ve built a few Rails apps that never really found an audience. Instead of letting them sit unused, I decided to try selling them as self-hosted, one-time-purchase products, similar to how the app Once was sold. To make that easier, I built a tool called Discode. It helps you package your Rails app and handle things like licensing, installation, and delivery. I’m even using Discode to sell Discode itself. If you’ve ever thought about selling one of your Rails projects, this might help. I also recorded a couple of short videos to show how it works: Installing Discode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0ZxADS3SpQ Using Discode to sell your Rails app: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2D8ZmOMNEM&t=4s Let me know what you think or if you have any questions.

Product Insights

Discode provides a specialized web-based toolkit for Rails developers to transition their software into self-hosted, one-time purchase products. It manages the full lifecycle of a digital sale including packaging, licensing, and delivery for the Ruby on Rails ecosystem.

  • Native support for packaging and distributing Ruby on Rails applications.
  • Automates professional software delivery aspects like licensing and installation.
  • Enables technical users to implement a self-hosted 'Once' style business model.
  • Proven utility through dogfooding as the platform is used to sell its own license.

Ideal for: Developers, indie hackers, and solopreneurs who want to monetize existing Rails projects through a one-time purchase, self-hosted distribution model.

Screenshots

Screenshot 1 of Discode

Reviews (0)

No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this product!

Comments (1)