I wrote that and I think you're right. We were trying to convey that you don't need to set up anything, but the wording could definitely be better. I'll change it.
Puter's networking is open-source and e2e encrypted. Also, a regular browser doesn't give access to raw TCP sockets used for this, so it wouldn't be possible to route through your browser.
So it's just the three accounts you have now? (Show by @coolelectronics now and 7 months ago [1], show from you/@ent101 2d ago [0], 2025[2,3,4], 2024[5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D], 2023[E], @george0812 2022[F])
The 21 on github, do you mean? And only nine above 3 commits ever? Yes you post regularly, too much even, and in the face of the guideline Please don't use HN primarily for promotion
nobody (hyperbole, corrected: few) follows that promotion rule. and where are you getting 21 from? the github repo https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter says 391 contributors, subtract maybe a few for bots
also, talk about posting too much? look at your own submissions page
Sarcastically: Surely a forum post is an effective way of notifying the relevant legal departments about this.
You would be better off reporting the requesting account to GitHub for sanctions, if your goal is to productively enforce such things as you cite on behalf of the U.S. government. Are you an authorized agent thereof or merely a Concerned Citizen with patriotic intentions?
Hello! I'm the founder. Your understanding of how Puter.js works is correct. We call it the "User-Pays Model" [1]: in short if you build your app using Puter.js, users cover their own infra cost, not just limited to AI. The idea is that infra cost will become essentially free for the developer.
As for user resistance, we haven't experienced that yet. I think generally for a user the puter.js experience (hopefully) beats the alternatives: 1) "give me your OpenAI API KEY to try my app" 2) Entering your credit card information in yet another app. Both of these also help apps as well, at the very least when it comes to conversion since you don't have to ask the user for their API key or credit card in many cases, not to mention you don't have to build metering, billing, rate-limiting, API key management, etc.
People use Puter for an incredibly wide range of things, including cloud storage, web hosting, coding, AI, and gaming. Right now, we're mostly focused on improving performance and making sure that it's as fast as a regular desktop environment!
This looks fun! But the fact that the self hosted version lacks support for some core apps is sad, I'd love to be able to build puter apps! Any plans for an app store-like ecosystem?
Lovely interface. This is quite impressive. I can't seem to get a terminal running though. Can I actually execute scripts here? I opened code and created a hello.py, terminal did not come up in Code either.
