About Hound's Pricing Model

Early on, I decided that Hound would be a paid app so I could continue its development. I thought a long time on the right pricing model, before landing on this one:

Hound is completely free for one user, one-time paid license to unlock unlimited users.

The core philosophy behind this is to allow users to fully try all features, without restriction, so they can make an informed choice on whether or not to purchase Hound. There are no restrictions to the number of devices.

Warning

As Hound is still in Beta, you can't actually purchase a license yet, so these restrictions don't apply yet. They will apply upon v1.0.0 release.

Self-hosting and privacy is core to Hound's philosophy

Self-hosting is the core philosophy behind Hound, and although it has a paid option, it is fully open-source and forkable by anyone. Your data stays in your server always, and nothing is sent to Hound's servers (becase Hound servers don't exist).

If you choose to purchase a license, activation is completely offline.

This means I can't stop you from forking Hound and remove the activation checks. Instead of doing this, if you are not able to support Hound financially, I invite you to contribute to the project if you can, and keys will be given to dedicated contributors.