Whoobe Docs

For the CEO, owner or sponsor#

What you are deciding#

Whether to own your web and integration platform (self-hosted, MIT, no per-user or per-call fees) in return for running it yourselves (or paying someone to). It is a good bet if you want control of data, credentials and infrastructure and have, or can buy, the people to run it. It is a poor bet if you need a vendor SLA, certificates or single sign-on today.

Your questions#

Question Answer and where
What is it, in plain words? What Whoobe is
What will it not do? Overview, chapter 4: the limits, written first so you can stop early
What does it cost? Overview, chapter 5: what you stop paying, what you start paying, how to compare with your numbers
What changes in how we work? Overview, chapter 6: marketing and IT processes
What are the main risks? Young product (0.1.0), self-hosting responsibility, no outside certificate, vendor risk: overview 7.1
How do we start? A pilot with one site: overview, chapter 10
What is the evidence behind the claims? Overview, chapter 8; security status
Why is it built this way? Design decisions: self-hosted and MIT, one workspace per organisation, no engine of our own
What can our other systems and apps do with it? The Client Hub: apps and back-ends use the same integrations and data, without holding third-party secrets
Should we support the project? Why sponsor and contribute

Reading path (about an hour)#

  1. What Whoobe is (10 minutes).
  2. Overview, chapters 1, 4, 5, 9 and 10.
  3. Design decisions, the What it costs part of each.
  4. Ask your IT manager and security officer to read their pages (IT, security) and report.

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