That is implemented under the assumption that these distros are most of the time used in enterprise contexts. I know that this is not always the case, there is the option to upgrade to a license at no cost to the next tier if you’re only using it for personal use. Just send me an email I can upgrade it for you.

> That is implemented under the assumption that these distros are most of the time used in enterprise contexts.

I've been using OEL since before Rocky was a thing. It was and still is a free alternative to RHEL.

Apart from that, all my planned use of XPipe fits entirely in the Community feature set (maybe apart from Yubikey/GPG agent).

But now I'd need to pay $5 a month just to open a shell? No thanks.

Also, a slight tangent, but charging homelab folks $5/mo is weird. The only profit I'm making with my homelab is negative. And I, as a developer, would much more likely to ask my employer to buy an enterprise license if I actually liked using it at home. Like Tailscale, JetBrains, etc.

Considering the costs of a more serious homelab, I think paying $5 a month for a tool that can save you some time and effort, can be reasonable. Of course only if you see the value for yourself. That value comes from more features than just the shell opener, that is only a part of XPipe.

The community version is pretty extensive in what you can do with it, so I think you can accurately judge whether the homelab plan is worth it for you by using it for a bit.