geek-cookbook/_snippets/what-is-elfhosted.md

!!! question "What is ElfHosted? 🧝"

ElfHosted is "self-hosting as a service" (*SHAAS?* ) - Using our [Kubernetes](/kubernetes/) / [GitOps](kubernetes/deployment/flux/design/) designs, we've build infrastructure and automation to run popular self-hosted apps (*think "Plex, Radarr, Mattermost.."*) and attach your own cloud storage ("bring-your-own-storage").

We're building "in public", so follow the progress on the [blog](/blog/tags/#elfhosted) or in [Discord][elfhosted/discord]). During "test mode" (*June-July 2023*), you can [sign up](https://elfhosted.com) using "play money", and {--perform unpaid QA for me--} {++try it out for free++}! :thumbsup:

TL;DR? Here's a guide to [getting started](https://elfhosted.com/how-to/get-started/), and another to [migrating](https://elfhosted.com/how-to/migrate/) from another provider.