Hop3: From Self-Hosting Complexity to Production-Ready Sovereignty

Deploying open-source software should empower us, but the reality of self-hosting is often a trade-off between vendor lock-in and operational chaos. This complexity is ultimately a barrier to digital sovereignty, forcing many organizations to abandon control over their most critical data and tools. We believe the solution isn’t to work harder, but to build smarter platforms. This talk introduces **Hop3**, an open-source PaaS that attacks this problem at its root. We will demonstrate how by embedding automated lifecycle management, reliability and resilience, and a radically simplified user experience directly into the platform, Hop3 makes sovereign infrastructure a practical and secure reality. Join us to see how you can finally escape the self-hosting trap and run F/OSS applications with the confidence and ease you’ve been promised, on your own terms.