Is there any plan to open source this project, could a version become an optional part of the standard haf suite in the future ?
At some point I would consider it, but I'd have to remove the anti-abuse reports as I do not want them publicly accessible to anyone. I am not sure it can really become part of HAF as it is a combination of a lot of different technologies. Some of the reports will not be possible through HAF directly. Many of them do use HAF and Hivemind now.
Are you intending to keep charging 36k a year indefinitely to host this ?
It's hosting, maintenance, and adding new reports.
I'm not sure what the path to profitability or self-sustainability looks like for a tool like this, I doubt enough people would directly pay for it to fight abuse like you have. GL man
There really isn't any, there is no profit or self sustainability that is possible from such a tool. As for abuse fighting, I never was funded for that and it is something I did on my own since I got here, but I plan to step down, Hive Watchers has this they are funded again.
Gah! I had so hoped Hive would start to grow. Now I am sad.