Merge pull request #181 from profullstack/docs/openserver-reference

Promote OpenServer and label NicheDB as its reference implementation
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@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ export default function OpenServerPage(): ReactNode {
provider instead of scraping a page, and the provider stays the author of its own
catalog.
</p>
<div className="cta-row">
<Link className="button-primary" href="/docs/openserver">Read the OpenServer spec</Link>
<a className="button-secondary" href="https://nichedb.dev/c/hosting">
Explore the NicheDB reference implementation
</a>
</div>
</div>
<p style={{ color: "#41505d" }}>
Every provider publishes its catalog as a web page, every comparison site scrapes those
@ -109,10 +115,11 @@ export default function OpenServerPage(): ReactNode {
hardware for your own premises, shared and managed hosting, platforms, functions,
storage, GPU, edge and peer-to-peer markets. Since 0.2 the provider also says how a
developer drives it: the official CLI with its install commands as the vendor's own guide
prints them, the API docs, the Terraform provider and the GitHub organisation. The first
directory reading it is the hosting collection at{" "}
<a href="https://nichedb.dev/c/hosting">nichedb.dev</a>, which lists every host with a CLI
at <a href="https://nichedb.dev/f/hosting-cli">/f/hosting-cli</a>.
prints them, the API docs, the Terraform provider and the GitHub organisation.{" "}
<a href="https://nichedb.dev/c/hosting">NicheDB&apos;s hosting directory</a> is a reference
implementation that reads OpenServer catalogs. Explore its{" "}
<a href="https://nichedb.dev/f/hosting-cli">hosting providers with a CLI</a> to see that
metadata in use. Any provider can publish the spec, and any directory can read it.
</p>
</div>
@ -253,8 +260,9 @@ export default function OpenServerPage(): ReactNode {
axes, peer-to-peer markets, discovery, what a directory owes a provider
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://nichedb.dev/c/hosting">nichedb.dev/c/hosting</a>: the first directory
reading it, with providers and offers as feeds over RSS, JSON, an API and MCP
<a href="https://nichedb.dev/c/hosting">NicheDB hosting directory</a>: a reference
implementation of OpenServer, with providers and offers available through RSS,
JSON, an API and MCP
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.findhost.app">findhost.app</a>: a curated register of web hosts under