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`docker ps -f name=<app>` is a SUBSTRING match, and instance slugs are <type>_<id> — so the base app's name is a prefix of every instance of it. `name=bookstack` also selected bookstack_home, bookstack_test and their -db containers, which meant start, stop, restart and remove all silently operated on every instance of an app instead of the one named. Worst of the four is remove: `libreportal app remove bookstack` ran `docker rm` against its instances' containers too. Multi-instance made this reachable — the naming scheme it introduced is exactly what turns the base name into a prefix. Each app and instance is already its own compose project, named for its directory, so the project label addresses exactly the containers belonging to that app. app_install.sh's own post-install check already used this label; the lifecycle operations did not. Found while tracing the IP allocation problem: bookstack_work had vanished, and checking how uninstall selects containers turned this up. To be clear about attribution — this bug does NOT explain that disappearance. The log shows an explicit uninstall of bookstack_work, including its own install folder and log, which container-level over-matching cannot do. I could not attribute that removal to a specific command and am not going to guess; the instance has been recreated. Verified: with the fix, `libreportal app stop bookstack` stops bookstack and bookstack-db and leaves bookstack_home and bookstack_test running. Before it, all six went down. All four Bookstack apps and Stoat serve 200 afterwards. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
LibrePortal
Your own private corner of the internet — free, open, and yours.
LibrePortal is a self-hosted platform for running the apps you rely on, on your own server: one-click installs, a reverse proxy with automatic SSL, rootless Docker, optional VPN routing, and a clean web dashboard to manage it all.
⚠️ v0.1.0 — early days. Expect rough edges while things settle.
Why LibrePortal
Too many services today treat your data as theirs to take — quietly overstepping boundaries that should never have been crossed. LibrePortal grew out of frustration with that: it's a way to run the apps you depend on on your own server, where your data stays yours. Privacy here isn't a feature to toggle — it's the whole point.
Free & open — forever
The entire platform is free software under the GNU AGPLv3. Self-host it and you get everything — every feature, no paywalls, no telemetry. See our Promise for exactly what that means.
What you get
- 📦 One-click self-hosted apps (Nextcloud, Vaultwarden, Jellyfin, Gitea, …)
- 🔀 Traefik reverse proxy + automatic Let's Encrypt SSL
- 🔒 Rootless Docker, CrowdSec, sane security defaults
- 🛡️ Optional VPN routing (gluetun) for any app
- 🖥️ A web dashboard to install, configure, back up, and monitor everything
Quick start
curl -fsSL https://get.libreportal.org/install.sh | sudo bash
This installs a versioned, checksum-verified release (Debian/Ubuntu, root). Put
data on separate disks with --system-dir= / --containers-dir= / --backups-dir=.
The
get.libreportal.orghost is still being set up — until it's live, build a release and install from it locally (see the docs below).
Documentation
- docs/guide/install-and-use.md — install, place data on separate disks/drives, update, back up, uninstall.
- docs/contributing/development.md — run a dev copy, cut stable/edge releases, and test them before publishing.
LibrePortal Connect (optional)
Self-hosting is free and complete. If you'd rather not fiddle with the tricky parts — like reaching your server from your phone, or keeping off-site backups — LibrePortal Connect will handle them for you. Here's the catch that makes us different: we work like a courier carrying a sealed box. We move your data between your devices and store backup copies, but it stays locked and you hold the only key — we can't open it, and we never run your apps for you. Everything we offer, you can also set up yourself for free. Our Promise spells out exactly where that line sits.
Contributing
PRs welcome — see CONTRIBUTING.md. We use a lightweight
DCO sign-off (git commit -s), no CLA.
Acknowledgments
LibrePortal has been built from scratch since 2023. Its spark of inspiration
was a small installer script from Brian McGonagill (OpenSourceIsAwesome):
gitlab.com/bmcgonag/docker_installs.
From that seed it grew start to finish — refined, extended, and refactored
into the platform it is today.
License
GNU AGPLv3. What's open stays open.