LibrePortal/README.md
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- Add "Why LibrePortal" (privacy motivation) and "Acknowledgments"
  (built from scratch since 2023, inspired by bmcgonag/docker_installs)
- Reframe LibrePortal Cloud with the plain-English "courier with a sealed
  box" model: we only handle encrypted data, keys stay with the user
- Drop "Managed hosting — we run LibrePortal for you"
- Update Support to free community + optional paid priority

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
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# 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](LICENSE)**.
Self-host it and you get **everything** — every feature, no paywalls, no
telemetry. See [our Promise](PROMISE.md) 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
```bash
git clone https://gitea.scottwebstar.co.uk/Webstar/LibrePortal.git
cd LibrePortal
./init.sh
```
## LibrePortal Cloud (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 Cloud 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](PROMISE.md) spells out exactly where that line sits.
## Contributing
PRs welcome — see [CONTRIBUTING.md](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](https://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](LICENSE). What's open stays open.