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Resolves open question 2. One big disk holding both the app data and its snapshots is what most people actually have, and two facts make it cheap: reconcile() already chowns CONTAINERS_DIR and BACKUPS_DIR to the same container user, so there is no permission negotiation; and sibling dirs on one filesystem don't nest, so §3 admits them today unchanged. The registries stay separate — that was always about trust and lifecycle, not hardware — so §1's non-goal is reworded rather than dropped. One hard rule survives: same drive yes, nested never. A storage location containing a backup repo is a recursive-inclusion trap, and §3's nesting refusal already covers both directions. What needs work is the error — pointing storage at /mnt/bigdisk when /mnt/bigdisk/backups exists fails the empty-dir rule, and the message must suggest a subdirectory rather than saying "not empty", because that is the likely first attempt. Shared fate gets the §6.1 treatment: durable badge on both locations and a line in the backup summary, stated accurately rather than moralised — a same-drive backup still covers accidental deletion, bad updates and ransomware; what it doesn't survive is the disk dying. Also names the compounding case, since nobody pictures it: a shared drive that is also removable takes the apps and the restore path away at the same moment. Checks: free space becomes per-device (two locations on one filesystem draw from one pool, so a growing repo can starve the apps), plus a new shared-device check that warns and never refuses. Notes that this makes the naming collision worse and suggests the resolution — a Disks view with one row per device showing which roles LibrePortal has on it, registries separate underneath. 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.