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Found by installing vaultwarden and one instance end to end. The template built DOMAIN as https://<subdomain>, and blanking host_setup on a box with no CFG_DOMAIN_n set (earlier in this branch) left it as a bare "https://". Vaultwarden validates that value and exits: Error validating domain: empty host DOMAIN variable needs to contain the protocol (http, https) APP_URL is already the address the app is reached at in both worlds — https://vault.<domain> behind Traefik, http://<lan-ip>:<port> without it — which is exactly what vaultwarden means by DOMAIN. Prior to the blanking the value was "https://<app>." with a trailing dot, which started but pointed at a host that never resolved, so this was broken before too, just quietly. Verified: base and instance both come up and serve 200 on their own random ports, each with DOMAIN set to its own address, and with distinct IPs and admin tokens. Both were then removed; nothing left behind. Four other apps interpolate the same legacy DOMAINSUBNAME_DATA into env vars and get an empty value with no domain configured — gitea (DOMAIN, SSH_DOMAIN, ROOT_URL), mastodon (LOCAL_DOMAIN), owncloud (OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN), jitsimeet (PUBLIC_URL). They start rather than exit, so the breakage is quieter, and the fix is not uniform: ROOT_URL/PUBLIC_URL want a URL like this one, while DOMAIN/SSH_DOMAIN/LOCAL_DOMAIN want a bare host that APP_URL cannot supply. Left alone pending that decision. 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.