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The Migrate tab carried two walls of explanation text — a 3-line hint
under the h2 ("Pulls a snapshot taken on another host…") and an even
longer empty-state paragraph ("Either no other LibrePortal has backed
up to a location this host can see, or this is the only host using its
locations…"). Both spelled out diagnosis the user can infer from the
empty list itself, and the tone didn't match the rest of the backup
page (cards elsewhere have a short title + a 4-6 word hint, with any
long explanation as a hover title attribute).
Three changes:
1. h2 down to "Cross-host migrate" with a small ℹ️ carrying the full
explanation as a title= tooltip — matches the existing tooltip
pattern in the Locations form (BACKUP_RETENTION_PRESET_META).
The short subtitle "Restore an app from another LibrePortal" stays
as backup-card-hint, mirroring "Per-app status / Latest backup per
app on this host" elsewhere on the page.
2. The empty state is now the standard `<div class="backup-empty-state">`
container (same shape Locations + Snapshots use), one trimmed line
("No backups from other hosts visible in any enabled location.
Add a shared backup location on both hosts to enable cross-host
migrate.") instead of two paragraphs.
3. Added an "Open Locations" CTA button inside the empty state — the
#1 next-step for a user staring at this empty list is to add a
shared location, which lives one tab over. New data-action
"go-to-locations" wired through the existing event-delegation
handler in backup-page.js calling switchTab('locations').
The renderMigrate JS still toggles #backup-migrate-empty.hidden — the
wrapper id is unchanged, only its inner markup tightened. No
behavioural change beyond the CTA + tab switch.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
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/USER.md — install, place data on separate disks/drives, update, back up, uninstall.
- docs/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.