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sudo_user_name (the real manager — owns the install, runs the runtime, baked as __MANAGER__ into the root helpers) was hardcoded to 'libreportal'. Make it configurable, consistent with the relocatable roots: - --manager-user=NAME flag + LP_MANAGER_USER env (default libreportal); resolved early in init.sh and in scripts/source/paths.sh (so the standalone processors get it too), validated as a real Linux username in libreportalValidatePaths. - Baked everywhere it must be stable: the helpers + CLI wrapper (CHECK_USER now __MANAGER__, exports LP_MANAGER_USER) via the install-time sed; the systemd unit exports LP_MANAGER_USER=<manager>. User creation (initUsers), the sudoers drop-in, and ~35 call sites already used $sudo_user_name, so they follow. - Fix the stray manager-name literals: install_crowdsec.sh chown, the check_install_type fallback. (Brand/identity strings like the backup engine:libreportal tag are left — they're not the username.) Verified: resolves default/env/flag; wrapper bakes a custom name (admin) with no placeholders left; validation rejects invalid usernames. The footprint paths (/etc, /usr/local) stay fixed by design. 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
git clone https://gitea.scottwebstar.co.uk/Webstar/LibrePortal.git
cd LibrePortal
./init.sh
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.