ca7fca5007
Five Tools-tab actions backed by Synapse's admin API: create account, list
users, reset password, set admin, deactivate. All driven through
`docker exec matrix-synapse python` — the image has no curl, python is what
Synapse itself runs on, and talking to localhost:8008 means the tools work the
same LAN-only or behind Traefik and never depend on the published port.
Two Matrix facts are surfaced rather than hidden: a user ID is permanent, and
there is no delete — deactivation is terminal and burns the ID. The tool is
named "Deactivate" for that reason. Both destructive actions refuse to touch the
account the tools themselves authenticate as, which would otherwise lock the
Tools tab out of the server it manages.
The admin token is cached under data/. Logging in per invocation looked tidier
and was wrong: Synapse rate-limits /login, so a few tools in succession failed
with "Too Many Requests" — the tools were throttling themselves. One login,
reused, with a single re-login on 401 and a 429 retry that honours
retry_after_ms.
Also renames the Synapse logging config from log.config to log.yaml. The config
loader runs
find "$containers_dir" -maxdepth 3 -type f -name '*.config'
and `source`s every match as bash. The file lands at <app>/data/log.yaml, which
is exactly depth 3, so under its old name EVERY libreportal command sourced a
YAML document as a shell script. It printed "command not found" per line and
took a CLI call from 1 second to 100. Only resources/ is pruned from that scan,
not data/ — so *.config is effectively a reserved extension anywhere under an
app directory, not just at its root.
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.