Linkding has shipped without any Tools-tab actions since v0.1.0 — the only artifact was scripts/menu/tools/manage_linkding.sh, a dead legacy CLI menu referencing an `appLinkdingSetupUser` function that was never defined. Build the real thing, mirroring bookstack's pattern (manifest + thin tool wrappers + auth_adapter that drives the app's native admin shell): containers/linkding/tools/linkding.tools.json — manifest, 5 tools containers/linkding/tools/linkding_<id>.sh — one wrapper per tool containers/linkding/scripts/linkding_auth.sh — Django shell driver Tools (all category=users, so the WebUI's custom user-list panel and its row-level 🔑 / 👑 / 🗑 buttons light up): reset_password — set_password on an existing user (random if blank) create_account — create_user / create_superuser list_users — emits EZ_USER\t<username>\t<username>\t<role> rows (linkding is username-primary, so username goes into both display slots — keeps the panel click-through identifier consistent with the other tools' fields) delete_user — delete by username (destructive, confirm gated) set_admin — toggle is_superuser + is_staff Implementation runs entirely inside the linkding-service container via `runFileOp docker exec ... python manage.py shell -c "<code>"`, reading inputs through `-e` env vars so quoting stays safe. Django's default get_user_model() User is used directly — passwords hash exactly the way the web UI does, admin flags map to the same fields the UI reads. Also drop the dead legacy stub (scripts/menu/tools/manage_linkding.sh) and regenerate files_menu.sh so the source-scan no longer pulls it in. Nothing referenced linkdingToolsMenu — verified by tree-wide grep. Verified live on dev-ai (Debian 12, linkding installed, Django 5 + sqlite): $ libreportal app tool linkding create_account 'username=alice|password=…|admin=true' ✓ Linkding user created — Username: alice — Password: … $ libreportal app tool linkding list_users '' EZ_USER alice alice admin 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.