Self-Host PocketBase with Docker Compose
PocketBase is an open-source Go backend in 1 file with embedded SQLite database, user management and auth, realtime subscriptions, and an intuitive admin dashboard.
Minimum Hardware Requirements
version: '3.8'
services:
pocketbase:
image: ghcr.io/muchobien/pocketbase:latest
container_name: pocketbase
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "8090:8090"
environment:
- NODE_ENV=production
- TZ=UTC
volumes:
- pocketbase_data:/data
volumes:
pocketbase_data:
driver: localdocker-compose.yml and run:
docker compose up -d
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