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The README tells the reader to clone the repository, copy .env.example to .env and run docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up -d from the root folder.", "source_url": "https://github.com/ghostfolio/ghostfolio/blob/0d58df7ce77acaddb657216a03782c9fed2d935d/README.md", "validation_status": "unvalidated" }, { "order": 6, "kind": "shell", "language": "bash", "label": "Start it", "body": "docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up -d", "source_url": "https://github.com/ghostfolio/ghostfolio/blob/0d58df7ce77acaddb657216a03782c9fed2d935d/README.md", "validation_status": "unvalidated" }, { "order": 7, "kind": "verify", "language": "text", "label": "Open the app", "body": "Open http://localhost:3333. The compose file publishes host port 3333 for the ghostfolio service. The README says to open this address and create the first user.", "source_url": "https://github.com/ghostfolio/ghostfolio/blob/0d58df7ce77acaddb657216a03782c9fed2d935d/docker/docker-compose.yml", "validation_status": "unvalidated" } ], "notes": [ { "kind": "gotcha", "title": "Some images use the latest tag or no tag", "body": "Images without a pinned version: ghostfolio: docker.io/ghostfolio/ghostfolio:latest. A later pull can get a different version.", "source_url": "https://github.com/ghostfolio/ghostfolio/blob/0d58df7ce77acaddb657216a03782c9fed2d935d/docker/docker-compose.yml", "checked_at": "2026-10-22" }, { "kind": "gotcha", "title": "The compose file publishes host ports", "body": "Host ports: 3333 (ghostfolio). A port without a host address listens on all host network interfaces.", "source_url": "https://github.com/ghostfolio/ghostfolio/blob/0d58df7ce77acaddb657216a03782c9fed2d935d/docker/docker-compose.yml", "checked_at": "2026-10-22" }, { "kind": "gotcha", "title": "Some services get elevated host access", "body": "postgres adds Linux capabilities.", "source_url": "https://github.com/ghostfolio/ghostfolio/blob/0d58df7ce77acaddb657216a03782c9fed2d935d/docker/docker-compose.yml", "checked_at": "2026-10-22" } ], "signals": { "captured_at": "2026-10-22", "stars": 9554, "forks": 1386, "open_issues": 337, "last_push": "2026-10-22", "days_since_push": 0, "latest_release": "3.90.0", "latest_release_date": "2026-10-21", "days_since_release": 1 }, "links": { "html": "https://openlogs.fyi/tools/ghostfolio", "markdown": "https://openlogs.fyi/tools/ghostfolio.md", "json": "https://openlogs.fyi/tools/ghostfolio.json" }, "updated_at": "2026-10-22" }