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Heuristic score 2 of 11: easy." }, "repository": { "owner": "Forceu", "name": "Gokapi", "url": "https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi" }, "compose_check": { "status": "config_ok", "validated_at": "2026-10-22", "summary": "config_ok on 2026-10-22" }, "recipe": { "version": 1, "source_path": "docker-compose.yaml", "source_repo": "Forceu/Gokapi", "source_commit_sha": "0142d4c318ca67e076dc44ba35ff49e05c84790e", "source_kind": "app_repo", "source_url": "https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c318ca67e076dc44ba35ff49e05c84790e/docker-compose.yaml" }, "install_steps": [ { "order": 1, "kind": "prerequisite", "language": "text", "label": "Docker with the Compose plugin", "body": "A host with Docker and the Docker Compose plugin. This entry runs from a compose file.", "source_url": "https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c318ca67e076dc44ba35ff49e05c84790e/docs/setup.rst", "validation_status": "unvalidated" }, { "order": 2, "kind": "compose", "language": "yaml", "label": "Save the compose file as docker-compose.yaml", "body": "services:\n gokapi:\n image: f0rc3/gokapi:latest\n container_name: gokapi\n ports:\n - \"127.0.0.1:53842:53842\"\n volumes:\n - ./gokapi-data:/app/data\n - ./gokapi-config:/app/config\n restart: always\n env_file:\n - \"./.env\"\n", "source_url": "https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c318ca67e076dc44ba35ff49e05c84790e/docker-compose.yaml", "validation_status": "config_ok" }, { "order": 3, "kind": "env", "language": "dotenv", "label": "Save as .env next to the compose file", "body": "# Timezone\nTZ=UTC\n#TZ=Europe/Berlin\n\n\n# Optional S3\n#GOKAPI_AWS_BUCKET=\n#GOKAPI_AWS_REGION=\n#GOKAPI_AWS_KEY=\n#GOKAPI_AWS_KEY_SECRET=\n#GOKAPI_AWS_ENDPOINT=\n\n\n# ID Lengths\n#GOKAPI_LENGTH_ID=15\n#GOKAPI_LENGTH_HOTLINK_ID=40\n\n\n# App Directories\n#GOKAPI_CONFIG_DIR=config\n#GOKAPI_CONFIG_FILE=config.json\n#GOKAPI_DATA_DIR=data\n\n# Chunk & Upload Config\n#GOKAPI_CHUNK_SIZE_MB=45\n#GOKAPI_MAX_FILESIZE=102400\n#GOKAPI_MAX_MEMORY_UPLOAD=50\n#GOKAPI_MAX_PARALLEL_UPLOADS=3\n#TMPDIR=/app/data/tmp\n\n\n# Other flags\n#GOKAPI_DISABLE_CORS_CHECK=false\n#GOKAPI_LOG_STDOUT=false\n#GOKAPI_ENABLE_HOTLINK_VIDEOS=false\n", "source_url": "https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c318ca67e076dc44ba35ff49e05c84790e/.env.dist", "validation_status": "unvalidated" }, { "order": 4, "kind": "note", "language": "text", "label": "What the compose file check ran with", "body": "The compose file check ran together with .env.dist from the same commit, saved as .env. The folder held only these files. The setup guide tells the reader to download docker-compose.yaml and .env.dist, rename .env.dist to .env and run docker compose up -d.", "source_url": "https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c318ca67e076dc44ba35ff49e05c84790e/docs/setup.rst", "validation_status": "unvalidated" }, { "order": 5, "kind": "shell", "language": "bash", "label": "Start it", "body": "docker compose up -d", "source_url": "https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c318ca67e076dc44ba35ff49e05c84790e/docs/setup.rst", "validation_status": "unvalidated" }, { "order": 6, "kind": "verify", "language": "text", "label": "Open the app", "body": "Open http://localhost:53842. The compose file publishes host port 53842 for the gokapi service. The docs say the first start opens a setup wizard at the /setup path.", "source_url": "https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c318ca67e076dc44ba35ff49e05c84790e/docker-compose.yaml", "validation_status": "unvalidated" } ], "notes": [ { "kind": "gotcha", "title": "Some images use the latest tag or no tag", "body": "Images without a pinned version: gokapi: f0rc3/gokapi:latest. A later pull can get a different version.", "source_url": "https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c318ca67e076dc44ba35ff49e05c84790e/docker-compose.yaml", "checked_at": "2026-10-22" }, { "kind": "gotcha", "title": "The compose file publishes host ports", "body": "Host ports: 127.0.0.1:53842 (gokapi).", "source_url": "https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c318ca67e076dc44ba35ff49e05c84790e/docker-compose.yaml", "checked_at": "2026-10-22" }, { "kind": "gotcha", "title": "The compose file mounts host folders", "body": "Host paths mounted into containers: ./gokapi-data at /app/data (gokapi), ./gokapi-config at /app/config (gokapi).", "source_url": "https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c318ca67e076dc44ba35ff49e05c84790e/docker-compose.yaml", "checked_at": "2026-10-22" } ], "signals": { "captured_at": "2026-10-22", "stars": 2913, "forks": 155, "open_issues": 53, "last_push": "2026-09-12", "days_since_push": 40, "latest_release": "v2.2.4", "latest_release_date": "2026-03-10", "days_since_release": 226 }, "links": { "html": "https://openlogs.fyi/tools/gokapi", "markdown": "https://openlogs.fyi/tools/gokapi.md", "json": "https://openlogs.fyi/tools/gokapi.json" }, "updated_at": "2026-10-22" }