DockSTARTer
DockSTARTer is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Self-hosting Platforms category, licensed MIT and written mainly in Shell. It ships a Docker image. It has 2,574 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 21, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 2,574
- Forks
- 288
- Open issues
- 4
- Commits, last 12 months
- 291
- Last commit
- Oct 21, 2026
- Latest release
- v1.20260831.1Aug 31, 2026
- Created
- May 25, 2018
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 21, 2026, 291 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
| Last commit | Oct 21, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 291 |
| Latest release | v1.20260831.1 (Aug 31, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 168 |
| Open issues | 4 |
| Open pull requests | 0 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | May 25, 2018 |
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About DockSTARTer
DockSTARTer helps you get started with home server apps running in Docker.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/GhostWriters/DockSTARTer.
Topics
- docker
- docker-compose
- homelab
- htpc
- self-hosted
- ubuntu
- debian
- raspbian
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Is DockSTARTer free and open source?
Yes. DockSTARTer is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run DockSTARTer with Docker?
Yes. DockSTARTer provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to DockSTARTer?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to DockSTARTer include Coolify, Portainer and Dokploy.
Is DockSTARTer actively maintained?
The most recent commit to DockSTARTer was on Oct 21, 2026 with 291 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v1.20260831.1, published Aug 31, 2026. It had 4 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.