Before you get started

This is still a work-in-progress and some things may not work but for the most part everything has been tested without issue!

Note: the Revolt team is primarily focused on other components of the app, don't expect any immediate support, some issues may also be seen as out of scope for what this repo is trying to achieve so they may be marked as WONTFIX.

Please read the FAQ before running your own server and you may want to read about additional notes relating to third-party instances.

Errata Notice

amd64 builds are currently unavailable.

Related issue: revoltchat/backend#116

Quick Start

This repository provides reasonable defaults, so you can immediately get started with it on your local machine.

Warning This is not recommended for production usage - see below for the full guide.

git clone https://github.com/revoltchat/self-hosted revolt
cd revolt
cp .env.example .env
docker-compose up -d

Then simply go to http://local.revolt.chat:5000

Setup

Clone this repository.

git clone https://github.com/revoltchat/self-hosted revolt
cd revolt

Copy the .env file and edit according to your needs.

Warning: The default configuration is intended for testing and only works on your local machine. If you want to deploy to a remote server, you need to edit the URLs in the .env file.
If you get a network error when trying to log in, double check your configuration before opening an issue.

cp .env.example .env

Then bring up Revolt:

docker-compose up -d

Updating Revolt

To update Revolt, first pull the latest copy of this repository to ensure you have the latest tags:

git pull

Then pull all the latest images:

docker-compose pull

Now you can restart your services:

docker-compose up -d

Additional Notes

Expose database

You can insecurely expose the database by adding a port definition:

# docker-compose.override.yml
services:
  database:
    ports:
      - "27017:27017"

Mongo compatibility

Older processors may not support the latest MongoDB version, you may pin to MongoDB 4.4 as such:

# docker-compose.override.yml
services:
  database:
    image: mongo:4.4

Making your instance invite-only

Enable invite-only mode by setting REVOLT_INVITE_ONLY in .env to 1

Create an invite (Replace "YOUR INVITE HERE" with what you want the invite code to be)

docker-compose exec database mongosh
use revolt
db.invites.insertOne({ _id: "YOUR INVITE HERE" })

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