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# Self-host Kokoro TTS with Docker

> A CPU text-to-speech server with an OpenAI-compatible /v1/audio/speech API, built on the Kokoro model. Apache-2.0 licensed. The image is about 3 GB and there is no login, so keep it on a private network or behind an auth proxy.

A CPU text-to-speech server with an OpenAI-compatible /v1/audio/speech API, built on the Kokoro model. Apache-2.0 licensed. The image is about 3 GB and there is no login, so keep it on a private network or behind an auth proxy.

This page describes the Levelrail template for Kokoro TTS (AI). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server. Project site: [https://github.com/remsky/Kokoro-FastAPI](https://github.com/remsky/Kokoro-FastAPI).

Recommended memory: about 1536 MiB.

## Services, ports and volumes

| Service | Image | Container ports | Volumes |
| - | - | - | - |
| `kokoro` | `ghcr.io/remsky/kokoro-fastapi-cpu:v0.9.2` | 8880 | none |

## Environment variables

| Service | Variable | Value |
| - | - | - |
| `kokoro` | `TZ` | Preset in the template |

Passwords and keys marked as generated are created for you when the app is deployed and stored as secrets. Values are not shown here.

## Security and requirements

Level: **Standard**.

What this template needs:

* Nothing beyond a standard container: no extra privileges, host mounts or published ports.

What Levelrail adds around it:

* Automatic HTTPS and an ingress shield in front of every domain.
* Deploys are gated on the health check before traffic switches.
* One-step rollback to the previous revision.
* Exposure report shows what is reachable from outside.
* Host firewall rules managed for published ports.

## Deploy Kokoro TTS with Levelrail

In the dashboard, open **Apps**, choose **New app**, then **Browse templates**, and select Kokoro TTS. Review the Compose body and deploy.

With the CLI:

```bash theme={"dark"}
levelrail-cli templates deploy kokoro-fastapi --name my-kokoro-fastapi
```

See the [service template catalog](https://docs.levelrail.com/templates-and-registry.md) for how templates work, and [Getting started](https://docs.levelrail.com/getting-started.md) if you have not installed Levelrail yet.

## More AI templates

* [AnythingLLM](https://docs.levelrail.com/self-host/anythingllm.md)
* [ComfyUI](https://docs.levelrail.com/self-host/comfyui.md)
* [Crawl4AI](https://docs.levelrail.com/self-host/crawl4ai.md)
* [Docling Serve](https://docs.levelrail.com/self-host/docling-serve.md)
* [Flowise](https://docs.levelrail.com/self-host/flowise.md)

All templates are listed in the [self-host gallery](https://docs.levelrail.com/self-host.md).


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