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# Self-host Penpot with Docker

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This page describes the Levelrail template for Penpot (Productivity). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server. Project site: [https://help.penpot.app](https://help.penpot.app).

Recommended memory: about 2048 MiB.

## Services, ports and volumes

| Service | Image | Container ports | Volumes |
| - | - | - | - |
| `backend` | `penpotapp/backend:2.11.1` | none | `penpot_assets -> /opt/data/assets` |
| `exporter` | `penpotapp/exporter:2.11.1` | none | none |
| `frontend` | `penpotapp/frontend:2.11.1` | 8080 | none |
| `postgres` | `postgres:15-alpine` | none | `penpot_db_data -> /var/lib/postgresql/data` |
| `valkey` | `valkey/valkey:8.1-alpine` | none | `penpot_valkey_data -> /data` |

## Environment variables

| Service | Variable | Value |
| - | - | - |
| `backend` | `PENPOT_DATABASE_PASSWORD` | Generated at deploy |
| `backend` | `PENPOT_DATABASE_URI` | Preset in the template |
| `backend` | `PENPOT_DATABASE_USERNAME` | Generated at deploy |
| `backend` | `PENPOT_FLAGS` | Preset in the template |
| `backend` | `PENPOT_OBJECTS_STORAGE_BACKEND` | Preset in the template |
| `backend` | `PENPOT_OBJECTS_STORAGE_FS_DIRECTORY` | Preset in the template |
| `backend` | `PENPOT_PUBLIC_URI` | Preset in the template |
| `backend` | `PENPOT_REDIS_URI` | Preset in the template |
| `backend` | `PENPOT_SECRET_KEY` | Generated at deploy |
| `exporter` | `PENPOT_PUBLIC_URI` | Preset in the template |
| `exporter` | `PENPOT_REDIS_URI` | Preset in the template |
| `postgres` | `POSTGRES_DB` | Preset in the template |
| `postgres` | `POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS` | Preset in the template |
| `postgres` | `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` | Generated at deploy |
| `postgres` | `POSTGRES_USER` | Generated at deploy |

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

## Deploy Penpot with Levelrail

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

With the CLI:

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

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

## More Productivity templates

* [AFFiNE](/self-host/affine)
* [AppFlowy](/self-host/appflowy)
* [Baby Buddy](/self-host/babybuddy)
* [BookStack](/self-host/bookstack)
* [Cal.com](/self-host/calcom)

All templates are listed in the [self-host gallery](/self-host).


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