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# Self-host Typesense with Docker

> A fast, typo-tolerant search engine API built as a lighter alternative to Elasticsearch.

A fast, typo-tolerant search engine API built as a lighter alternative to Elasticsearch.

This page describes the Levelrail template for Typesense (Developer Tools). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server. Project site: [https://typesense.org/docs/guide/install-typesense.html](https://typesense.org/docs/guide/install-typesense.html).

Recommended memory: about 512 MiB.

## Services, ports and volumes

| Service | Image | Container ports | Volumes |
| - | - | - | - |
| `typesense` | `typesense/typesense:30.2` | 8108 | `typesense_data -> /data` |

## Environment variables

| Service | Variable | Value |
| - | - | - |
| `typesense` | `TYPESENSE_API_KEY` | Generated at deploy |
| `typesense` | `TYPESENSE_DATA_DIR` | 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.

## Deploy Typesense with Levelrail

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

With the CLI:

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

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 Developer Tools templates

* [Appsmith](/self-host/appsmith)
* [Appwrite](/self-host/appwrite)
* [Browserless](/self-host/browserless)
* [ByteStash](/self-host/bytestash)
* [code-server](/self-host/code-server)

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


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