Briefkasten
★ 1.2kA self-hosted alternative to Notion, Evernote
MIT LicenseOpen Source — No Paywall2 Containers — 2 containers — light hosting footprintPackage · Compose · SourceNo external DB1 active committer (12mo)
About
Briefkasten is a self-hostable web application built as a monorepo with a SvelteKit frontend and a Hono-based backend API. The README presents it as a complete rewrite of version 1 and provides setup...
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Features
- SvelteKit web app
- Hono-based API
- self-hosting
- Docker deployment
- local development container setup
- database migrations
- Prisma schema sync
- baseline migration for existing databases
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 11, 2026
- Created
- May 4, 2022
- Install Methods
- package-managerdocker-composesource
- Requirements
- PostgreSQL databaseS3-compatible object storageBetter Authnpm/pnpmNode.js
- Authentication
- oauthlocal
- API
- REST
- Backup & Export
- database-dumpnative-export
- Runtime / Stack
- NodejsDocker
- Privacy & Independence
- Cloud: Optional
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓2 Containers — light hosting footprintRuns as 2 containers
Run Briefkasten with Docker Compose
Compose file from the Briefkasten project repository.
2 services
no resource limits declared
docker-compose.yml · @ c22dbe2 · scanned Sep 23, 2026
services:
briefkasten-web:
build:
context: .
tags:
- web:latest
target: web
restart: unless-stopped
networks:
- briefkasten
ports:
- ${PORT:-3000}:${PORT:-3000}
env_file: ./apps/web/.env
briefkasten-backend:
build:
context: .
tags:
- backend:latest
target: backend
networks:
- briefkasten
ports:
- ${PORT:-8000}:${PORT:-8000}
restart: unless-stopped
env_file: apps/backend/.env
volumes:
database:
networks:
briefkasten:
This file may be out of date. Check the Briefkasten documentation for current setup steps.
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