Haven
★ 802A self-hosted alternative to Wordpress Com
MIT LicenseOpen Source — No Paywall2 Containers — 2 containers — light hosting footprintDocker · Compose · SourceNeeds Postgres
About
Haven is a private blogging application aimed at individuals who want to share writing with friends and family rather than run a public or commercial blog. It is built with Ruby on Rails and...
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Features
- account management
- markdown writing and live preview
- custom blog customization
- custom CSS and fonts
- image/video/audio media support
- private RSS feeds
- built-in RSS reader
- low-bandwidth optimization
- no ads or trackers
- no self-signup
Details
- Last Updated
- Sep 7, 2026
- Created
- Jan 19, 2021
- Install Methods
- dockerdocker-composesource
- Requirements
- Ruby on Railsdockerdocker-composeAWS account (for AWS deployment)Heroku account (for Heroku deployment)
- Authentication
- local
- Runtime / Stack
- Ruby
- Privacy & Independence
- No TelemetryNo Cloud Required
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓2 Containers — light hosting footprintRuns as 2 containers
Docker Compose
2 services · database: postgres · infra: postgres
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (2 volumes)
docker-compose.yml · @ cb01f41 · scanned Jun 5, 2026
version: '3.7'
services:
haven:
build:
context: .
dockerfile: Dockerfile
depends_on:
- postgresql
ports:
- "3000:3000"
volumes:
- haven_storage:/app/storage
tmpfs:
- /tmp/pids/
environment:
- PIDFILE=/tmp/pids/server.pid
- RAILS_ENV=production
- HAVEN_DB_HOST=postgresql
- HAVEN_DB_NAME=haven
- HAVEN_DB_ROLE=haven
# ...
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