Dispatcharr

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
Dispatcharr Host Port
Dispatcharr /data Path

Dispatcharr — stream dispatching and channel management.


Port	`9191`
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/dispatcharr`
Daemonless	daemonless/dispatcharr
Source	Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr
Website	dispatcharr.io

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest`	FreeBSD Port. Built from latest FreeBSD packages.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.

Root Privileges Required

Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via doas/sudo).

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI Ansible

services:
  dispatcharr:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/dispatcharr:latest"
    container_name: dispatcharr
    environment:
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone (e.g. America/New_York)
      - POSTGRES_DB=dispatcharr  # PostgreSQL database name (default: dispatcharr)
      - POSTGRES_USER=dispatcharr  # PostgreSQL username (default: dispatcharr)
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=dispatcharr  # PostgreSQL password (default: dispatcharr)
      - CELERY_NICE_LEVEL=5  # niceness for Celery workers (default: 5)
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/dispatcharr/data:/data"
    ports:
      - "9191:9191"
    annotations:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.sysvipc: "true"
    restart: unless-stopped

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=dispatcharr
TZ=UTC
POSTGRES_DB=dispatcharr
POSTGRES_USER=dispatcharr
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=dispatcharr
CELERY_NICE_LEVEL=5

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  dispatcharr:
    name: dispatcharr
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - POSTGRES_DB: !ENV '${POSTGRES_DB}'
        - POSTGRES_USER: !ENV '${POSTGRES_USER}'
        - POSTGRES_PASSWORD: !ENV '${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}'
        - CELERY_NICE_LEVEL: !ENV '${CELERY_NICE_LEVEL}'
    volumes:
      - DISPATCHARR_DATA_PATH: /data
volumes:
  DISPATCHARR_DATA_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/dispatcharr/data'

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/dispatcharr:${tag}
SET allow.sysvipc=1

podman run -d --name dispatcharr \
  -p 9191:9191 \
  --annotation 'org.freebsd.jail.allow.sysvipc=true' \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e POSTGRES_DB=dispatcharr \
  -e POSTGRES_USER=dispatcharr \
  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=dispatcharr \
  -e CELERY_NICE_LEVEL=5 \
  -v /path/to/containers/dispatcharr/data:/data \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/dispatcharr:latest

- name: Deploy dispatcharr
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: dispatcharr
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/dispatcharr:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      TZ: "UTC"
      POSTGRES_DB: "dispatcharr"
      POSTGRES_USER: "dispatcharr"
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "dispatcharr"
      CELERY_NICE_LEVEL: "5"
    ports:
      - "9191:9191"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/dispatcharr/data:/data"
    annotation:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.sysvipc: "true"

Access at: http://localhost:9191

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`TZ`	`UTC`	Timezone (e.g. America/New_York)
`POSTGRES_DB`	`dispatcharr`	PostgreSQL database name (default: dispatcharr)
`POSTGRES_USER`	`dispatcharr`	PostgreSQL username (default: dispatcharr)
`POSTGRES_PASSWORD`	`dispatcharr`	PostgreSQL password (default: dispatcharr)
`CELERY_NICE_LEVEL`	`5`	niceness for Celery workers (default: 5)

Volumes

Path	Description
`/data`	Persistent data — PostgreSQL cluster, media, backups, logos

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
`9191`	TCP	Web UI

Work in Progress: This is an all-in-one (AIO) image — PostgreSQL, Redis, Nginx, Celery, Daphne, and the Django app all run inside a single container.

First run: the container initialises a fresh PostgreSQL cluster under /data/postgres and runs Django migrations automatically. This takes a few extra seconds on first start.

PostgreSQL requires allow.sysvipc in the jail. Add the annotation to your podman run command or compose deploy block:

podman run --annotation 'org.freebsd.jail.allow.sysvipc=true' ...

DJANGO_SECRET_KEY: if not provided, a random key is auto-generated on first start and persisted to /data/secret_key. Set it explicitly if you need a stable key across container recreations.

AI channel matching (torch / sentence-transformers) is not available in this build — PyTorch exists in FreeBSD ports but Python 3.13 support is not yet available (FreeBSD bug #285957, expected ~2027). The rest of Dispatcharr is fully functional.

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.0).
sysvipc: Requires --annotation 'org.freebsd.jail.allow.sysvipc=true' (ocijail 0.5.0+)

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