RetroAssembly

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

Personal retro game collection cabinet in your browser. Play NES, SNES, Genesis, GBA, and more.


Port	`8000`
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/retroassembly`
Daemonless	daemonless/retroassembly
Source	arianrhodsandlot/retroassembly
Website	retroassembly.com

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest`	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	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:
  retroassembly:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/retroassembly:latest
    container_name: retroassembly
    environment:
      - RETROASSEMBLY_RUN_TIME_DATA_DIRECTORY=/data
      - RETROASSEMBLY_RUN_TIME_STORAGE_DIRECTORY=/data/storage
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/retroassembly/data:/data"
    ports:
      - 8000:8000
    restart: unless-stopped

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=retroassembly
RETROASSEMBLY_RUN_TIME_DATA_DIRECTORY=/data
RETROASSEMBLY_RUN_TIME_STORAGE_DIRECTORY=/data/storage

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  retroassembly:
    name: retroassembly
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - RETROASSEMBLY_RUN_TIME_DATA_DIRECTORY: !ENV '${RETROASSEMBLY_RUN_TIME_DATA_DIRECTORY}'
        - RETROASSEMBLY_RUN_TIME_STORAGE_DIRECTORY: !ENV '${RETROASSEMBLY_RUN_TIME_STORAGE_DIRECTORY}'
    volumes:
      - RETROASSEMBLY_DATA_PATH: /data
volumes:
  RETROASSEMBLY_DATA_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/retroassembly/data'

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/retroassembly:${tag}

podman run -d --name retroassembly \
  -p 8000:8000 \
  -e RETROASSEMBLY_RUN_TIME_DATA_DIRECTORY=/data \
  -e RETROASSEMBLY_RUN_TIME_STORAGE_DIRECTORY=/data/storage \
  -v /path/to/containers/retroassembly/data:/data \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/retroassembly:latest

- name: Deploy retroassembly
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: retroassembly
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/retroassembly:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      RETROASSEMBLY_RUN_TIME_DATA_DIRECTORY: "/data"
      RETROASSEMBLY_RUN_TIME_STORAGE_DIRECTORY: "/data/storage"
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/retroassembly/data:/data"

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`RETROASSEMBLY_RUN_TIME_DATA_DIRECTORY`	`/data`	Data directory for SQLite database (default: /data)
`RETROASSEMBLY_RUN_TIME_STORAGE_DIRECTORY`	`/data/storage`	Directory for uploaded ROM files (default: /data/storage)

Volumes

Path	Description
`/data`	Database and uploaded ROM storage

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
`8000`	TCP	Web UI

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).

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