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Thelounge Thelounge

Description / nameInput element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
Thelounge Host Port
Thelounge /var/opt/thelounge Path

Build Status Last Commit OCI Pulls

The self-hosted web IRC client on FreeBSD.
Port 9000
Registry ghcr.io/daemonless/thelounge
Daemonless daemonless/thelounge
Source thelounge/thelounge
Website thelounge.chat

Version Tags

Tag Description Best For
latest Upstream Binary. Built from official release. Most users — recommended.

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions, including the security model for host vs. container privileges.

Deployment

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services:
  thelounge:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/thelounge:latest"
    container_name: thelounge
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
    volumes:
      - "/containers/thelounge/thelounge:/var/opt/thelounge"
    ports:
      - "9000:9000"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

Warning

Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the jail's IPv4 address or hostname assigned by the virtual network.

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# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=thelounge
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC

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# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - alias:
  - ip4_inherit:
services:
  thelounge:
    name: thelounge
    options:
      - container: 'args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - THELOUNGE_THELOUNGE_PATH: /var/opt/thelounge
volumes:
  THELOUNGE_THELOUNGE_PATH:
    device: '/containers/thelounge/thelounge'

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# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION container=boot
OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/thelounge:${tag}

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

Experimental

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah and shares the host network stack (inherit). Mount volumes with --volume HOST JAIL; without it, image-declared volumes are stored under ${bastille_volumesdir}/${jail}.

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services:
  thelounge:
    name: thelounge
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/thelounge:latest"
    network:
      - mode: host
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
    volumes:
      - "/containers/thelounge/thelounge:/var/opt/thelounge"

Save as bastille-compose.yml, then run bastille up.

Access at: http://localhost:9000

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable Default Description
PUID 1000 User ID for the application process
PGID 1000 Group ID for the application process
TZ UTC Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path Description
/var/opt/thelounge Data and configuration directory

Ports

Port Protocol Description
9000 TCP Thelounge port

Implementation Details

  • Architectures: amd64
  • User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
  • Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.1).

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