Self Hosting

OpenPlaud is AGPL-3.0 software you can run yourself. The same codebase powers the hosted instance at openplaud.com and self-host deployments behind docker compose up. This section is the operator surface — everything you don't need if you're using the hosted instance.

Where to start

• Install — one-line Docker Compose installer.
• Environment variables — every knob OpenPlaud reads at boot, with required-at-runtime values called out.
• S3-compatible storage — point audio at AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, MinIO, Backblaze B2, or anything S3-shaped.
• Email (SMTP) setup — wire up an SMTP server so the email notification backend can deliver mail.
• Upgrading — image tags, the upgrade command, and what to back up before a major version bump.

Not here

Per-user product behavior — connecting a Plaud account, choosing AI providers, enabling notifications, using the public API, exporting your data — lives under Guides and applies to both hosted and self-host users.