monica — Launchfile Catalog

Run locally

Tested and verified to launch successfully.

Terminal

$ npx launchfile up monica

Requires Docker Desktop. No source code needed — pulls pre-built images and starts monica with all dependencies.

Terminal

# Clone the source and run natively
$ git clone https://github.com/monicahq/monica
$ cd monica
$ npx launchfile up --native

For local development. Requires macOS + Homebrew. Clones the source, installs runtimes and databases via Homebrew, and runs the app natively — no containers.

Image: monica:latest

Launchfile View on GitHub

# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://launchfile.dev/schema/v1
version: launch/v1
name: monica
description: "Personal CRM for managing relationships and social interactions"
repository: https://github.com/monicahq/monica
logo: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monicahq/monica/main/public/img/monica.svg

image: monica:latest
provides:
  - protocol: http
    port: 80
    exposed: true
requires:
  - type: mysql
    set_env:
      DB_HOST: $host
      DB_PORT: $port
      DB_DATABASE: $name
      DB_USERNAME: $user
      DB_PASSWORD: $password
secrets:
  app-key:
    generator: secret
env:
  APP_KEY: "base64:${secrets.app-key|base64}"
  APP_URL:
    default: "http://localhost"
storage:
  data:
    path: /var/www/html/storage
    persistent: true
health: /
restart: always

Test Results

Last Tested

2026-04-11

Health Check

Passing

Startup Time

Total Disk

1016 MB

Required Services

mysql

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requires health storage env expressions ($)