pocketbase — Launchfile Catalog

Run locally

Tested and verified to launch successfully.

Terminal

$ npx launchfile up pocketbase

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

Terminal

# Clone the source and run natively
$ git clone https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase
$ cd pocketbase
$ 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: ghcr.io/muchobien/pocketbase:latest

Launchfile View on GitHub

# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://launchfile.dev/schema/v1
version: launch/v1
name: pocketbase
description: "Real-time backend in a single Go binary with embedded SQLite"
repository: https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase
logo: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/master/ui/public/images/logo.svg

image: ghcr.io/muchobien/pocketbase:latest
provides:
  - protocol: http
    port: 8090
    exposed: true
storage:
  data:
    path: /pb_data
    persistent: true
health: /api/health
restart: always