Memos is a self-hosted, lightweight note-taking and knowledge-base application with a focus on simplicity and privacy. This Docker Compose stack deploys Memos with persistent storage and an external reverse proxy.

Project Details

Project Repository: Memos
Container Image: Docker Hub
Compose Example: Official Docs
Documentation: Docs
Reverse Proxy Port: 5230

Getting Started

Copy sample.env to .env and edit values as needed
Start the stack: docker compose up -d
Open http://localhost:5230 in your browser
Create your admin account on first visit

Environment Variable Notes

VOL_PATH – base path for persistent data (default: /data)
MEMOS_IMAGE – image tag (default: neosmemo/memos:stable)
MEMOS_RESTART – restart policy (default: unless-stopped)
MEMOS_PORT – host port (default: 5230)

Volume Notes

${VOL_PATH:-/data}/memos – SQLite database, uploads, and user data

Network Notes

Requires the external proxy network.

Docker Run

docker run -d \
  --name memos \
  -p 5230:5230 \
  -v /data/memos:/var/opt/memos \
  neosmemo/memos:stable

Additional Notes / Gotchas

Memos uses SQLite by default — no external database needed.
All data is stored in the mounted volume. Back up regularly.

Dockhand Stack, Deploy from Git

Cookbooks Repository stackname: memos Compose file path: memos_dev/compose.yaml Additional env file (optional): memos_dev/sample.env

Then "Load" memos_dev/sample.env into the Environmental variables in dockhand

Create the Stack

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Memos

Overview