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Workspace

Lodestar
A private workspace

Notes, tasks, files, diagrams and chat on your own server - your team's material stays yours.

  • Docs, tasks and files in one private space
  • Chat that is not a per-user subscription
  • Your content stays on your disk
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In the box

A working, pinned Docker Compose stack for a self-hosted productivity workspace. Not a link dump - the integration layer: services wired together, environment template, quickstart, runbook, and a script that fetches the exact upstream sources at pinned commits.

10 components 17 files 5 tiers Docker Compose
Best for

Teams leaving hosted workspace tools.

Pricing

Choose your tier

One-time purchase. Higher tiers add components; the top tier adds a live onboarding session. Every tier includes the runbook, verify script and component guides.

Starter
The entry point. Two or three services, one compose file.
$12 $20one-time 40% off
  • Working Compose stack
  • BookStack and Kanboard wired
  • Pinned source fetch
Get Lodestar Starter
2 components · instant download
Growth
Adds the core services most teams reach for next.
$30 $50one-time 40% off
  • Everything in Notes & Tasks
  • Syncthing and File Browser
  • Diagram setup
Get Lodestar Growth
5 components · instant download
Pro
The working set - most of the stack, documented end to end.
$60 $100one-time 40% off
  • Everything in Files & Diagrams
  • Grist and Zulip
  • Workspace architecture guide
Get Lodestar Pro
8 components · instant download
Most popular
Scale
Nearly everything, plus 30 days of priority support.
$120 $200one-time 40% off
  • Everything in Full Workspace
  • Jitsi video and Actual budgeting
  • 30 days priority support
Get Lodestar Scale
10 components · instant download
Complete
Every component, plus a live onboarding session.
$180 $300one-time 40% off
  • All ten components
  • 1:1 onboarding session
  • Lifetime updates
Get Lodestar Complete
10 components · instant download
Architecture

How it fits together

Each service runs as its own container. The compose file defines the network, the volumes and the wiring between them.

docker compose — Lodestarcompose network · named volumesBookStackMIT · PHPkanboardMIT · PHPgrist-coreApache-2.0 · TypeScriptexcalidrawMIT · TypeScriptdrawioApache-2.0 · JavaScriptsyncthingMPL-2.0 · GofilebrowserApache-2.0 · GozulipApache-2.0 · Pythonjitsi-meetApache-2.0 · TypeScriptactualMIT · TypeScript
Components

10 services, pinned

Every project keeps its own licence and copyright. The stack ships the integration, not a fork.

ComponentWhat it doesLicenceSource
BookStack
PHP
 Wiki with books, chapters and pages. MIT upstream
f585a7d910
kanboard
PHP
 Simple kanban project management. MIT upstream
f822f427c1
grist-core
TypeScript
 Spreadsheet database hybrid Apache 2.0 upstream
72345cbe06
excalidraw
TypeScript
 Hand-drawn style diagrams, self-hosted. MIT upstream
ed10ac7dca
drawio
JavaScript
 Diagramming for architecture and flowcharts. Apache 2.0 upstream
2201e54124
syncthing
Go
 Continuous peer-to-peer file sync. MPL 2.0 upstream
7ad73b408a
filebrowser
Go
 Web file manager for a directory on your server. Apache 2.0 upstream
833d908884
zulip
Python
 Threaded team chat you host yourself. Apache 2.0 upstream
5d221ab721
jitsi-meet
TypeScript
 Video meetings Apache 2.0 upstream
f493181efd
actual
TypeScript
 Local-first budgeting app you host yourself. MIT upstream
984ce48038
Documentation

A guide for every component

Written docs that ship inside the archive - role, reasoning and how to run each service.

actualbookstackdrawioexcalidrawfilebrowsergristjitsikanboardsyncthingzulip
Quickstart

Run it

# 1. fetch the pinned upstream sources
./fetch-sources.sh ./sources

# 2. configure and start
cp .env.example .env
docker compose up -d

# 3. confirm everything came up
./verify.sh

Docker Engine 24+ with the Compose v2 plugin. 4 GB RAM for light tiers, 16 GB+ for the complete deployment.