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Set up Skippy

Clone the repository, then create a .env file when you have a public address:

.env
PUBLIC_URL=https://notes.example.com

Choose the Compose command that fits your installation.

Setup Includes Command
Standard Skippy with SQLite and local attachment storage docker compose up -d
Transcription and image text Standard setup, Whisper, and Tesseract docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.simple.yml up -d
Full stack Transcription, image text, and Garage S3 storage docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.simple.yml -f docker-compose.all.yml up -d

Open Skippy at http://localhost:8787, or the address in PUBLIC_URL.

Full-stack credentials

The full stack requires Garage credentials in .env before its first start:

access_key="GK$(openssl rand -hex 16)"
secret_key="$(openssl rand -hex 32)"
printf 'GARAGE_RPC_SECRET='; openssl rand -hex 32
printf 'S3_ACCESS_KEY=%s\n' "$access_key"
printf 'GARAGE_DEFAULT_ACCESS_KEY=%s\n' "$access_key"
printf 'S3_SECRET_KEY=%s\n' "$secret_key"
printf 'GARAGE_DEFAULT_SECRET_KEY=%s\n' "$secret_key"

Copy the output into .env.

Install on a device

These commands install Skippy directly from a development machine. They do not publish it to an app store.

Android

Enable USB debugging, connect the device, then run:

cd app
flutter devices
flutter run --release -d <android-device-id>

iPhone or iPad

Use macOS with Xcode, enable Developer Mode on the device, and select your Apple signing team in app/ios/Runner.xcworkspace. Then connect the device and run:

cd app
flutter devices
flutter run --release -d <ios-device-id>

An app installed with a free Apple developer account needs refreshing every seven days.

Documentation site

The documentation container is included in the base Compose file:

docker compose up -d docs

Open it at http://localhost:8123. Set DOCS_PORT to use a different host port.