Self-host LibreTranslate with Docker

A free and open machine translation API that runs entirely on your own hardware.

This page describes the Levelrail template for LibreTranslate (Developer Tools). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server.

Project site: https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate.

Recommended memory: about 512 MiB.

Services, ports and volumes

Service	Image	Container ports	Volumes
libretranslate	libretranslate/libretranslate:v1.9.6	5000	libretranslate_data -> /home/libretranslate/.local

Environment variables

This template sets no environment variables.

Passwords and keys marked as generated are created for you when the app is deployed and stored as secrets. Values are not shown here.

Deploy LibreTranslate with Levelrail

In the dashboard, open Apps, choose New app, then Browse templates, and select LibreTranslate. Review the Compose body and deploy.

With the CLI:

levelrail-cli templates deploy libretranslate --name my-libretranslate

See Service template catalog for how templates work, and Getting started if you have not installed Levelrail yet.

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