Request for Non-Docker Installation Option

[allluke]

Thanks for your work on Profilarr—looks great!

I’d love to run it in an LXC container on Proxmox, but I prefer not to use Docker. Are there any plans to support a native install method (e.g., standalone binary or manual setup)? Even basic guidance on running it outside Docker would be appreciated.

[TheKrowi]

I got it working using this. This is my own documentation so issues might occur but copilot can help a lot here. It's not the cleanest but it worked for me. My biggest issue was PyYAML and python 3.11 not working nicely together but manually installing 6.0 and skipping it from the requirements did it for me. I want to have a look at pnpm as this might have better performance building like Homarr but that's for another time :)

# ✨ System Preparation
apt update && apt upgrade -y
apt install -y curl git python3-full python3-pip npm

# 📥 Clone the Profilarr Repository
git clone https://github.com/Dictionarry-Hub/Profilarr.git /opt/profilarr/app

# 🐍 Virtual Environment Setup
python3 -m venv /opt/profilarr/venv
source /opt/profilarr/venv/bin/activate

# 📦 Python Build Tools
pip install PyYAML==6.0

# 📄 Install Python Dependencies
pip install -r <(grep -v PyYAML /opt/profilarr/app/backend/requirements.txt)

# 🧾 Create systemd Service for Flask Backend
cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/profilarr-backend.service
[Unit]
Description=Profilarr Daemon
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/opt/profilarr/venv/bin/python -m app.main
WorkingDirectory=/opt/profilarr/app/backend
Restart=on-failure
User=root
UMask=0002

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

# 📁 Navigate to Frontend Directory
cd /opt/profilarr/app/frontend

# 📦 Install Node Dependencies
npm install

cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/profilarr-frontend.service
[Unit]
Description=Profilarr Frontend (Vite)
After=profilarr-backend.service
Requires=profilarr-backend.service

[Service]
Type=simple
User=root
WorkingDirectory=/opt/profilarr/app/frontend
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/npm run build && /usr/bin/npm run preview"
Restart=on-failure
Environment=NODE_ENV=development
Environment=PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

echo "127.0.0.1 backend" | tee -a /etc/hosts > /dev/null

# 🚀 Activate Backend Service
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable --now profilarr-backend
systemctl enable --now profilarr-frontend

# 📊 Optional: Verify Service Status
systemctl status profilarr-backend --no-pager
journalctl -u profilarr-backend -n 50 --no-pager --no-hostname
systemctl status profilarr-frontend --no-pager
journalctl -u profilarr-frontend -n 50 --no-pager --no-hostname