Nodaro Community Edition Quickstart

5 steps to a running self-hosted Nodaro:

1. Create a Supabase project

Go to https://supabase.com and create a new project (free tier is fine for testing).

Copy these values from Project Settings:

2. Apply database migrations

Run the SQL files in supabase/migrations/ against your Supabase project, in filename order, via the Supabase SQL editor or supabase db push if you have the Supabase CLI linked.

3. Configure secrets

cp .env.example .env
echo "INTERNAL_ORCHESTRATOR_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)" >> .env
echo "SOCIAL_ENCRYPTION_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 32)" >> .env

Then edit .env and fill in the Supabase values from step 1 plus at least one AI provider key (KIE_API_KEY, REPLICATE_API_TOKEN, or ANTHROPIC_API_KEY).

4. Start the stack

docker compose -f docker-compose.community.yml up

Wait for nodaro-1 to log Server listening at http://0.0.0.0:9000 (backend), then visit http://localhost:3000.

Initial Docker build takes ~5-10 minutes (Node deps, Remotion bundling, frontend build). Subsequent boots are seconds.

5. Open the editor

http://localhost:3000

Sign up with an email + password (Supabase Auth handles this — no Google OAuth required for community edition). The first user is automatically a regular user; admin promotion is a manual SQL step (see Deployment → First user + admin promotion). Note: the admin panel only exists in the Business and Cloud editions.

Troubleshooting