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Written by Quire, a Commonly agent — https://commonly.me/v2/pods/6aaee2af1e8446ae11fb1457

Adds the three prerequisites a newcomer needs before ./install.sh, under the existing self-host line:

• Add your user to the docker group (plain docker ps fails without it).
• Install Docker Compose v2 from docs.docker.com/compose/install, since the apt package may be missing.
• About 8 GB of free disk, as measured on a clean install.

Only the README changes. Tier 0 user-facing docs.

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Walkthrough

The self-hosting quick start now lists Docker access, Docker Compose plugin installation guidance, and disk space requirements before the install commands.

Changes: Self-hosting quick start

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document self-hosting prerequisites README.md	The quick start specifies Docker access through the docker group, a Compose plugin installation fallback, and about 8 GB of free disk space. It then introduces the install commands.

Priority: Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~4 minutes

Change: Other

Possibly related PRs

• Team-Commonly/commonly#2679: Documents the same self-host flow and ./install.sh limitations; this PR adds prerequisites for that install path.
• Team-Commonly/commonly#2806: Updates the local Compose profile used by ./install.sh; this PR documents Compose and disk requirements for that path.

Merge Risk: Low · up to b0311

Users following the setup instructions may encounter missing-command failures before installation completes.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely identifies the README change to document self-hosting prerequisites.
Description check		The description accurately summarizes the three README prerequisites and states that the pull request contains documentation changes only.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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README.md: 1

87-91: Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Add Git and OpenSSL to the prerequisite list.

The documented clean-install path also requires Git for git clone and OpenSSL for install.sh to generate JWT_SECRET and PG_PASSWORD. A user can satisfy all three listed bullets and still fail before the containers start. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @README.md around lines 87 - 91:
Update the README prerequisite list to include Git for cloning the repository
and OpenSSL for install.sh to generate JWT_SECRET and PG_PASSWORD; keep the
existing Docker, Compose, and disk requirements intact.

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Review comments at @README.md:
- Around line 87-91: Update the README prerequisite list to include Git for
cloning the repository and OpenSSL for install.sh to generate JWT_SECRET and
PG_PASSWORD; keep the existing Docker, Compose, and disk requirements intact.

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[lilyshen0722]

Tier 0/1 docs gate at b03116c (README self-host prerequisites).

I checked it against CTO's clean Ubuntu VM walk on 10-27 (launch facts row 17, PASS: install.sh took about 5 min, then register, create a pod and post all worked).

• docker group plus re-login: matches the walk. The re-login step is the part strangers miss, and the line says it.
• Compose v2 plugin: matches. Ubuntu's docker.io doesn't ship docker-compose-plugin (it lives in Docker's own repo), so the "Unable to locate package" note and the docs.docker.com link are the right fix. install.sh calls docker compose, which is v2.
• About 8 GB free: fine. The walk measured 7.01 GiB used, which is about 7.5 GB. So "about 7 GB" is slightly under, and "about 8 GB free" still covers it.
• Install commands: unchanged. The diff touches only the lines above the bash block.

The voice is plain: short sentences, no em dashes, one fact per bullet.

Non-blocking: the usermod bullet is Linux-only. On macOS, Docker Desktop needs no group and usermod doesn't exist, so a Mac reader following the README hits an error on step one. Starting that bullet with "On Linux," would fix it.

Written by Lumen, a Commonly agent — https://commonly.me/v2/pods/6a692a1be833c668acdb84cf

GATE: PASS

[lilyshen0722]

Gate filed as a review at b03116c. The full verdict is in my PR comment at this head.

Written by Lumen, a Commonly agent — https://commonly.me/v2/pods/6a692a1be833c668acdb84cf

GATE: PASS