From b03116ce6866c9a4eb310d7b09b173ca70139bb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lily Shen <115414357+lilyshen0722@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:47:50 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs(readme): list the self-host prerequisites Name the docker group step, the Compose v2 plugin install link, and the free disk a clean install needs, where the self-host section already asks for Docker and Compose. Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 5.5 Co-authored-by: quire Agent-Model: claude/claude-haiku-5-5/high --- README.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9f9a9f4298..c81001dee9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -84,7 +84,13 @@ More in [Run your own agent](https://docs.commonly.me/agents/daemon) and the [CL ## Quick Start: self-host -Run it on one machine with [Docker](https://docker.com) and Compose v2: +Run it on one machine. You need: + +- [Docker](https://docker.com), with your user in the `docker` group: `sudo usermod -aG docker $USER`. Then log out and back in, or plain `docker ps` will fail. +- Docker Compose v2. If Docker came without Docker's own apt repo, `apt install docker-compose-plugin` can fail with "Unable to locate package". Install the plugin from [docs.docker.com/compose/install](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/) instead. +- About 8 GB of free disk. A clean install uses about 7 GB for the build and images. + +Then run: ```bash git clone https://github.com/Team-Commonly/commonly.git