Features

Features

Contents

• Core Stack
• Optional Services
• CLI
• Plugin System
• Security
• Feature Details

ɳSelf ships a complete self-hosted backend stack with a full CLI, core services, optional services, and a plugin ecosystem of free and licensed plugins.

Core Stack

Feature	Status	Description
PostgreSQL	✅	Primary database, version-pinned
Hasura GraphQL	✅	Auto-generated GraphQL API + subscriptions
Auth (nHost)	✅	JWT, OAuth, magic links, MFA
Nginx	✅	Reverse proxy, TLS termination, security headers

Optional Services

Feature	Status	Description
Redis	✅	Caching, sessions, pub/sub
MinIO	✅	S3-compatible object storage
Email	✅	SMTP + 16 provider integrations
Search	✅	MeiliSearch full-text search
Functions	✅	Serverless runtime
Admin UI	✅	Local GUI at localhost:3021

CLI

Feature	Status	Description
Top-level commands	✅	Full lifecycle management
Smart auto-build	✅	nself start builds if no compose file
Config management	✅	show / get / set / list / validate / export / import
Service toggles	✅	nself service enable/disable
Plugin proxy	✅	Unknown commands routed to plugin binaries
Migration (v1→v2)	✅	Detect, migrate, rollback
Self-update	✅	nself update with binary download
Doctor	✅	nself doctor --fix for auto-repair

Plugin System

Feature	Status	Description
Free plugins	✅	MIT licensed, no key required
Licensed plugins	✅	Tier-gated, license key required
Compose overlay	✅	Plugins inject Docker services
Nginx injection	✅	Plugins add location blocks
Plugin config templating	✅	Env vars declared in manifest

Security

Feature	Status	Description
Container hardening	✅	cap_drop ALL + no-new-privileges
Auth rate limiting	✅	30r/m default, configurable
Input sanitisation	✅	All user inputs validated
Secret redaction	✅	Secrets never appear in output
Plugin integrity	✅	Manifest validation + checksum
File permissions	✅	.env 0600, backups 0700
Security audit CLI	✅	nself security audit/setup/status (v1.0.3)

Feature Details

• Feature-Auth, authentication and authorisation
• Feature-Storage, object storage with MinIO
• Feature-Search, full-text search with MeiliSearch
• Feature-Functions, serverless runtime
• Feature-Email, email delivery integrations
• Feature-Monitoring, metrics, logs, and alerting
• Feature-Plugins, plugin system overview

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