lore

README

Keep your knowledge close.
A small, self-hosted, Markdown-first wiki for documentation.

Lore gives you a focused place to write, organize, search, and share documentation. It runs as a single Go application backed by PostgreSQL and includes authentication, revision history, search, media, collaboration, and administration.

The same binary can also publish Markdown as a read-only static documentation site without PostgreSQL or a running Lore server.

Screenshots

Documentation dashboard

Markdown editor

Quick start

Start Lore with Docker Compose:

docker compose -f deploy/compose.yaml up -d

By default, Lore is available at:

http://localhost:8080

On a fresh database, open Lore and create the first administrator through the setup page.

For production deployments, authentication, Kubernetes, static sites, and other configuration, see the documentation.

Common settings

Environment variables use the LORE__ prefix.

Setting	Default	What it changes
LORE__LISTEN_ADDRESS	127.0.0.1:8080	Address and port Lore listens on.
LORE__PUBLIC_URL	http://localhost:8080	Externally visible URL of the Lore installation.
LORE__DATABASE_URL	—	PostgreSQL connection URL.
LORE__LOCAL_LOGIN	false	Enables the local recovery login alongside the configured authentication mode.

See the configuration guide for all settings and authentication options.

Documentation

The full documentation is published at:

gi8lino.github.io/lore

License

Lore is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.