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Getting Started with Trailer.dev

The Trailer.dev dashboard right after first login, showing the workspaces list.

Trailer.dev is a self-hostable, container-based development platform. It pairs a Go backend with a React frontend, and reconciles your declared workspaces against a container runtime (Docker today).

Run the standalone container

Section titled “Run the standalone container”

The standalone image bundles the server and a Docker agent in a single process. It manages workspaces by talking to the host’s Docker daemon, so it needs the Docker socket mounted.

The commands below use the ghcr.io/trailer-dev registry path. The registry and organization are set at release time, so your deployment’s path may differ. Adjust the image reference to match where your images are published.

  1. Pull the image:

    Terminal window
    docker pull ghcr.io/trailer-dev/standalone:latest

  2. Start it:

    Terminal window
    docker run -d \
      --name trailer \
      -p 8090:8090 \
      -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
      ghcr.io/trailer-dev/standalone:latest

  3. Open the web interface at http://localhost:8090.

  4. Because no users exist yet, you are redirected to the first user setup page.

For other deployment shapes (separate server and agent, or pre-built binaries), see the Installation Guide.

Next steps

Section titled “Next steps”