Show HN: Self-host Reddit – 2.38B posts, works offline, yours forever

Re:Show HN: Self-host Reddit – 2.38B posts, works offline, y... by alcroito on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @03:57PM (#46607858)

I tried spinning up the local approach with docker compose, but it fails.

There's no `.env.example` file to copy from. And even if the env vars are set manually, there are issues with the mentioned volumes not existing locally.

Seems like this needs more polish.

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Re:Show HN: Self-host Reddit – 2.38B posts, works offline, y... by 19-84 on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @04:09PM (#46608057)

thank you for your comment, some example dot files were not copied in my original repo, they have now been added.

https://github.com/19-84/redd-archiver/commit/0bb103952195ae...

i will look into updating the local deployment instructions

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Re:Show HN: Self-host Reddit – 2.38B posts, works offline, y... by alcroito on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @04:27PM (#46608361)

Cheers. I checked the updated steps.

This is still missing creating the `output/.postgres-data` dir, without which docker compose refuses to start.

After creating that manually, going to http://localhost/ shows a 403 Forbidden page, which makes you believe that something might have gone wrong.

This is before running `reddarchiver-builder python reddarc.py` to generate the necessary DB from the input data.

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Re:Show HN: Self-host Reddit – 2.38B posts, works offline, y... by 19-84 on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @05:21PM (#46609149)

I've updated the workflow and added a placeholder page that will serve before archives are created. thanks again! https://github.com/19-84/redd-archiver/commit/0dfd505ca81cb2...

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