Self-Hosting NocoBase Questions

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Am intrigued with NocoBase and considering it as a candidate platform to support some of our projects in 2025.

While we don’t develop in Javascript/Typescript ourselves, we’re not averse to using JS/TS-based tools if 1) we can run NocoBase on either the BUN or DENO runtimes rather than NODE, and 2) if we can can self-host NocoBase without Docker.

So our questions are basically these:

Q1) Can NocoBase be run without changes on either BUN or DENO runtimes? Or does NocoBase and/or its ecosystem retain hard dependencies on NODE?

Q2) Can NocoBase be self-hosted without Docker using our choice of database, e.g. PostgreSQL or SQLite? If so, is there documentation for doing so on Linux, say Debian 12?

Q3) Are there perhaps Ansible scripts or Nix Flakes available for building, configuring and installing NocoBase on a target server?

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Hi,

  1. We haven’t tried running NocoBase on Bun/Deno yet, but if you’re interested in exploring NocoBase further, we’re open to make it possible.

  2. Please refer to the documentation at Getting Started - Installation. You can consider the other two installation methods. However, we highly recommend using Docker. Let us know if you have any concerns about this approach.

  3. Installing and deploying NocoBase is similar to a standard Node.js project and is not complex. We haven’t used tools like Ansible for deployment, but if you need assistance in this area, feel free to reach out.