Self-Host Chatwoot with Docker Compose
Chatwoot gives you a shared team inbox to manage live customer conversations across website chat, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and WhatsApp from a single unified dashboard.
Minimum Hardware Requirements
version: '3.8'
services:
chatwoot:
image: chatwoot/chatwoot:latest
container_name: chatwoot
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "3000:3000"
environment:
- NODE_ENV=production
- TZ=UTC
volumes:
- chatwoot_data:/data
volumes:
chatwoot_data:
driver: local
docker-compose.yml and run:
docker compose up -d
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