Why Stackmoor
It started with a worry
Section titled “It started with a worry”I run my apps at home with Docker Compose. One of them is Termix, and one day I realised I had no good answer to a simple question: what happens if I lose its data?
The panels I used could start and stop stacks, but a backup meant reaching for an external app or a script: working in the terminal, copying everything to a local disk by hand, then syncing it somewhere safe. Restoring was the same, only more stressful. And most of those tools just copy folders – a database that is running while its files are copied can come back broken. To be safe, a backup has to dump the database first.
I wanted backing up and restoring to be as easy as in Cloudron: a few clicks in the panel, no terminal.
Domains were the same story: one more app (a reverse proxy) to install, configure and keep in sync with your stacks.
What I wanted instead
Section titled “What I wanted instead”One simple panel that does the whole job:
- Plain Docker Compose – no app catalog, no special format. The
compose.yamlyou write is what runs. - No paths to type – each app keeps its data in its own folder, created for you.
- Backups built in – databases dumped while apps keep running, everything encrypted and sent to one S3 or Backblaze B2 bucket, with checksums checked. One app or the whole server can be brought back.
- Domains built in – a local domain with a real HTTPS certificate, set next to the stack, not in another tool.
- A clear interface – settings for domains and backups where you expect them.
The ideas are borrowed honestly: whole-server backups to one bucket, with apps running, come from Cloudron; folders created automatically and plain compose files come from Dockge.
Who it is for
Section titled “Who it is for”People who prefer simple and comfortable over endlessly configurable – a home server, a homelab, a small office. If you want your stacks running, on your own domain and safely backed up, without gluing three tools together, Stackmoor is for you.
The name
Section titled “The name”A boat that is moored is tied up safely in harbour. Stackmoor is the harbour for your stacks: they stay where you put them, and they don’t drift away when something goes wrong. (The first names, StackPanel and Moorline, were already taken.)
Who makes it
Section titled “Who makes it”Stackmoor is made by Gadziunet and is free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
It is built with the help of Claude, an AI assistant by Anthropic. Every change is reviewed and tested by hand on real servers – Debian and Unraid – before it is released.
Found a bug or have an idea? Open an issue on GitHub.