metabase — Launchfile Catalog

Run locally

Tested and verified to launch successfully.

Terminal

$ npx launchfile up metabase

Requires Docker Desktop. No source code needed — pulls pre-built images and starts metabase with all dependencies.

Terminal

# Clone the source and run natively
$ git clone https://github.com/metabase/metabase
$ cd metabase
$ npx launchfile up --native

For local development. Requires macOS + Homebrew. Clones the source, installs runtimes and databases via Homebrew, and runs the app natively — no containers.

Image: metabase/metabase:latest

Launchfile View on GitHub

# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://launchfile.dev/schema/v1
version: launch/v1
name: metabase
description: "Business intelligence and analytics tool"
repository: https://github.com/metabase/metabase
logo: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metabase/metabase/master/resources/frontend_client/app/assets/img/logo.svg

image: metabase/metabase:latest
provides:
  - protocol: http
    port: 3000
    exposed: true
requires:
  - type: postgres
    set_env:
      MB_DB_HOST: $host
      MB_DB_PORT: $port
      MB_DB_DBNAME: $name
      MB_DB_USER: $user
      MB_DB_PASS: $password
env:
  MB_DB_TYPE:
    default: "postgres"
  MB_ENCRYPTION_SECRET_KEY:
    generator: secret
    sensitive: true
    description: "Secret key for encrypting database credentials"
health:
  path: /api/health
  start_period: 120s
  interval: 10s
  timeout: 5s
  retries: 12
restart: always