Get it running.

Unraid

The easiest route. Curacast is in Community Applications.

1. Open the Apps tab

   That's Community Applications. If you don't have it, install it from the Unraid forums first — it's the standard app store for Unraid.

2. Search for Curacast

   Pick the standard template, or the NVIDIA one if you want hardware transcoding on an Nvidia GPU.

3. Click Install

   The defaults are correct for most systems. Change the WebUI port only if something else already uses 8000.

4. Click Apply

   Unraid pulls the image and starts it. Then open the WebUI from the Docker tab.

Synology & QNAP

Through Container Manager or Container Station. No SSH needed.

1. Open Container Manager

   Called Container Station on QNAP. Install it from the Package Center / App Center if it isn't there.

2. Registry → search curacast/curacast

   Download the latest tag.

3. Image → Run

   Set the port and folder as below, then start it.

   Setting	Value
   Local port	8000 → container 8000
   Mount folder	a new shared folder, e.g. /docker/curacast
   Mount path	/home/curacast/app/.curacast
   Auto-restart	enabled

TrueNAS SCALE

Added as a custom app.

1. Apps → Discover Apps → Custom App
2. Image

   Repository curacast/curacast, tag latest.

3. Networking

   Add a port: node port 8000 → container port 8000.

4. Storage

   Add a host-path volume mounted at /home/curacast/app/.curacast, pointing at a dataset you've created for it.

5. Install

Windows & macOS

Through Docker Desktop, entirely in its interface.

1. Install Docker Desktop

   Free for personal use. On Windows it will set up WSL2 for you if it isn't already there.

2. Search curacast/curacast

   Use the search bar at the top of Docker Desktop, then click Run.

3. Expand "Optional settings"

   Set the host port to 8000, and add a volume: pick a folder on your machine and mount it at /home/curacast/app/.curacast.

4. Run

   Then open http://localhost:8000.

Linux

Docker Compose. Save as docker-compose.yml and run docker compose up -d.

services:
  curacast:
    image: curacast/curacast:latest
    container_name: curacast
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    volumes:
      - ./curacast-data:/home/curacast/app/.curacast

For Intel or AMD hardware transcoding, pass the GPU through by adding:

    devices:
      - /dev/dri:/dev/dri