Local Deployment
This setup is not suitable for production use as the database is not persistent and environment variables are not kept secret. For a production-ready setup, follow the self-hosting guide or consider using Langfuse Cloud maintained by the Langfuse team.
You can run Langfuse on your local machine using docker compose. This method is ideal for testing Langfuse and troubleshooting integration issues.
Requirements: docker and docker compose, both are included in Docker Desktop (opens in a new tab)
for Mac or Windows users.
Getting Started
# Clone the Langfuse repository
git clone https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse.git
cd langfuse
# Start the server and database
docker compose up-> Now, you can access Langfuse at http://localhost:3000 (opens in a new tab)
Updating Langfuse
Docker has robust caching functionalities. To fetch the latest Langfuse container, you need to run docker-compose pull. Otherwise, Docker will use the cached version of the Langfuse container.
# Navigate to the Langfuse directory
cd langfuse
# Stop the server and database
docker compose down
# Fetch the latest changes
git pull
docker-compose pull
# Restart the server and database
docker compose upSetting Up a Development Environment
Refer to CONTRIBUTING.md (opens in a new tab) for detailed instructions on how to set up a development environment.
Troubleshooting
The self-hosting guide is more extensive and includes troubleshooting steps which are also applicable to local deployments using docker compose.