Install

Requirements#

Quick start#

The whole Studio is one container. With Docker Compose:

git clone https://github.com/bugfishtm/ai-everything.git
cd ai-everything
docker compose up -d

Compose takes the image bugfishtm/ai-everything from Docker Hub. No .env file is needed — copy .env.example to .env only when you want to change a port or a limit (Configuration).

Then open http://localhost:8080. The first account you create becomes the administrator.

Without Compose#

The same image runs with plain Docker:

docker run -d --name ai-everything \
  -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 -p 127.0.0.1:8081:8081 -p 127.0.0.1:8443:8443 \
  --shm-size=1g --restart unless-stopped \
  -v studio-data:/data -v studio-db:/var/lib/mysql \
  bugfishtm/ai-everything:latest

Settings are passed with -e NAME=value. --shm-size=1g is for the headless browser the AI uses to look at its own work.

Build it from the source#

To build the image yourself — with your changes, or without toolchains you do not need:

docker compose up -d --build

The first build takes 10–30 minutes. Switches in .env leave parts out: INSTALL_DOTNET, INSTALL_WINDOWS_CROSS, INSTALL_ANDROID, INSTALL_BROWSERS, INSTALL_WORDPRESS, INSTALL_WINE. The default build never contains Claude Code — see what is not in the image.

First steps#

1. Create the first account on the login page — it is the administrator. (Opened from another network, the form asks for a setup code from the server log; see the first account.)
2. Connect your AI under Account & AI:
   • Sign in to Claude Code — Claude Code's own sign-in runs in a terminal in your browser; you approve it on Anthropic's site. The login stays in your private account on the server.
   • or paste an API key from the Anthropic Console (stored encrypted).
3. Pick an area on the home page, click New project and describe what you want — or start from one of the ideas.

Everything Studio · JS Games

Optional, for administrators:

• Admin → AI providers — switch on OpenAI Codex, Google Gemini, OpenCode or your own ACP agent. They are downloaded when you switch them on.
• Admin → Android SDK — install it (you accept Google's license there) to build Android apps.
• Admin → Users — add people. Registration is closed by default.

Where your data lives#

The volumes survive rebuilds, updates and docker compose down. Only docker compose down -v deletes them.

The database runs inside the container and has no network port. docker compose exec studio studio-db status|list|shell|dump manages it. To use your own MySQL or MariaDB server instead, set MYSQL_HOST and its companions.

Updating#

docker compose pull
docker compose up -d

git pull
./scripts/update.sh            # Windows: .\scripts\update.ps1
./scripts/update.sh --full     # also newer base image and OS packages

The database is upgraded by itself at the next start. Claude Code keeps itself current (CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION=latest, checked at start and daily); Admin → Claude Code shows the version.

Backup and restore#

./scripts/backup.sh             # → backups/<date>/studio-db.sql.gz + studio-data.tar.gz
./scripts/backup.sh --no-sdk    # without the Android SDK (it can be downloaded again)

The database dump includes the databases of all WordPress sites.

docker compose up --no-start
docker run --rm -v ai-everything_studio-data:/data -v "$PWD/backups/<date>":/b alpine \
  tar xzf /b/studio-data.tar.gz -C /data
gunzip -c backups/<date>/studio-db.sql.gz | docker compose run --rm -T studio studio-db import
docker compose up -d

Removing it#

docker compose down        # stops it; projects and accounts stay in the volumes
docker compose down -v     # also deletes the volumes — everything is gone

If something does not work#