Today's engine work reaches 30 of 561 ct scripts, about 5% of ProxmoxVE
traffic. The retry on engine downloads, exit 227 for a container that will not
start, the umask fix that stops a hardened host producing unusable containers,
the TMPDIR guard and the toolchain restore are all sitting where almost nobody
runs them.
Checked before touching anything, because "migrate" meant something much
larger last time:
- None of the eighteen remaining top-25 scripts has an alpine-* variant, so
there is no merge to do -- unlike the earlier round.
- No script references misc/ anywhere except its bootstrap line.
- Comparing the two engines' function surfaces, 61 names exist only in misc/.
None of the eighteen calls any of them.
So it really is one line per script, and the head now matches the scripts
migrated earlier byte for byte.
Five in this wave rather than all eighteen, chosen as the lowest-volume of the
set at roughly 170 installs a day each: enough traffic to surface a problem
within a day, contained enough that a regression does not reach thousands.
docker at 1255/day and the OS containers should follow only once this wave has
run clean.
immich and vaultwarden are deliberately not in it. Both already sit near 44%
success, and migrating them now would change two variables at once with no way
to attribute the result.
Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts
One-command installations for services, containers, and VMs on Proxmox VE
A community project — built on the foundation of @tteck's original work
What is this?
Simplify your Proxmox VE setup with community-driven automation scripts.
Install and configure popular self-hosted services with a single command — no manual package hunting, no config file archaeology. Paste a command into your Proxmox shell, answer a few prompts, and your container or VM is up and running.
The collection covers hundreds of services across categories like home automation, media servers, networking tools, databases, monitoring stacks, and more.
Requirements
| Component | Details |
|---|---|
| Proxmox VE | Version 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, or 9.2 |
| Host OS | Proxmox VE (Debian-based) |
| Access | Root shell access on the Proxmox host |
| Network | Internet connection required during installation |
Getting Started
The fastest way to find and run scripts:
- Go to community-scripts.org
- Search for the service you want (e.g. "Home Assistant", "Nginx Proxy Manager", "Jellyfin")
- Copy the one-line install command from the script page
- Open your Proxmox Shell and paste it
- Choose between Default or Advanced setup and follow the prompts
Each script page documents what the container includes, default resource allocation, and post-install notes.
How Scripts Work
Every script follows the same pattern:
Default mode — Picks sensible resource defaults (CPU, RAM, storage) and asks only the minimum required questions. Most installs finish in under five minutes.
Advanced mode — Gives you full control over container settings, networking, storage backends, and application-level configuration before anything is installed.
After installation, each container ships with a post-install helper accessible from the Proxmox shell. It handles common tasks like:
- Applying updates to the installed service
- Changing application settings without manually editing config files
- Basic troubleshooting and log access
What's Included
The repository covers a wide range of categories. A few examples:
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| Home Automation | Home Assistant, Zigbee2MQTT, ESPHome, Node-RED |
| Media | Jellyfin, Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, Immich |
| Networking | AdGuard Home, Nginx Proxy Manager, Pi-hole, Traefik |
| Monitoring | Grafana, Prometheus, Uptime Kuma, Netdata |
| Databases | PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Redis, InfluxDB |
| Security | Vaultwarden, CrowdSec, Authentik |
| Dev & Tools | Gitea, Portainer, VS Code Server, n8n |
Browse the full list at community-scripts.org/categories — new scripts are added regularly.
Contributing
This project runs on community contributions. Whether you want to write new scripts, improve existing ones, or just report a bug — every bit helps.
Where to start
| I want to… | Go here |
|---|---|
| Add a new script | ProxmoxVED — new scripts are tested here first |
| Fix or improve an existing script | Contributing Guidelines — open a PR in this repo |
| Report a bug or broken script | Issues |
| Request a new script or feature | Discussions |
| Report a security vulnerability | Security Policy |
| Get help or chat with other users | Discord |
Before you open a PR
- New scripts go to ProxmoxVED, not here. PRs with new scripts opened directly against this repo will be closed.
- Bug fixes and improvements to existing scripts belong in this repo — read the Contributing Guidelines first.
- Keep PRs focused. One fix or feature per PR.
- Document what your script installs and any non-obvious decisions in the corresponding JSON metadata file.
Core Team
![]() MickLesk |
![]() michelroegl-brunner |
![]() BramSuurdje |
![]() CrazyWolf13 |
![]() tremor021 |
![]() vhsdream |
![]() asylumexp |
Project Activity
Support the Project
This project is maintained by volunteers. All infrastructure costs come out of pocket, and the work is done in people's spare time.
30% of all donations are forwarded directly to cancer research and hospice care — a cause that was important to tteck.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License — free to use, modify, and redistribute for personal and commercial purposes.
See the full license text in LICENSE.
Maintained and expanded by the community · In memory of tteck
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