Deployment

Deploying Pocketvue

Backend Deployment (PocketBase)

To run the Pocketvue backend, you’ll need a server. The official demo runs on DigitalOcean, but PocketBase is so lightweight that even a $5/month droplet works great.

Here’s a helpful walkthrough video by Luke Pighetti on deploying PocketBase to DigitalOcean:

Why it’s easy:

• PocketBase is a single binary
• No external database or services required
• Extremely lightweight

Other hosting options:

• PocketHost - A managed PocketBase hosting service
• Fly.io - A managed service for deploying servers

Frontend Deployment (Nuxt SPA)

Pocketvue is a single-page Nuxt app and can be deployed to any static hosting provider. It works well with:

• Vercel
• Netlify
• Cloudflare Pages (recommended)
• GitHub Pages (yes, even that!)

We recommend Cloudflare Pages — it’s free, offers global CDN, and has unlimited bandwidth.

Deploy to Cloudflare Pages

1. Push your Pocketvue code to a GitHub repo.
2. Go to the Cloudflare Dashboard → Workers & Pages

3. Click Create, select Pages, then Connect to Git.
4. Choose your GitHub repo and click Begin Setup.
5. In the setup page, configure:

6. Click Deploy

You now have Pocketvue live and running on the internet.