I'm packaging Hoppscotch Community Edition for nixpkgs (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/317162), and we at nixpkgs do not prefer packaging with Docker since nixpkgs' build infrastructure/tooling already does what Docker does, there's no point adding a virtualisation layer on top of it and is wasteful.
The principle. No software should be married to some build tooling. Context from the conversations with the team on Hoppscotch's public Discord:

The backend, in particular, was designed to run with Docker, so configuring it without containerizations might be a bit of a headache.

This shouldn't be the case. I'd argue that this issue should be a bug report and not a feature request.

Originally created by @GetPsyched on GitHub (Oct 8, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/issues/4415 ### Is there an existing issue for this? - [X] I have searched the existing issues ### Summary https://docs.hoppscotch.io/documentation/self-host/community-edition/install-and-build This section with steps without Docker. ### Why should this be worked on? Two reasons. 1. I'm packaging Hoppscotch Community Edition for nixpkgs (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/317162), and we at nixpkgs do not prefer packaging with Docker since nixpkgs' build infrastructure/tooling already does what Docker does, there's no point adding a virtualisation layer on top of it and is wasteful. 2. The principle. No software should be married to some build tooling. Context from the conversations with the team on Hoppscotch's public Discord: > The backend, in particular, was designed to run with Docker, so configuring it without containerizations might be a bit of a headache. This shouldn't be the case. I'd argue that this issue should be a bug report and not a feature request.

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@GetPsyched commented on GitHub (Oct 8, 2024):

cc @mirarifhasan (relevant POC pointed out by @SanskritiHarmukh)

@GetPsyched commented on GitHub (Oct 8, 2024): cc @mirarifhasan (relevant POC pointed out by @SanskritiHarmukh)

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@Toastyyy3 commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2025):

Same for Proxmox users, many don't like running docker in an already virtualised environment, so I'd also love to see an adaption

@Toastyyy3 commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2025): Same for Proxmox users, many don't like running docker in an already virtualised environment, so I'd also love to see an adaption