Self Hosting

Deploy on Vercel (recommended)

Click and follow the instructions:

You will need to set the following environment variables:

• OPENAI_API_KEY: Create an API key at OpenAI
• ENCRYPT_COLUMN_SECRET: Generate a random secret

After deploying, go to the app URL and follow the instructions to complete setup.

Other platforms

Helper is a Next.js app, so follow the Next.js deployment guide for your platform of choice.

You will need to set up the following services. The environment variables may be set automatically if your platform has a built-in integration, or you may need to set them manually.

• Supabase (set up environment variables for POSTGRES_URL, POSTGRES_URL_NON_POOLING, SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY, NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL, NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY)
• Inngest (set up environment variables for INNGEST_SIGNING_KEY and INNGEST_EVENT_KEY)