Promptify

Self-hostable prompt bank for individuals and teams. Create, version, and reuse prompts from a web UI, REST API, or MCP-compatible clients (for example Cursor).

Each account has its own prompts, settings, and API keys. An admin account can manage users and server options.

Features

• Web UI to create and version prompts (with {{variables}} in templates)
• Multi-user accounts; each user’s prompts stay private to them
• Optional self-registration (admin can turn this on or off)
• API keys for REST and MCP access
• SQLite by default (single file), or MongoDB if you prefer it
• Docker Compose for a one-command deploy

Upcoming

• Tags: share a prompt with everyone on the server by adding the public tag; group prompts by use case or any custom tags you define
• Search: full-text search and filter by tag in the UI and MCP
• Allow admins to reset user passowrds (upcoming)

Quick start

Requirements: Docker (Compose optional). Image: sarthakpranesh/promptify. This is for a quick try; for daily use, read Configuration.

With docker run:

docker run -d \
  --name promptify \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -e PROMPTIFY_SESSION_SECRET="replace-with-long-random-string" \
  sarthakpranesh/promptify:latest

With compose

services:
  promptify:
    image: sarthakpranesh/promptify:latest
    container_name: promptify
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    environment:
      PROMPTIFY_SESSION_SECRET: "replace-with-long-random-string"

Open http://localhost:8080. The default admin credentials are admin@promptify.com and admin.

Configuration

Refer .env.example and docker-compose.yml. Just copy and modify values as per your needs.

Volumes

Data persists under ./container_data and the compose file already maps it to a local folder.

ENV Reference Table

Variable	Required	Description
PROMPTIFY_SESSION_SECRET	Yes	Long random string for signed login cookies. Keep it stable across restarts, unless you want to logout all your users.
PROMPTIFY_ADMIN_EMAIL	No	Admin email (default admin@promptify.com) , automatically gets updated to latest values from ENV on container restarts
PROMPTIFY_ADMIN_PASSWORD	No	Admin password (default admin), automatically gets updated to latest values from ENV on container restarts
PROMPTIFY_LOG_PATH	No	Path for the process log (default data/promptify.log)
PROMPTIFY_MONGO_DB_URI	No	If set, use MongoDB instead of SQLite
PROMPTIFY_SERVER_ENV	No	With Mongo: dev or prod (selects DB name). Default dev
PROMPTIFY_SQLITE_PATH	No	SQLite file path (default data/database.db)

Using Promptify

Web app

For users

1. Sign in at / (or register if the admin enabled registration).
2. Create and edit prompts on the dashboard.
3. Open Settings to generate an API key for tools and automations.

For admins, everything a non admin user can do and below

1. Open the Server console to:
   • Toggle self-registration
   • Add or remove users (the admin account cannot be removed)
   • Download the process log

REST API

After you create an API key in Settings:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>" \
  http://<your promptify url>:8080/api/prompts

MCP

MCP endpoint: http://<your promptify url>:8080/mcp.

Example Cursor MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "promptify": {
      "url": "http://localhost:8080/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_PROMPTIFY_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Troubleshooting

Problem	What to try
Cannot sign in	Defaults are admin@promptify.com / admin unless you changed env. Login expects a valid email address
401 on /api/* or /mcp	Use Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY> from Settings for the same user
Logged out after container restart	Keep PROMPTIFY_SESSION_SECRET unchanged so existing cookies still verify
Lost admin access	Set PROMPTIFY_ADMIN_EMAIL / PROMPTIFY_ADMIN_PASSWORD and restart; credentials sync onto the admin account

Contributing

Want to change code, fix bugs, or improve docs? See CONTRIBUTING.md for the tech stack, project layout, and local development workflow.

With love from India 🇮🇳