Quick start

Get Probo running locally in under 10 minutes, or sign up for the cloud-hosted version.

Cloud-hosted

The fastest way to get started is with the cloud-hosted version of Probo.

1. Create your account

   Visit app.getprobo.com and sign up for a free account.

2. Create your organization

   After signing in, create an organization for your company. This is the top-level container for all your compliance data.

3. Select a compliance framework

   Navigate to Frameworks and select the framework you want to pursue — SOC2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, or others. Probo will populate a pre-built set of controls to work through.

4. Invite your team

   Go to Settings → Team and invite colleagues. Assign roles (Owner, Admin, Employee, Viewer, Auditor) based on their responsibilities.

Compliance frameworks

Understand how frameworks, controls, measures, and evidence fit together.

Roles and permissions

Learn about the five roles and what each one can do.

Self-hosted

Run Probo on your own infrastructure using Docker Compose and a single Go binary.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have:

• Go 1.21+ — download
• Node.js 22+ — download
• Docker — download
• mkcert — for local TLS (brew install mkcert or see docs)

Setup

1. Clone the repository

   git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/getprobo/probo.git
   cd probo
   

   The --recurse-submodules flag is required — Probo uses Git submodules for some dependencies.

2. Install dependencies

   # Install Go dependencies
   go mod download
   
   # Install Node.js dependencies
   npm ci
   
3. Start infrastructure services

   make stack-up
   

   This starts PostgreSQL, SeaweedFS (S3-compatible file storage), Mailpit (local email), Chrome (for PDF generation), and the observability stack via Docker Compose.

4. Build the project

   make build
   

   This compiles the Go binary and bundles the React frontend into bin/probod.

   For faster iteration on backend changes only, skip the frontend build: SKIP_APPS=1 make build

5. Start Probo

   bin/probod -cfg-file cfg/dev.yaml
   

   The application will be available at http://localhost:8080.

The cfg/dev.yaml configuration uses insecure placeholder secrets and is intended for local development only. Never use it in production. See Deployment for production configuration.

Testing custom domains (optional)

To test the trust center custom domain feature locally, add the CNAME target to your hosts file:

# macOS / Linux: edit /etc/hosts
# Windows: edit C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
127.0.0.1 custom.getprobo.com

The CNAME target is configured in cfg/dev.yaml under custom-domains.cname-target.

Deployment

Production deployment with Docker Compose.

Configuration reference

All configuration options for self-hosted Probo.