Aptabase Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Aptabase hosting and run a self-hosted app analytics platform for your mobile, desktop and web apps on a dedicated Cloud VPS. xCloud starts the pinned Aptabase image with private PostgreSQL and ClickHouse services, generates the auth secret and database passwords, keeps accounts and events on persistent volumes and serves the dashboard and ingestion API over HTTPS on your own domain, ready for an SDK and an App Key.

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What is Aptabase?

Aptabase is an open-source, privacy-first analytics platform built for mobile, desktop and web apps, positioned by its README as an alternative to Firebase and Google Analytics. It offers SDKs for Swift, React Native, Flutter, Electron, Kotlin and other frameworks, a simple dashboard and minimal usage data collection without unique identifiers. Run on your own server it is a self-hosted Aptabase, under the AGPL-3.0, and you are responsible for maintenance and updates.

On xCloud it is deployed as three containers: the Aptabase image from the main branch, which upstream does not version, pinned by digest, a private PostgreSQL 15 and a private ClickHouse 23.8. The aptabase_postgres_data and aptabase_clickhouse_data volumes hold the state, and registration is open until you restrict access, so the first thing to do is register your own account.

From Sign-Up to a Live Aptabase In Just 3 Easy Steps

An Aptabase install normally means the app container, PostgreSQL for accounts, ClickHouse for events, an auth secret, two volumes, a domain and a certificate before the first event. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Aptabase from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and a server; the install form has no application fields, because xCloud generates the secrets and database passwords.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the ghcr.io/aptabase/aptabase main image, pinned by digest, with private postgres 15 and clickhouse 23.8, mount aptabase_postgres_data and aptabase_clickhouse_data and publish HTTPS. First boot runs migrations for a few minutes.
Step 03
Register, Activate And Add An App
Open the URL and register straight away, because anyone who can reach the site can. Without SMTP the activation link is in the container log. Then create an app for its App Key and install an SDK.

Everything Aptabase Does, On Your Own Server

Aptabase runs here as a private analytics server, with accounts and events kept on volumes you own.

Analytics For Apps
Aptabase is built for mobile, desktop and web apps, as an open-source alternative to Firebase and Google Analytics.
SDKs For Many Frameworks
Upstream provides SDKs for Swift, React Native, Flutter, Electron, Kotlin and others, sending events to your own server's ingestion API.
Privacy-First Data
Upstream says it collects minimal usage data without unique identifiers, focusing on sessions. This page makes no legal compliance claim.
Built-In Dashboard
A simple dashboard shows your essential metrics, with an App Key per app for the event and events endpoints.
PostgreSQL And ClickHouse
PostgreSQL holds accounts, apps and icons; ClickHouse stores events and errors. Both are private to the install with no published port.
Optional Sign-In Providers
Add GitHub or Google sign-in by setting OAuth client IDs and secrets and registering the callback URLs on your domain, then redeploying.

Everything You Need To Run Your App Analytics 24/7

Managed hosting for Aptabase, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Aptabase deployed instantly
Image pinned by digest
Private PostgreSQL and ClickHouse
Secrets and passwords generated
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Aptabase

Measure a mobile app without a third-party tracker
Add an Aptabase SDK to your app and send usage events to your own server, so event data stays with you instead of an analytics vendor.
Track a desktop or Electron app
Use the Electron or other desktop SDKs to see sessions and feature use for software that has no web page to instrument.
Replace Firebase or Google Analytics for app usage
Move app usage metrics to a server you control, accepting that you now handle updates, backups and access.
Keep events and errors in your own ClickHouse
Store events and errors in a ClickHouse volume you back up, rather than in a hosted analytics database.

Aptabase vs Alternatives

Firebase Analytics: Aptabase's README positions it as an open-source alternative to Firebase; here it is software you run yourself, with events in ClickHouse on your own xCloud server.
Google Analytics: Aptabase's README also names Google Analytics; Aptabase targets mobile, desktop and web apps with SDKs and keeps the data on a server you control.
Plausible: A web analytics tool, available as its own OneClick app; compare its website focus with Aptabase's app SDKs.
Umami: Also a OneClick app; Aptabase's model is SDK-based event ingestion with an App Key per app, so compare the two on that basis.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Aptabase hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More apps and event volume on the same server.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Aptabase itself is open source under the AGPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own App Analytics?

Aptabase on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own your data. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Can I self-host Aptabase with Docker?

Yes, and this template is Aptabase Docker hosting without the compose file: the Aptabase image pinned by digest, private PostgreSQL 15 and ClickHouse 23.8, two named volumes and an HTTPS route. Upstream says self-hosting is free but you are responsible for maintenance and updates.

What databases does Aptabase use?

Two, both private to the install. PostgreSQL 15 stores accounts, apps and blob icons, while ClickHouse 23.8 stores events and errors. Neither publishes a port, and each has a generated password that initialises its empty volume only.

How much RAM does Aptabase need?

The template minimum is 1 GB of RAM, 2 CPU cores and 20 GB of disk, and ClickHouse benefits from more memory and disk as event volume grows. This page sells the 6 GB tier, which leaves room for that growth.

Which SDKs does Aptabase have?

Upstream lists SDKs for Swift, React Native, Flutter, Electron, Kotlin and many other frameworks. Each sends events to the ingestion API with an App Key you create in the dashboard, here on your own domain.

How do I log in to Aptabase?

There is no default user. Open the URL, register an account and complete activation. Without SMTP the activation link, which looks like /api/_auth/continue?token=, is written to the Aptabase container log, so read it from the server.

Can anyone register on my Aptabase server?

Yes, by default. Any visitor who can reach the site can register until you restrict access at the edge, so register your own account first. There is no setting in this template that closes sign-up, so use a firewall or a proxy rule.

Does Aptabase need SMTP?

Not to start. Leave the SMTP settings unset until you have a complete mail server, since empty values are ignored. To enable GitHub or Google sign-in instead, set the OAuth client IDs and secrets, register the callbacks and redeploy.

Is Aptabase free?

Yes to self-host: Aptabase is open source under the AGPL-3.0, and upstream also sells a managed cloud service. Here the cost is the dedicated Cloud VPS underneath. AGPL terms apply if you offer a modified Aptabase to others over a network.

How do I back up Aptabase?

Back up aptabase_postgres_data and aptabase_clickhouse_data together, and keep AUTH_SECRET stable. PostgreSQL holds accounts and apps, ClickHouse holds events and errors. No backup runs automatically, so take your own and restore it on a spare install.

Backup and restore Docker apps

How do I upgrade Aptabase?

Upstream publishes no version tags; the template pins the main-branch image by its digest from 2026-10-01. Back up both volumes together, then adopt a newer xCloud template version when one is published, and verify registration, sign-in and event ingestion. Never run docker compose down -v.

Is this an Aptabase cloud service?

It is Aptabase on a dedicated Cloud VPS under your xCloud login, an Aptabase cloud of your own at your domain, separate from upstream's managed cloud. The App Key you create per app is what SDKs use to send events.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.