Blinko Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Blinko hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted AI note app on your own domain. Deploy Blinko in one click and xCloud brings up the pinned image, a private PostgreSQL 16 database, two persistent volumes and HTTPS, with the database credentials generated for you. Create the first account, which becomes the super administrator, and start capturing card-style Markdown notes and tasks. AI features work only with a model provider you supply.

Deploy your Blinko

No terminal
No technical skills needed
No lock-in, cancel anytime

What is Blinko?

Self-hosted Blinko is an AI-powered card note-taking project for people who want to capture and organize fleeting thoughts quickly. Notes are stored as plain text with full Markdown support, and its RAG-based retrieval lets you search them with natural-language queries. Upstream stresses data ownership: your notes live in your own self-hosted environment. It is licensed GPL-3.0.

On xCloud the template runs blinkospace/blinko 1.8.8, pinned by immutable digest, with a private PostgreSQL 16 sidecar, reached through xCloud's nginx over HTTPS on your domain. xCloud generates the database name, user, password and NextAuth secret. Data lives on two volumes, blinko_db and blinko_data. The first account becomes the super administrator and public registration is disabled afterwards. AI features need a model provider whose credentials and costs are yours.

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

Self-hosting Blinko normally means containers, a database, a domain and a certificate before anything works. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Blinko from the OneClick catalog. Takes 30 seconds — no server to prepare.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up Blinko 1.8.8, pinned by immutable digest, with a private PostgreSQL 16 database, mount the blinko_data and blinko_db volumes, generate the database credentials and publish it over HTTPS.
Step 03
Start Using It
Open your HTTPS URL, choose Sign up and create the first account, which becomes the super administrator. Then jot down a first note or task and review settings before enabling any AI provider.

Everything Blinko Does, On Your Own Server

Blinko runs here with its own PostgreSQL 16 database, and every note, task and attachment stays on volumes you control.

Card-Style Markdown Notes
Capture ideas instantly as plain-text cards with full Markdown support, so a fleeting thought is saved the moment it strikes.
Natural-Language Note Search
Upstream's RAG retrieval lets you search notes with plain-language queries. It needs an AI model provider that you configure and pay for yourself.
Tasks And Attachments
Keep tasks next to notes and attach files, with local attachment data stored under the blinko_data volume.
You Own The Data
Notes, accounts and settings sit in a PostgreSQL database on your own server, not in a vendor's cloud workspace.
Private PostgreSQL Included
A PostgreSQL 16 sidecar holds the relational data and is reachable only on the install's private network.
Registration Locked After Setup
The first account becomes the super administrator, and public registration is disabled afterwards unless you turn it on.

Everything You Need To Run Your Service 24/7

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

Blinko deployed instantly
Image pinned by immutable digest
Database credentials generated for you
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Blinko

Run a self-hosted note taking app
Keep personal or team notes and tasks on a server you control, behind your own domain and HTTPS, with registration closed once the first administrator exists.
Capture fleeting ideas in seconds
Open the app, type a card and move on. Notes are plain text with Markdown, so a half-formed thought is saved immediately and can be tidied up later.
Search notes in plain language
With an AI provider you configure, upstream's RAG retrieval answers natural-language queries over your notes. The provider's credentials and any usage costs stay with you, not xCloud.
Keep attachments beside your notes
Attach files to notes and keep them on your own server. Local attachment data lives in the blinko_data volume, so back it up together with the database to keep attachments and notes in step.

Blinko vs Alternatives

Notion: Compared with Notion, Blinko is narrower: card-style Markdown notes and tasks stored in a PostgreSQL database on your own server, with AI features only through a model provider you supply.
Evernote: Compared with Evernote, Blinko keeps notes as plain text with Markdown on infrastructure you control, and upstream emphasises data ownership in a self-hosted environment.
Memos: Compared with Memos, also on xCloud, Blinko offers RAG-based natural-language retrieval over notes, which relies on an AI provider that you configure yourself.
Trilium Notes: Compared with Trilium Notes, also on xCloud, Blinko favours quick card capture and tasks as plain-text Markdown cards, stored in a PostgreSQL database on your server.

Ready To Own Your Setup?

Blinko 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.

Is Blinko free?

Yes. Blinko is open source under the GPL-3.0 licence, so the software carries no fee. The xCloud bill covers the Cloud VPS and its upkeep. Any AI provider you connect bills you separately for its own usage.

How do I self-host Blinko with Docker?

This template does it for you. Blinko Docker hosting here means the blinkospace/blinko image pinned by immutable digest, a private PostgreSQL 16 container, two named volumes and HTTPS on your domain, without hand-written compose or database setup.

Does Blinko need PostgreSQL?

Yes, and this template provides it. A private PostgreSQL 16 sidecar stores accounts, notes, tasks and settings, reachable only on the install's private network. xCloud generates its name, user and password, and the database volume is blinko_db.

Does Blinko need an AI API key?

Only for AI features. Notes, tasks and attachments work without one. To use AI-assisted retrieval you configure a model provider in Blinko's settings, and its credentials and any resulting usage costs are yours. Keep those keys out of notes and screenshots.

What is the difference between Blinko and Memos?

Both run on xCloud as OneClick apps. Upstream describes Blinko as an AI-powered card note project with RAG-based natural-language retrieval, plus tasks and attachments in this template. Memos has its own documentation, so compare it there.

How do I back up Blinko?

Take a backup of both named volumes as one recovery set. blinko_db holds accounts, notes, tasks and settings, and blinko_data holds application files under /app/.blinko, including local attachments. Quiesce writes or use PostgreSQL-aware tooling, and test a restore.

Backups in xCloud

How do I update Blinko?

Blinko stays on the 1.8.8 digest chosen at install, and a catalog re-sync reaches new installations only, so xCloud does not upgrade it for you. Back up both volumes, read the upstream release notes and database migrations, then recreate the containers without deleting the volumes.

Does Blinko support Markdown?

Yes. Upstream stores notes as plain text with full Markdown support for quick formatting. Because notes are plain text cards, capturing a thought is fast, and you can format and link ideas later without leaving the app.

Can other people sign up to my Blinko?

Not by default. The first account created becomes the super administrator, and public registration is then disabled unless the administrator turns it on in Blinko. Use a unique password for that first account and keep it private.

How much RAM does Blinko need?

The catalog minimum is 1024 MB of RAM, one CPU core and 5 GB of disk. Blinko cloud hosting on xCloud starts at the 6 GB tier. Attachment volume, note count, indexing, AI features and PostgreSQL growth can all require more memory and storage.

Is Blinko on xCloud run by the Blinko project?

No. xCloud runs the server and deploys the upstream blinkospace/blinko 1.8.8 image with its PostgreSQL database; the Blinko project is independent, and questions about AI settings and features belong with Blinko's own documentation. Any AI provider you connect is also your own account, billed to you.

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.