changedetection.io Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy changedetection.io hosting and run self-hosted website change monitoring for prices, stock, policy pages and releases on a dedicated Cloud VPS. xCloud starts the pinned changedetection.io 0.55.8 container with a generated dashboard password, keeps watches, snapshots and history on a persistent volume and serves it over HTTPS on your own domain, using the built-in HTTP fetcher, with no browser service to run and no fetch queue to tune yourself.

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What is changedetection.io?

changedetection.io detects website changes automatically: it watches web pages and endpoints, compares snapshots and notifies you through services such as Discord, email, Slack, Telegram and webhooks, and it suits monitoring price changes, restocks, policy pages and releases. Run on your own server it is self-hosted changedetection.io, a plain web app with a dashboard, an alternative to a hosted monitoring service such as Visualping, released under the Apache-2.0 licence.

On xCloud it is one container, ghcr.io/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io 0.55.8 pinned by digest, using only its built-in HTTP fetcher. The changedetection_data volume holds settings, watches, history and snapshots. JavaScript-rendered pages, the visual selector and browser steps need a separate browser service that is not included, and upstream's LLM features and version checks are off by default.

From Sign-Up to a Live changedetection.io In Just 3 Easy Steps

A changedetection.io install normally means a Python container, a salted dashboard password, a datastore volume, a domain and a certificate before the first watch. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick changedetection.io from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and a server, and set the admin password of 12 to 64 characters, or leave it empty to have 24 characters generated.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start ghcr.io/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io 0.55.8, pinned by digest, as one container, mount changedetection_data at /datastore, convert the password to the required salted format on every start and publish HTTPS.
Step 03
Add A Test Watch First
Sign in with the generated password and add a harmless synthetic URL. Confirm its first snapshot completes, change the page and use Recheck all to see history, then add real watches and your own notification endpoints.

Everything changedetection.io Does, On Your Own Server

changedetection.io 0.55.8 runs here as a password-protected monitor, with watches, snapshots and notification settings kept on a volume you own.

Detect Page Changes
Watch pages and endpoints, compare each snapshot with the last and see what changed by word, line or individual character.
Notifications To Your Channels
Send alerts through services such as Discord, email, Slack, Telegram and webhooks. The notification credentials are yours and are added after install.
Price And Restock Detection
Enable the restock and price option for single product pages to follow price changes and back-in-stock events from the page's metadata.
Built-In HTTP Fetcher
This template uses the lightweight HTTP fetcher. Pages that need JavaScript, the visual selector and browser steps need a browser service that is not included.
Locked-Down Defaults
Dashboard authentication is on from the first start, file:// monitoring is disabled, and version checks and LLM features are off by default.
Everything In One Volume
Settings, watches, history, snapshots and notification configuration all live on the changedetection_data volume.

Everything You Need To Run Your Change Monitor 24/7

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

changedetection.io 0.55.8 deployed instantly
Image pinned by digest
Dashboard password generated for you
file:// monitoring disabled
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With changedetection.io

Watch a product page for price drops
Follow a product's price and stock from its page metadata and get an alert when it changes or comes back in stock.
Track policy and terms pages
Get notified when a supplier's terms, a privacy policy or a documentation page changes, with the diff kept in your history.
Follow software releases
Watch a release page or a JSON endpoint and send a webhook or chat message when a new version appears.
Keep monitoring data off a third-party service
Store watch lists and snapshots on a volume you control, rather than a hosted monitoring provider that holds them.

changedetection.io vs Alternatives

Visualping: A hosted page-change monitoring service run by its vendor; changedetection.io is Apache-2.0 software you run yourself, with watches and history on your own xCloud server.
Distill Web Monitor: A page-monitoring tool offered as a browser extension and a service; changedetection.io is a self-hosted web application with its own notification settings.
Huginn: A self-hosted agent system that can watch the web and act on events, available as its own OneClick app; changedetection.io is focused on page change detection.
urlwatch: A command-line tool that watches pages and reports changes from a schedule; changedetection.io adds a web dashboard, change history and notification settings on top of the same idea.

Ready To Run Your Own Change Monitor?

changedetection.io 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 run changedetection.io in Docker?

Yes, and this template is changedetection.io Docker hosting without the setup: the ghcr.io/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io 0.55.8 image pinned by digest, one container, the changedetection_data volume at /datastore and an HTTPS route to port 5000. Upstream publishes the image on Docker Hub.

How much RAM does changedetection.io need?

The single container using the HTTP fetcher is sized at 512 MB of memory, one core and 2 GB of storage. A browser service would need much more. Begin on 6 GB; moving up later is a resize.

Does changedetection.io work on JavaScript pages?

Not in this template. It uses the built-in HTTP fetcher, so pages rendered by JavaScript, the visual selector, browser steps and screenshots, which need Playwright, are not available. Static pages, JSON endpoints and prices in page metadata work.

How do I log in to changedetection.io?

Sign in with the generated admin password from the credentials. It is converted to a salted format on every start and cannot be removed in the UI. To rotate it, update ADMIN_PASSWORD in the Environment editor and use Restart or Redeploy.

How do I get alerts from changedetection.io?

Add notification URLs for services such as Discord, email, Slack, Telegram or a webhook in the notification settings. Provider credentials stay your own post-install configuration, and the template does not preconfigure any destination. Test one alert before you rely on it.

Can changedetection.io monitor prices and stock?

Yes, for single product pages. Enable the restock and price detection option and it extracts the page's metadata so you can follow price changes and restocks. It works through the HTTP fetcher, so pages that build prices with JavaScript may not work.

Is changedetection.io free?

Yes. changedetection.io is released under the Apache-2.0 licence, so the software has no licence fee; only the server is charged. Upstream's separate hosted subscription is not part of this install, and LLM features are off by default.

How do I back up changedetection.io?

Stop or quiesce the container, then back up the whole changedetection_data volume, which holds settings, watches, history, snapshots and notification configuration. Keep a copy off the server. No scheduled backup ships with the template, so arrange your own.

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How do I upgrade changedetection.io?

Nothing upgrades itself: 0.55.8 is pinned by digest, and catalog re-sync affects new installs only. To move up, back up the volume and test a restore, then adopt a newer template version when one is published; do not edit the image tag or digest yourself. Version checks are disabled by default in this template.

Is this a changedetection.io cloud service?

It is changedetection.io on a dedicated Cloud VPS under your xCloud login, a changedetection.io cloud of your own at your domain, not upstream's hosted service. Customer URLs and notification endpoints should be added only after your test watch works.

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.