ChronoFrame Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

ChronoFrame hosting gives you a private photo gallery that shows every shot by capture time and location. xCloud runs the pinned ChronoFrame 0.14.1 image on HTTPS with persistent storage, and your administrator password is generated for you.

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

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

A self-hosted photo gallery normally means a container, a database, storage, a domain and a certificate before the first upload. This is the same result without the assembly.

  1. Step 01

    Sign Up

    Create your xCloud account and pick ChronoFrame from the OneClick catalog. Select a domain and enter the administrator email.

  2. Step 02

    We Deploy It For You

    We run pinned ChronoFrame 0.14.1, generate a 32-character admin password, attach persistent storage and serve it over HTTPS.

  3. Step 03

    Sign In And Upload

    Open /dashboard with the displayed email and password, change the password inside ChronoFrame, then upload your first photos.

Everything ChronoFrame Does, On Your Own Server

ChronoFrame runs in full here: a self-hosted photo gallery with EXIF parsing, a map view and your originals on infrastructure you control.

  • EXIF-Aware Photo Gallery

    Capture time, geolocation and camera parameters are read from each photo automatically, and shooting locations are reverse-geocoded.

  • Map And Timeline Views

    Browse photos by where and when they were taken, on a map-aware timeline, with ThumbHash-based thumbnails.

  • JPEG, PNG And HEIC Uploads

    Upload JPEG, PNG and HEIC/HEIF photos, up to 128 MiB per request, though an edge proxy may cap very large files.

  • Local Storage By Default

    Originals are stored on local disk, so no S3 account is needed. S3-compatible storage is available as an option.

  • Generated Admin Login

    The first administrator gets a generated 32-character password, and public visitors see only the photos you publish.

  • Persistent After Restart

    The database, originals and your signed-in session survived an xCloud Restart in verification, because they live on a persistent volume.

Everything You Need To Run Your Your Photos, Your Server

xCloud runs the container and the HTTPS route. You keep the photos, the administrator account and the decision to upgrade.

  • ChronoFrame 0.14.1 pinned by digest
  • Generated 32-character admin password
  • Single container, no extra services
  • Web interface on HTTPS, port bound to loopback
  • Persistent chronoframe_data volume
  • Unused balance refunded

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Most popular

A private gallery for you, with room for a few other services.

$24.99per month

  • 6 GB RAM
  • 4 vCPU cores
  • 100 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
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Cloud VPS 16 GB

A larger library, alongside other services on the same box.

$59.99per month

  • 16 GB RAM
  • 6 vCPU cores
  • 200 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

ChronoFrame alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

  • 24 GB RAM
  • 8 vCPU cores
  • 300 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS that xCloud provisions. Billed monthly with no lock-in, and the unused balance comes back to your account when you delete the server. ChronoFrame is MIT licensed.

Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

Connect any VPS and deploy ChronoFrame on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

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  • 10 sites
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Your rate with 2–5 servers connected.

$5per server / month

  • 2–5 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
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Professional

The same platform, discounted at 6–10 servers.

$4per server / month

  • 6–10 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
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Agency

The same platform, discounted at 11+ servers.

$3per server / month

  • 11+ servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Ready For A Photo Gallery You Control?

ChronoFrame on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that xCloud provisions. You keep the photos, the admin password and the timing of every upgrade.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

What is ChronoFrame?

ChronoFrame is an MIT-licensed, self-hosted photo gallery that reads EXIF data and shows your photos on a map and timeline. This template deploys version 0.14.1 on xCloud.

How do I sign in?

Open /dashboard and sign in with the administrator email you entered and the generated password from the installation credentials. Change that password inside ChronoFrame, because editing the environment later does not rotate it.

Is the gallery public?

Visitors can view the photos you publish. Uploads, the processing queue and management need the administrator login, and there is no public registration.

What runs alongside ChronoFrame?

Nothing. It is a single container that uses SQLite and local file storage, so there is no separate database service to run.

What are the server requirements?

The template baseline is 1 CPU, 256 MB of RAM and 10 GB of disk. In QA, memory use ran from about 61 to 103 MB, including processing a 9 MB 4000 by 3000 photo, so the 6 GB plan leaves room to grow.

What should I back up?

Back up the chronoframe_data volume, which holds the database and original files together. Take the backup while the app is stopped or from one consistent snapshot.

Are there upload limits?

ChronoFrame accepts up to 128 MiB per upload request through the xCloud proxy. In verification, an edge proxy such as Cloudflare capped very large single uploads at about 100 MB.

Do maps and place names need outside services?

Map tiles and place-name lookups use public third-party services. The gallery still works without them.

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.

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