Compose Craft Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Compose Craft hosting on xCloud gives you a visual Docker Compose editor on your own domain. Deploy Compose Craft from the OneClick catalog and xCloud starts the pinned 1.1.3 image behind a gateway that asks for a generated Basic Authentication login, with a private MongoDB 7 database and a persistent volume, then publishes it over HTTPS. Design services, networks and volumes on a canvas and export the compose file.

Deploy your Compose Craft

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What is Compose Craft?

Compose Craft is, in its README's words, a tool to help you manage, edit and share docker compose files in a GUI way. It lists creating a compose file with a GUI, sharing a compose diagram with a public link, importing your own docker files and exporting the code. The project is built with Next.js and TypeScript, uses react-flow for the node canvas and stores data in MongoDB. Self-hosted Compose Craft is a visual Docker Compose editor you run yourself. It is licensed under the Fair Core License, not an OSI open-source licence.

On xCloud this template deploys Compose Craft 1.1.3, pinned by digest, with a Caddy gateway that enforces HTTP Basic Authentication in front of the whole site and a private MongoDB 7.0 database. Users and composes sit on the compose_craft_db volume. It runs in self-host mode, so the hosted library and GitHub sign-in are not available.

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

Self-hosting Compose Craft normally means wiring up a database, a reverse proxy, a TLS certificate and a login gate before you can design a single stack. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Compose Craft from the OneClick catalog. Choose a Basic Authentication username and keep or change the generated password.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We provision the server, bring up the pinned Compose Craft, MongoDB and Caddy gateway images, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Start Using It
Sign in with the gateway credentials, register your own Compose Craft account at /signin, and start designing your first compose.

Everything Compose Craft Does, On Your Own Server

Compose Craft runs in full here — a visual canvas for Docker Compose, with your composes stored on infrastructure you control.

Visual Compose Canvas
Design services, networks, volumes and ports as connected nodes instead of hand-writing YAML line by line.
Services As Connected Nodes
Environment variables, volumes, networks and ports are managed visually, so you can see how a stack fits together at a glance.
Import And Export YAML
Import an existing docker-compose.yml, edit it visually, then export the result as a ready-to-run compose file.
Share Composes By Link
Share a compose with teammates by link — readable by anyone who has the link and the site's login.
Locked Behind Basic Authentication
The whole site sits behind HTTP Basic Authentication, so strangers cannot reach it without the login.
Backed By A Persistent Database
Accounts, composes and sessions are stored in MongoDB and survive an xCloud Restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Compose Canvas 24/7

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

Compose Craft 1.1.3 deployed instantly
Drag-and-drop compose canvas
Import and export compose YAML
Shareable compose links
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Compose Craft

Sketch a stack before you write the YAML
You drag services, networks, volumes and ports onto a canvas, see how they connect, and export a compose file once the picture matches what you want to run.
Turn an existing compose file into a diagram
You import a docker-compose file you already have, see its services laid out visually, adjust it and export the changed code.
Share a diagram with a teammate
A team lead sends a share link to a compose diagram for review. Anyone with the link and the Basic Authentication login can read it.
Keep compose drafts on your own server
A developer who does not want internal service names on a public hosted tool keeps drafts in a database on a server they rent, behind a login gate.

Compose Craft vs Alternatives

composecraft.com: The upstream README points to its own hosted online tool. This install is a separate copy on your server, with a Basic Authentication gate and your own database, not that hosted service.
Dockge: Compose Craft draws compose files on a canvas and exports them as YAML. In this template it has no Docker socket, so it does not start or run the stacks it designs.
Portainer: Compose Craft is a design tool, not a container manager: it lays out services, networks and volumes and exports the file, while running and operating the stack stays a separate job.
Editing YAML by hand: A plain editor needs no extra service. Compose Craft adds a visual canvas, import and a share link at the cost of running a gateway, an app and a database.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Teams sharing many composes and running MongoDB alongside other apps.

$59.99per month

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

Compose Craft next to 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 we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account.

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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.

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Ready To Design Your Stacks?

Compose Craft on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore behind a generated login. Deploy faster. Design visually. Own your compose files.

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 Compose Craft open source?

No. The LICENSE file at the pinned v1.1.3 tag is the Fair Core License, No Transition edition, which is not an OSI open-source licence. Personal and internal use is permitted, and offering it to others as a competing commercial service is not. Read the terms before you use it.

Can you self-host Compose Craft with Docker?

Yes, and this Compose Craft Docker hosting template does it for you: the pinned composecraft/composecraft image runs on your own server beside a Caddy gateway and a private MongoDB container, with HTTPS in front. It is not a Compose Craft cloud account, so the data stays with you.

How much RAM does Compose Craft need?

Compose Craft requires 1024 MB of RAM, a single core and 10 GB of disk at minimum for the app, gateway and MongoDB. PNG export starts a headless Chromium, which adds load. This page sells the 6 GB tier, which leaves wide headroom above that floor.

How do I import an existing docker-compose file into Compose Craft?

Upstream lists importing your own docker files among its features, and the editor is where you do it. This page does not test every compose feature, so import a copy of your file, check the services on the canvas and compare the exported YAML with the original.

How do I sign in to Compose Craft?

Your browser first asks for the Basic Authentication username and generated password shown after install. Behind that gate Compose Craft has its own accounts: register yours at /signin, and each account sees only its own composes. There is no admin role and no seeded user.

Can anyone register on my Compose Craft server?

Anyone who passes the Basic Authentication gate can register at /signin. After you register, add DISABLE_SIGNUP=1 in the xCloud Environment editor and redeploy; any non-empty value closes it. The form stays visible afterwards, but submitting it creates no account.

Does Compose Craft need a database?

Yes. Upstream stores data in MongoDB, and this template runs a private MongoDB 7.0 container with generated credentials and no published port. Those credentials are read only on its first start, so editing them later breaks the app's login instead of rotating the password.

Does Compose Craft send email?

No. Email is not supported here, so password-reset links appear only in the container logs and are never sent. Telemetry and the Brevo mailing hook are switched off, and the one outbound request is to the GitHub releases API to show an update banner.

How do I back up Compose Craft?

Back up the compose_craft_db volume, mounted at /data/db in the database container, which holds all users and composes. Keep your Basic Authentication credentials and SECRET_KEY safe too, because changing the key signs every user out. Test a restore on a disposable install.

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How do I upgrade Compose Craft?

Newer catalog entries leave a live 1.1.3 install alone; adopting a newer template version is a step you take. Back up the volume first and read the upstream release notes. The in-app update banner only tells you a release exists and does not upgrade anything.

Does PNG export always work?

No. PNG export is best effort, it launches a headless Chromium, and exports sit in an in-memory folder that is not kept across restarts. The in-app View Code dialog sometimes stayed on loading in QA, so download the YAML as the dependable way to get your compose file.

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.