DailyTxT Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy DailyTxT hosting and keep your diary on a server you control. xCloud runs the pinned DailyTxT 2.6.4 image as a single container, generates the admin panel password, mounts a persistent volume for your entries and publishes the journal over HTTPS in minutes — entries are encrypted with a key derived from each user's password, so your writing is not stored in plain text on the server.

Deploy your DailyTxT

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What is DailyTxT?

DailyTxT is an open-source encrypted diary and journal web app written in Svelte and Go, meant to be run with Docker. You pick a day in a calendar, write in a Markdown editor, and add tags, files and locations to the entry.

Upstream describes the encryption this way: everything you write is encrypted before it is written to the server's storage, and each account uses its own encryption key. This template deploys version 2.6.4 as a single container.

From Sign-Up to Your First Entry In Just 3 Easy Steps

Running a private journal yourself normally means a container, a session secret, an admin password, a volume, a domain and a certificate before the first line is written. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick DailyTxT from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, and leave Allow Registration on Yes so you can create your own account.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official DailyTxT image as a single container with no separate database, pinned by immutable digest, mount the dailytxt_data volume, generate the session secret and the admin panel password, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Register And Write
Open your HTTPS DailyTxT URL and choose Create Account — there is no default user. Sign in, write your first entry, and set Allow Registration to No once every account you need exists.

Everything DailyTxT Does, On Your Own Server

DailyTxT runs in full here: a calendar-based encrypted journal on your own domain, with storage you own.

Encrypted Entries
Everything you write is encrypted before it is written to the server's storage, with a key derived from your password.
Calendar And Markdown Editor
Pick a day in the calendar and write in Markdown with a live preview; the editor saves automatically.
Tags And Search
Add tags to entries and search for any word, tag or filename across your journal.
File Attachments
Upload files for each day; they are stored encrypted on the server, and images appear in a gallery view.
Multi-User Journals
Create several accounts, each with its own encryption key, so family or friends keep separate private journals.
Export And Read Mode
Export your entries, including uploaded files, to HTML, or switch to a distraction-free read mode for each month.

Everything You Need To Run Your Journal 24/7

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

DailyTxT 2.6.4 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Admin panel password generated for you
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With DailyTxT

A private daily diary
Write one entry per day in a calendar view on a server you control, instead of a journaling service's.
Separate journals for family or friends
Create an account for each person; each account uses its own encryption key, so entries stay private to their author.
Entries with photos and files
Attach files to a day and browse the images of that day in a gallery, all stored encrypted on the server.
Finding an old entry
Search for a word, tag or filename, or use the statistics panel to see how your entries are distributed over time.

DailyTxT vs Alternatives

Day One: A hosted journaling app. DailyTxT is self-hosted, so your entries sit in a volume on a server you control.
Journey: A hosted journaling app. DailyTxT is open source and runs on your own domain over HTTPS.
Nightlio: Another self-hosted journal, centred on mood tracking, goals and statistics; DailyTxT centres on a calendar and encrypted entries.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if DailyTxT sits alongside other personal apps.

$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. DailyTxT itself is licensed by its maintainers under the MIT license.

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Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own Private Journal?

DailyTxT on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. 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.

How do I sign in the first time?

There is no default user. Open your site, choose Create Account on the login page and register your own user. The first registrant is an ordinary user, not an administrator.

Are my entries encrypted?

Yes. Entries are encrypted with a key derived from each user's password, so an administrator cannot read them — and a forgotten password means unrecoverable entries. Create backup codes in the app.

What runs alongside DailyTxT?

Nothing. It is one container that serves the web interface and the API, with no separate database.

Can anyone create an account on my site?

While Allow Registration is Yes, yes — anyone who can reach the site can register. Set Allow Registration to false in the environment editor and Save & Redeploy once your accounts exist, or put the site behind your own access layer such as HTTP Basic Auth.

Edit environment variables and redeploy

What is the admin panel password for?

The admin panel, where users are managed, needs a logged-in user plus the generated admin password shown in the protected installation credentials. It is applied on every start; change it in the environment editor and Save & Redeploy.

What happens if I change the session secret?

The generated SECRET_TOKEN signs login sessions. Keep it stable: changing it logs every user out. The app prints it in the container log at startup, so treat container logs as sensitive.

How large can attachments be?

Keep attachments modest: each uploaded file is held in memory while it is encrypted, and the platform proxy accepts up to 100 MB per request.

Does DailyTxT contact anything outside my server?

Yes. The app contacts Docker Hub to check for a newer version, and there is no setting to turn that off.

What should I back up?

The dailytxt_data volume, which holds users, entries and encrypted files. Keep the generated secrets private.

Backups in xCloud

What survives a restart?

Everything on the dailytxt_data volume — journal entries, accounts and sessions were still present after an xCloud container Restart in QA, because it is a persistent named volume.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update DailyTxT?

No. The template pins DailyTxT 2.6.4 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release, existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and digest together on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 256 MB of RAM and 2 GB of disk; measured use in QA was about 143 MiB after a write round-trip. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, which is the smallest plan in the OneClick family and leaves ample headroom above that baseline.

Is xCloud officially partnered with DailyTxT?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the DailyTxT project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source DailyTxT project.

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.