Docmost Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Docmost hosting on xCloud gives your team a self-hosted collaborative wiki with real-time editing, spaces, comments and diagrams. Deploy Docmost from the OneClick catalog and xCloud starts the pinned 0.96.0 Open Source Edition image with private PostgreSQL 18 and Redis 8, generates the application secret, mounts three volumes and publishes it over HTTPS. You create the first workspace owner yourself.

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What is Docmost?

Docmost is open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. Its README lists real-time collaboration, diagrams with Draw.io, Excalidraw and Mermaid, spaces, permissions management, groups, comments, page history, search, file attachments and embeds and translations. The template README describes it as a self-hosted alternative to Confluence and Notion. Self-hosted Docmost is a wiki you run yourself rather than in the project's own cloud version. Its core is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

On xCloud this template deploys Docmost Open Source Edition 0.96.0, pinned by digest, with private PostgreSQL 18.6 and Redis 8.10.1. The first run asks you to create the owner account. Pages and accounts sit on docmost_postgres_data, uploads on docmost_storage and collaboration state on docmost_redis_data. No Enterprise licence key is requested or bundled, so Enterprise-only features stay locked.

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

Self-hosting a real-time collaborative wiki normally means a container, a database, a cache, a domain and a certificate before a single page exists. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Docmost from the OneClick catalog. Choose your site title, domain and target server — there is nothing else to fill in, since Docmost-specific secrets are generated automatically.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the upstream Docmost 0.96.0 image, pinned by immutable digest, alongside private PostgreSQL 18.6 and Redis 8.10.1 sidecars, generate a stable application secret, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Create Your Workspace
Open the generated HTTPS URL, register the first account and workspace owner, then review membership and signup settings before inviting others. Create a space and page to confirm the workflow.

Everything Docmost Does, On Your Own Server

Docmost runs in full here — spaces, pages, real-time editing, diagrams and search, on infrastructure you control.

Searchable Team Knowledge Base
Build a searchable internal knowledge base for policies, procedures, product documentation and project notes.
Rich, Real-Time Pages
Edit pages together in real time, with comments, page history, file attachments and embeds built in.
Spaces For Teams And Projects
Organize documentation into spaces for teams, departments or projects, instead of one flat page tree.
Built-In Diagrams
Add Mermaid, Draw.io and Excalidraw diagrams directly to your documentation workflow, without a separate tool.
Private Database And Cache
PostgreSQL and Redis stay private with no host ports; only the Docmost web interface is proxied over HTTPS.
Restart-Safe Wiki Data
Pages, accounts, workspace configuration, uploads and database and cache state persist across an xCloud Restart on three declared volumes.

Everything You Need To Run Your Team Wiki 24/7

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

Docmost 0.96.0 deployed instantly
Real-time collaborative editing
Spaces for teams and projects
Mermaid, Draw.io and Excalidraw diagrams
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Docmost

Run a team knowledge base
Teams organise documentation into spaces and nested pages, control who can read or edit with permissions and groups, and search across all of it.
Edit pages together in real time
Several people work in the same page at once, leave comments on it, and look back through page history when something changes.
Draw diagrams next to the text
An engineering team adds Draw.io, Excalidraw or Mermaid diagrams to a runbook page instead of linking out to another tool.
Keep internal docs on your own server
A company that does not want its internal documentation in a vendor's cloud keeps pages, accounts and uploads on volumes of a server it rents.

Docmost vs Alternatives

Confluence: The template README describes Docmost as a self-hosted alternative to Confluence. It covers wiki spaces, permissions and comments on a server you rent; this page makes no feature-parity claim.
Notion: The template README also names Docmost as a self-hosted alternative to Notion. Choose self-hosted Docmost when you want your wiki pages and uploads in volumes you control.
BookStack: BookStack is a separate wiki with its own OneClick page. Docmost organises documentation into spaces and nested pages, with real-time collaborative editing.
Wiki.js: Wiki.js is a separate wiki engine with its own OneClick page. Compare its editors and authentication options with Docmost before choosing.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom for more spaces, uploads and concurrent editors.

$59.99per month

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

Docmost alongside a larger self-hosted documentation 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. Docmost's Open Source edition is free under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

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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.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own Team Wiki?

Docmost 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.

Is Docmost free?

Yes. Docmost's core is open source under AGPL-3.0, linked from this page at the pinned v0.96.0 tag, so modified copies must share their source. Your xCloud invoice covers the VPS beneath Docmost, never the wiki software, and the project also sells its own cloud version.

Can you self-host Docmost with Docker?

Yes, and this Docmost Docker hosting template does it for you: the upstream image, pinned by digest, runs beside private PostgreSQL and Redis containers on your own server, with HTTPS in front of port 3000. It is not a Docmost cloud account, so your pages stay on your server.

How much RAM does Docmost need?

The template manifest asks for 2048 MB of RAM, 2 CPU cores and 10 GB of disk as a floor for the app, PostgreSQL and Redis together. Large workspaces and many editors need more. This page sells the 6 GB tier, which leaves comfortable room above that floor.

Which Docmost edition does this install?

The Open Source Edition. No Enterprise licence key is requested, generated or bundled, so Enterprise-only features stay locked unless you separately buy a key from Docmost. After first sign-in you can confirm the edition under Settings, License and Edition.

How do I create the first Docmost account?

Open your HTTPS address and register the first account, which creates the workspace and makes you its owner. xCloud generates no admin credential. Before inviting anyone, review membership and sign-up settings so strangers who find the address cannot join your workspace.

Does Docmost support real-time editing and diagrams?

Upstream lists real-time collaboration and diagrams with Draw.io, Excalidraw and Mermaid, along with comments and page history. The real-time editor uses WebSockets, which pass through the xCloud HTTPS proxy, but a third-party network path in front of it must allow them too.

What runs alongside Docmost?

A private PostgreSQL 18.6 container for workspaces, users and pages, and a Redis 8.10.1 container with append-only persistence for collaboration and background state. Neither publishes a host port. Keep APP_SECRET stable, because changing it can invalidate sessions and protected data.

How do I back up Docmost?

Back up all three volumes together: docmost_storage holds uploaded files, docmost_postgres_data holds accounts, workspaces and pages, and docmost_redis_data holds collaboration and job state. Use a consistent database backup or stop the stack first, and test a restore before relying on it.

Backup and restore Docker apps

How do I upgrade Docmost?

Docmost 0.96.0 stays pinned on a live install; you adopt a newer template version when ready, never by editing the image tag or digest. First back up all three volumes, keep APP_SECRET and read the upstream release notes. Then check migrations, login, editing, uploads and collaboration after the move.

Is Docmost an alternative to Confluence and Notion?

The template README describes it as a self-hosted alternative to both, with real-time editing, spaces, permissions and comments. This page makes no feature-parity claim, so try Docmost with a real space before moving your documentation.

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.