Fenrus Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Fenrus hosting and give yourself a private start page for your apps and bookmarks on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned Fenrus 26.10 image behind an nginx Basic Authentication gateway, creates the administrator at install with a generated password, keeps the data on a persistent volume and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes. Registration and the guest proxy stay behind your credentials, and the Files feature is off until you enable it.

Deploy your Fenrus

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

What is Fenrus?

Fenrus is a personal dashboard and start page. Each user gets their own dashboards of app and bookmark tiles, with search, status indicators and themes, plus optional notes, calendar, mail and file features. Run on your own server it is a self-hosted Fenrus, an alternative to a hosted start page such as Start.me or Netvibes, with the code under the MIT licence and your layout in a database you hold.

On xCloud it is the revenz/fenrus 26.10 image behind an nginx gateway, both pinned by digest. A new Fenrus is open: anyone can register, a guest dashboard is available and a built-in proxy fetches any address for any visitor. The gateway keeps all of that behind Basic Authentication, and the fenrus_data volume holds the database, the encryption key and user files.

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

A Fenrus install normally means the app container, a gateway to close its open registration, a data volume, a domain and a certificate before the first tile. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Fenrus from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and server and set the administrator username; the password is generated for you.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start revenz/fenrus 26.10 and an nginx gateway, both pinned by digest, mount fenrus_data, create the Fenrus administrator so nobody else can claim the setup page, and publish it over HTTPS.
Step 03
Sign In Twice And Add Tiles
Open your URL, answer the browser's Basic Auth prompt, then sign in on Fenrus itself with the same username and password. Create a dashboard and add your first group of app tiles.

Everything Fenrus Does, On Your Own Server

Fenrus 26.10 runs here with its dashboards and search intact, behind a gateway that keeps strangers out.

Dashboards Of App Tiles
Each user builds dashboards of app and bookmark tiles grouped as they like, as a start page or new tab page.
Search And Status Indicators
Search from the dashboard and see status indicators on your tiles, with themes to match your taste.
Optional Extras
Notes, calendar, mail and file features exist but stay off until an administrator or user configures them.
Gateway In Front
A fresh Fenrus allows open registration and a guest link proxy. The Basic Auth gateway keeps both behind your credentials.
Created At Install
The administrator is created during install, so the first-run setup page cannot be claimed by someone else.
Data On One Volume
The database, encryption key, logs and user files live on fenrus_data, so a restart keeps your dashboards.

Everything You Need To Run Your Personal Dashboard 24/7

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

Fenrus 26.10 deployed instantly
Images pinned by digest
Administrator password generated
Free SSL certificate
Data on a persistent volume
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Fenrus

Give your apps one start page
Collect links to your self-hosted services as tiles in one dashboard opened on every new tab.
Replace a hosted start page
Keep your dashboards on a server you control instead of a hosted browser start-page account.
Separate dashboards per person
Let each user keep their own dashboards while you control who can reach the site.
Watch service status at a glance
See status indicators on your tiles so you notice when an app is down.

Fenrus Screenshots

A Fenrus group still listed after an xCloud Restart

Fenrus vs Alternatives

Netvibes: Netvibes is a brand of Dassault Systèmes that formerly operated a web start page with feed reading. Self-host Fenrus instead when you want per-user dashboards of app and bookmark tiles stored in a database on your own server.
Start.me: A hosted start-page service. Fenrus is an open-source Start.me alternative you self-host, with per-user dashboards of app and bookmark tiles kept in a database on your own server.
Homarr: A customisable dashboard for self-hosted services, available as its own OneClick app.
Heimdall: A simple application dashboard and start page, available as its own OneClick app.
Dashy: A configurable self-hosted dashboard, available as its own OneClick app.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Headroom if Fenrus shares the server with other 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. Fenrus is MIT licensed.

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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 Run Your Own Personal Dashboard?

Fenrus 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 Fenrus in Docker?

Yes, and this template is Fenrus Docker hosting without the setup: the revenz/fenrus 26.10 image and an nginx gateway, both pinned by digest, with the fenrus_data volume mounted, the administrator created for you and HTTPS on your own domain.

How much RAM does Fenrus need?

The template asks for at least 512 MB of RAM, a single CPU core and 2 GB of disk. It runs as one app container plus a small gateway with an embedded database. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung.

How do I sign in to Fenrus after installing?

Open your URL, answer the browser's Basic Auth prompt, then sign in on Fenrus's own page. Use the administrator username and generated password from the credentials for both. The install already created that administrator account.

Why does Fenrus ask for two logins?

A new Fenrus is open: anyone can register and any visitor can make the server fetch any address through its proxy. The gateway keeps that behind Basic Authentication, so you sign in to the gateway first and then to Fenrus.

Can anyone register on my Fenrus?

Not through the gateway, since it asks for credentials first. If you share the Basic Auth login with others, also turn off Allow registrations under System, Users and disable the guest dashboard under System settings.

Is Fenrus free?

Yes. Fenrus is released under the MIT licence, which means no licence fee for the software itself. You only pay for the dedicated Cloud VPS that serves your dashboards, and there is no vendor subscription layered on top. That makes it a Fenrus cloud of your own.

How do I back up Fenrus?

Back up the whole fenrus_data volume, which holds the database, the generated encryption key, logs and each user's files. Restoring the database without the key makes stored secrets unreadable. Nothing schedules this, so run it yourself.

Backup and restore Docker apps

How do I upgrade Fenrus?

The install stays on its pinned 26.10 image until you adopt a newer template version. Back up the fenrus_data volume first, read the upstream changes, then redeploy without deleting the volume. Existing sites are never upgraded automatically.

Can I upload files to Fenrus?

The Files feature is off by default and an administrator turns it on in the System settings. Uploads through the domain are limited to about 100 MB by the gateway and the platform's proxy, so larger files fail. Turn the feature on only if you need it.

Does changing the password change my Fenrus account?

No. Editing the administrator username or password in the environment changes only the Basic Auth login in front of Fenrus. The Fenrus account has its own password, which you change inside Fenrus itself. Keep the Basic Auth password to letters and digits.

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.