Fider Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Fider hosting and give your customers a feedback board on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned Fider v0.37.0 image with a private PostgreSQL 17 database, generates the database and signing secrets, takes your SMTP settings and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes. You open the signup page right away, because the first account becomes the administrator, and the signup page redirects away once that tenant exists.

Deploy your Fider

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What is Fider?

Fider is an open-source feedback portal for feature requests and suggestions. Customers post ideas, vote on them and discuss them, so a product team can see what to build next instead of guessing. Run on your own server it is a self-hosted Fider, an alternative to a hosted feedback tool such as Canny or UserVoice, with the code under the AGPL-3.0 licence and the votes in your own database.

On xCloud it is the upstream getfider/fider v0.37.0 image with PostgreSQL 17, both pinned by digest. You supply a From address and an SMTP host at install, because Fider will not start without one. The fider_db volume holds tenants, posts, votes and uploaded files. The board is public until an administrator sets it to private.

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

A Fider stack normally means the app container, a PostgreSQL database, generated secrets, an SMTP relay, a domain and a certificate before the first idea. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Fider from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and server, then enter the From address and the SMTP host, port and optional login that Fider needs to send mail.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start getfider/fider v0.37.0 and PostgreSQL 17, both pinned by digest, generate the database credentials and signing secret, run the migrations, mount fider_db and publish it over HTTPS. Allow about a minute.
Step 03
Claim The Admin Account
Open the signup page on your domain straight away. The first account becomes the tenant administrator, and email signup stays pending until you follow the verification link that Fider sends.

Everything Fider Does, On Your Own Server

Fider v0.37.0 runs here with its voting and discussion intact, on a database you own.

Feature Requests And Suggestions
Customers post ideas to a public board so you can see what they actually ask for.
Voting And Discussion
People vote on ideas and discuss them, which shows which suggestions matter most.
PostgreSQL Included
A private PostgreSQL 17 database stores tenants, posts, votes and uploaded files, with no published port.
First Account Is Admin
The first verified signup becomes the tenant administrator, after which the signup page redirects to the home page.
Email Verification
Signup by email stays pending until the verification link, valid for 48 hours, is followed. SMTP is therefore required.
Public Until You Say Otherwise
The board and its posts API are open until an administrator sets the board to private.

Everything You Need To Run Your Feedback Board 24/7

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

Fider v0.37.0 deployed instantly
Images pinned by digest
Database and signing secrets generated
Free SSL certificate
PostgreSQL on a persistent volume
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Fider

Collect feature requests
Give customers one place to post ideas instead of scattering them across email and chat.
Prioritise by votes
See which suggestions attract the most votes before deciding what to build.
Replace a hosted feedback tool
Keep customer feedback in your own PostgreSQL database instead of a vendor's account.
Run a private feedback board
Set the board to private so only signed-in people see the ideas.

Fider vs Alternatives

Canny: A hosted feedback and roadmap service. Fider is an open-source Canny alternative you self-host, where customers post and vote on ideas and the votes stay in your own PostgreSQL database.
Astuto: Another open-source customer feedback tool; compare its features and licence with Fider before choosing.
Discourse: A community forum platform, available as its own OneClick app, for discussion where Fider focuses on votable ideas.
UserVoice: A hosted product feedback service; Fider offers open-source feature requests and voting on infrastructure you run.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Headroom if Fider 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. Fider is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Feedback Board?

Fider 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 Fider in Docker?

Yes, and this template is Fider Docker hosting without the setup: the upstream getfider/fider v0.37.0 image and a PostgreSQL 17 sidecar, both pinned by digest, with a persistent database volume, generated secrets and HTTPS on your own domain.

How much RAM does Fider need?

The template minimum is 1024 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 4 GB of disk. The first boot runs database migrations and can take about a minute. Starting here costs little and leaves real headroom.

Does Fider need an SMTP server?

Yes. The install form requires a From address and an SMTP host, and Fider will not start without a reachable one. Email signup stays pending until the verification message is delivered, so test your relay after installing.

How do I create the first admin in Fider?

Open the signup page on your domain right after the install finishes. The first account you create becomes the tenant administrator, and afterwards the signup page redirects to the home page. Follow the email link to verify it.

Can I make my Fider board private?

Yes, but not by default. Until an administrator sets the board to private, the public pages and the unauthenticated posts API stay open to anyone. Make that change from the administrator settings once you have signed in.

Which database does Fider use?

PostgreSQL 17, private to the install's network. Uploads are stored in the database too, so the fider_db volume holds tenants, posts, votes and uploaded files, and there is no separate application volume to back up.

Is Fider free?

Yes. Fider is open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence, so the software has no fee, and there is no per-voter or per-board charge. Your plan covers the dedicated Cloud VPS your feedback board and its database sit on. That makes it a Fider cloud of your own.

How do I back up Fider?

Back up the fider_db volume, which holds tenants, posts, votes and the uploaded files stored in the database. Restore-test the copy on a disposable install. Nothing schedules the copy, so run it yourself and keep one off the server.

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How do I upgrade Fider?

The install stays on its pinned v0.37.0 image until you adopt a newer template version. Back up the fider_db volume first and read the upstream release notes, because Fider runs migrations on start. Nothing upgrades automatically.

Can I change the SMTP settings later?

Yes. The From address and SMTP settings are read on every restart, so edit them in the Environment editor and redeploy. The public URL also comes from the environment, and an edit of it inside the app will not stick.

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.