Filestash Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Filestash hosting and give yourself or your team a single, HTTPS-secured place to browse and move files across SFTP, S3, FTP, SMB, WebDAV and about 20 more storage backends. xCloud generates a 24-character admin password at install, so the public setup wizard is never exposed, and publishes Filestash over HTTPS on your domain in minutes.

Deploy your Filestash

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

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

Self-hosting Filestash normally means a container, persistent storage for its configuration and encryption key, a generated admin password, a domain and a certificate before it will connect to a single backend. This is the same result without assembling any of it by hand.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Filestash from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and submit — there are no extra fields; xCloud generates the Admin Password for you.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Filestash image by immutable digest, mount the filestash_data volume for its configuration and encryption key, apply the generated admin password before the app starts, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Add A Backend
Open the HTTPS Filestash URL (ready in about a minute), go to /admin, and sign in with the admin password from your xCloud credentials panel. Add your first storage backend, then log in to it from the main page.

Everything Filestash Does, On Your Own Server

Filestash runs in full here — the same storage-agnostic file browsing as the hosted version, behind an admin console only you hold the password for.

One UI For Every Backend
SFTP, S3, WebDAV, FTP, SMB and about 20 more storage protocols, browsed from a single interface.
Admin Console Locked From First Boot
A generated password protects /admin from the first request, so the public setup wizard is never exposed.
Plugin-Driven Architecture
Add only the storage and auth integrations you actually need, rather than carrying every backend by default.
Large Uploads Through The Proxy
Move sizeable files between backends with a 1 GB request limit on uploads through the proxy.
Config And Local Files Persist
Your admin configuration and any files stored on a local backend survive an xCloud Restart.
Lightweight By Design
A very light footprint keeps the server available for other workloads alongside Filestash.

Everything You Need To Run Your File Management 24/7

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

Filestash v0.6 deployed instantly
Official pinned image digest
Generated admin password
Admin console locked by default
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom for larger uploads and local-backend storage.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Filestash alongside a whole self-hosted storage 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. Filestash itself is free and open source under the GNU AGPL v3.

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Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy Filestash on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

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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 Own Your File Manager?

Filestash hosting 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.

What is Filestash?

Filestash is an open-source, storage-agnostic web file manager that speaks SFTP, S3, FTP, SMB, WebDAV and about 20 more protocols from one browser UI, extended through plugins. This template deploys version v0.6.20261002.

What makes Filestash different from a typical file manager?

It is storage-agnostic: one UI for SFTP, S3, WebDAV, FTP, SMB and about 20 more backends, rather than a manager tied to a single protocol.

How do I sign in?

Open /admin on your site with the generated admin password from the installation credentials, then add a storage backend and log in to it separately from the main page.

Can anyone take over the admin console?

No. The password is generated and applied at install time, so the first-visitor setup wizard never opens. QA confirmed anonymous visitors cannot claim /admin/setup or read /admin/api/config, and wrong or empty passwords are rejected.

How do I change the admin password?

Change it in the xCloud Environment editor and Save & Redeploy. The password is re-applied on every start, so an in-app change alone reverts the next time the container restarts.

What runs alongside Filestash?

Only a short-lived init container that hashes the admin password at start and then exits. No database is needed.

What should I back up?

The filestash_data volume. It holds your configuration and the encryption key generated on first run — do not delete it.

Backups in xCloud

What are the server requirements?

The reviewed template asks for 1 CPU core, 128 MB of RAM and 2 GB of disk as a floor. This page sells the 6 GB tier, which gives Filestash's very light footprint a large amount of headroom.

Is Filestash free?

Yes. Filestash is free and open source under the GNU AGPL v3. xCloud charges for the managed server it runs on, not for Filestash itself.

Can I self-host Filestash with this template?

Yes — that is exactly what this template deploys. It brings up the pinned Filestash image, applies a generated admin password before the app starts, mounts persistent storage for its configuration, and publishes it over HTTPS on your domain in a few minutes instead of assembled by hand.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Filestash?

No. The template pins Filestash v0.6.20261002 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release. Back up the filestash_data volume yourself before any upgrade.

What survives a restart?

Your admin configuration and any files stored on a local backend, because they live on the filestash_data volume. QA verified a file was byte-identical after a restart.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Filestash?

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