Foxel Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Foxel hosting and run a self-hosted private cloud storage app that unifies files across local and remote backends and serves the same tree over the web, WebDAV and S3, on your own domain. xCloud starts the pinned official image with SQLite on a persistent volume. There is no default password: the first visitor to the setup page becomes the super-admin, so open it before you share the address.

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What is Foxel?

Foxel is a highly extensible private cloud storage solution for individuals and teams, released under the MIT licence. Upstream lists unified file management across storage backends, adapters for local disk, S3-compatible storage, WebDAV, SFTP, FTP and several cloud drives, built-in preview of images, videos, PDFs and Office documents, role-based access control, and AI-powered semantic search. Self-hosted Foxel is the option for people who would otherwise keep files in a hosted drive such as Dropbox.

On xCloud the template runs ghcr.io/drizzletime/foxel v2.2.2, pinned by digest, as one container with a foxel_data volume holding SQLite, local files, plugins and an optional Milvus Lite database. WebDAV is at /webdav and the S3 API at /s3 on the same HTTPS address. Self-registration is closed after setup, and AI search needs embedding and vector providers that you configure.

From Sign-Up to Your Own File Hub In Just 3 Easy Steps

A self-hosted storage hub normally means a container, signing secrets, a persistent volume, a domain and a certificate before the first upload. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Foxel from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Foxel image as a single container, pinned by immutable digest, mount the foxel_data volume for the database, files and plugins, generate the signing secrets and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Open /setup Straight Away
Open the Setup URL from your installation credentials and create the first account — the first visitor becomes the administrator. In the wizard, put the local mount root under data/ (for example data/mount), then add storage adapters, users and roles.

Everything Foxel Does, On Your Own Server

Foxel runs in full here: a unified file manager with WebDAV and S3 access, on a domain and volume you own.

Unified File Management
Manage files across local and remote storage backends from one web interface.
WebDAV And S3 Access
WebDAV and S3 endpoints are served on the same HTTPS address as the web UI, for desktop and S3-compatible clients.
Temporary Share Links
Share files through temporary download links; they are signed with a generated secret that stays with your install.
Optional AI Semantic Search
Semantic search becomes available once you configure embedding and vector providers; it is not active until you do.
Users, Roles And Adapters
The setup wizard and settings let you add storage adapters, users and roles after the first account is created.
Large Uploads Accepted
The xCloud proxy accepts request bodies up to 5 GB. Traffic routed through Cloudflare is limited by Cloudflare's own body-size cap.

Everything You Need To Run Your File Storage 24/7

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

Foxel v2.2.2 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Signing secrets 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 Foxel

Browse many storages in one tree
Attach local disk, an S3 bucket, an SFTP server and a cloud drive, and move between them in one interface.
Mount your storage as a network drive
Use the WebDAV address from a desktop file manager, or an S3 client, to work with the same files outside the browser.
Share files with roles
Create Admin, User and Viewer accounts, or custom roles, so colleagues see only the storage they need.
Find files by describing them
Configure an embedding provider and a vector store to search images and documents by what they show.

Foxel Screenshots

Foxel web interface right after the first-run setup

Foxel file listing still present after an xCloud restart

Foxel vs Alternatives

Dropbox: If your files are in Dropbox, Foxel is the self-hosted route with the added ability to attach Dropbox itself as one storage backend beside local disk and S3.
Nextcloud: Nextcloud has its own xCloud page. Foxel's template is one container with SQLite that serves the same file tree over the web UI, WebDAV and S3, so compare the two for scope and sizing.
Cloudreve: Cloudreve has its own xCloud page and is another self-hosted file platform. Foxel joins local disk and attached backends into one tree with role-based access, so compare the two for sharing and sizing.
Seafile: Seafile has its own xCloud page. Foxel presents several storage backends as one tree and exposes WebDAV and S3 on the same HTTPS address as its web interface.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Foxel sits alongside other apps on the same server.

$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. Foxel itself is licensed by its maintainers under MIT.

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Foxel 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 Foxel used for?

Foxel is used to keep files in one place you control. It connects local storage and remote backends, lets people browse, upload, share and preview files in the browser, and exposes the same tree over WebDAV and S3. Optional AI search finds content by description once you configure providers.

Is Foxel free and open source?

Yes. Foxel is open source under the MIT licence, so the software has no licence fee. The xCloud bill covers a dedicated Cloud VPS plus the deployment. Remote storage backends and AI embedding providers you connect are billed by their own providers.

Can you self-host Foxel with Docker?

Yes. For Foxel Docker hosting the template runs the official ghcr.io/drizzletime/foxel image at v2.2.2, pinned by digest, as one container with a single data volume and HTTPS on your domain. It generates the session and temporary-link secrets, and the migrations run before the container listens.

How much RAM does Foxel need?

The manifest floor for Foxel is 512 MB of RAM, one core and 5 GB of disk. The 6 GB plan here has room to spare. Disk use grows with stored files, and enabling in-process vector search and generating embeddings uses extra memory and CPU.

Who becomes the Foxel administrator?

Whoever completes the setup page first. There is no default password; the first visitor to /setup becomes the super-admin. Open your domain's /setup page straight after install and create the account before sharing the URL. After setup, extra self-registration stays closed unless you enable it inside Foxel.

Does Foxel support WebDAV and S3?

Yes. WebDAV is served at /webdav and the S3 API at /s3, both on the same HTTPS address as the web interface. You can mount the tree from a desktop file manager or point an S3 client at it. Browser uploads send each file as one multipart request, and the proxy allows bodies up to 5 GB.

Does Foxel include AI search out of the box?

No. Upstream describes AI-powered semantic search using configurable embedding providers and vector databases, but nothing is configured by the template. You choose a provider and a vector store in the settings, which also costs memory, CPU and possibly provider fees. Until then search matches names.

How do I back up Foxel?

Back up the foxel_data volume. It holds the SQLite database, the default local file mount, plugins and the optional Milvus Lite data. Stop the app before copying so SQLite is consistent. Remote storage backends that you attach are not in that volume and need their own backups.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade Foxel?

Version v2.2.2 is fixed by digest, so a catalog refresh does not move a live file library, and newer upstream tags exist. Back up foxel_data, read the upstream release notes, and select a later template version. After the restart, sign in and open a file from each attached backend.

Can people register themselves?

Not by default. AUTH_ALLOW_REGISTER is false, so extra self-registration stays closed after the first account. Enable it inside Foxel, with a default registration role, only if you want open sign-up. Otherwise the administrator adds users and assigns Admin, User or Viewer roles.

Can I run Foxel in the cloud on xCloud?

Yes. Foxel cloud use places the app on a dedicated Cloud VPS reachable through your domain and a certificate. You can also enrol a server from a different provider as self-managed. Traffic that still passes through Cloudflare is limited by its own request-size cap.

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.