GitHub Release Monitor Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy GitHub Release Monitor hosting and track new releases of the projects you depend on from one dashboard on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned GitHub Release Monitor 2.6.0 image as a single container, generates the setup token, mounts a persistent data volume and publishes the app over HTTPS in minutes — so you hear about updates by email or Apprise instead of polling release pages.

Deploy your GitHub Release Monitor

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What is GitHub Release Monitor?

GitHub Release Monitor is an open-source, self-hostable application that automatically watches GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg and self-hosted Forgejo repositories for new releases and sends you email or Apprise notifications, so you do not have to check projects by hand.

You add the repositories you depend on, decide which release types matter, and the app checks them in the background. The interface is protected by a login, supports dark mode and ships in many languages, including right-to-left layouts. This template deploys version 2.6.0.

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

Running your own release tracker normally means a container, a session secret, a one-time setup token, a volume, a domain and a certificate before the first repository is added. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick GitHub Release Monitor 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 GitHub Release Monitor image as a single container, pinned by immutable digest, mount the github_release_monitor_data volume, generate the session secret and the setup token, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Create The Administrator
Save the Setup token shown in your installation credentials, open your HTTPS URL and fill in the setup form on the login page: username, email, password and the token. Then add the repositories you want to watch.

Everything GitHub Release Monitor Does, On Your Own Server

GitHub Release Monitor runs in full here: a login-protected release dashboard on your own domain, with its data on a volume you own.

Four Services In One Dashboard
Add public GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg and self-hosted Forgejo repositories and the app checks them for new releases in the background.
Email And Apprise Alerts
Configure SMTP for email, or point the app at an Apprise service to reach destinations such as Discord, Telegram and Slack. Apprise itself is not bundled.
Release Filtering
Choose globally or per repository whether to follow stable, pre-release or draft releases, and use include and exclude regular expressions on release tags.
Setup Token Sign-Up
The whole interface needs a login and self-service signup is off. The first administrator is created with a generated setup token, and the setup form disappears afterwards.
Import And Export
Import or export your list of monitored repositories as JSON.
Built-In Diagnostics
A test page checks GitHub API connectivity and your SMTP and Apprise configuration, so a broken notification path is easy to find.

Everything You Need To Run Your Release Tracker 24/7

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

GitHub Release Monitor 2.6.0 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Setup token and session secret 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 GitHub Release Monitor

Know when a dependency ships
Watch the libraries, tools and images you build on and get told when a new version is published instead of discovering it later.
Plan upgrades of the apps you self-host
Track the upstream projects behind your own servers so you can read the release notes and schedule an upgrade on your terms.
Alert a team channel
Send release notices through your own Apprise service to destinations such as Discord, Telegram or Slack, or email them via SMTP.
Cut the noise
Follow only stable releases, pick specific pre-release tags such as alpha, beta or rc, or filter tags with include and exclude patterns.

GitHub Release Monitor Screenshots

GitHub Release Monitor dashboard with a repository added to the watch list

GitHub Release Monitor dashboard still showing the watched repository after an xCloud Restart

GitHub Release Monitor vs Alternatives

GitHub's built-in release notifications: GitHub lets you watch a repository for new releases, but only for repositories on GitHub; GitHub Release Monitor also covers GitLab, Codeberg and Forgejo and keeps every project in one dashboard.
Argus: A release-monitoring dashboard that tracks current versus latest versions across the software you depend on. Also available as a OneClick app.
changedetection.io: Watches any web page for changes, where GitHub Release Monitor is built specifically around repository releases and their pre-release channels. Also available as a OneClick app.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if the tracker sits alongside other monitoring tools.

$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. GitHub Release Monitor itself is licensed by its maintainers under AGPL-3.0-only.

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Ready To Run Your Own Release Tracker?

GitHub Release Monitor 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.

How do I sign in the first time?

No account exists after install. Open your HTTPS URL, and on the login page fill in the setup form with a username, email, password and the generated Setup token shown in your installation credentials. The setup form then disappears and self-service signup stays closed.

Which services can it monitor?

GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg and self-hosted Forgejo repositories. Monitoring GitLab and Codeberg was not exercised in the xCloud QA run.

How do I get notifications?

Configure SMTP in the environment for email, or set APPRISE_URL to your own Apprise service. Apprise is not bundled, and notification delivery was not exercised in the xCloud QA run.

Why add a GitHub access token?

Without one, GitHub limits API calls to 60 per hour; a token with no scopes raises that to 5000. Add it as GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN in the Environment editor and redeploy.

How long does the Setup token matter?

Until the first administrator exists. Keep it private until then, because anyone who knows it can claim the account; afterwards it has no effect.

What happens if I change BETTER_AUTH_SECRET?

It signs login sessions, so changing it signs everyone out. The site address in BETTER_AUTH_URL follows your domain and is rewritten when the domain changes, so do not edit it.

What runs alongside it?

Nothing. It is a single container with no private services. Its web interface on container port 3000 is bound to loopback and published through xCloud-managed HTTPS.

What should I back up?

The github_release_monitor_data volume (the user database, setup lock and the JSON stores for repositories, settings and jobs) plus the stable values in your .env file.

Backups in xCloud

What survives a restart?

Monitored repositories, accounts and settings: they live on the github_release_monitor_data volume and were still present after an xCloud Restart in QA.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update GitHub Release Monitor?

No. The template pins GitHub Release Monitor 2.6.0 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release, existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and digest together on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 256 MB of RAM and 2 GB of disk; measured idle use in QA was about 73 to 121 MiB. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, with real headroom above that baseline.

Why might the app show an offline banner or a console message?

An "offline" banner and a cosmetic Content Security Policy message in the browser console are upstream behaviour in QA and do not affect how the app works.

Is xCloud officially partnered with GitHub Release Monitor?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the GitHub Release Monitor project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source project, which is licensed under AGPL-3.0-only.

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.