GitHub Release Monitor Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

GitHub Release Monitor hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted release tracker for the projects you depend on, all on one dashboard on your own domain. Deploy GitHub Release Monitor from the OneClick catalog and xCloud starts the pinned v2.6.0 image as one container, generates the setup token, mounts a persistent data volume and publishes it over HTTPS. You create the administrator on the login page with that token, then add repositories.

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What is GitHub Release Monitor?

GitHub Release Monitor is, in its README's words, a powerful, self-hostable application to automatically monitor GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg and self-hosted Forgejo repository releases and receive email or Apprise notifications. It checks in the background, lets you filter release types with global rules, per-repository overrides and regular expressions, groups notifications into digests if you choose, and can import and export your repository list as JSON. Self-hosted GitHub Release Monitor is a release tracker you run yourself. It is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

Here, the xCloud template starts v2.6.0 as one container, pinned by digest, with users, settings and the repository list on the github_release_monitor_data volume. Apprise is not bundled, so point APPRISE_URL at your own instance. The server needs outbound access to the GitHub API, and a token with no scopes lifts the API limit from 60 to 5000 requests an hour.

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
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With GitHub Release Monitor

Hear about new releases of your dependencies
You add the repositories you rely on and receive an email or Apprise message when a new release appears, instead of checking release pages.
Filter out noise
You choose stable releases only, or watch alpha, beta and rc tags for specific projects, using filters and regular expressions.
Send alerts to chat
You point the app at your own Apprise service and route release notices to Discord, Telegram, Slack or other services Apprise supports.
Track projects across forges
One dashboard follows repositories on GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg and self-hosted Forgejo servers, rather than separate watch lists.

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 release notifications: GitHub can notify you about releases of repositories you watch, inside GitHub. This tool also covers GitLab, Codeberg and Forgejo, with regex filtering and Apprise routing, from a server you run.
Argus: Argus is a separate self-hosted release watcher with its own OneClick page. Compare its notification options and configuration style with this tool's dashboard before choosing.
changedetection.io: changedetection.io is a separate web page change monitor with its own OneClick page. It watches pages generally, while this tool watches repository releases specifically.
Apprise API: Apprise API has its own OneClick page. It is the notification service this tool can send to, and it is not a release tracker itself.

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

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6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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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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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.

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Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
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Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is GitHub Release Monitor free?

Yes. GitHub Release Monitor is open source under AGPL-3.0, and the licence file is linked from here at the pinned v2.6.0 tag, so keep the notices and share source for modified versions. xCloud bills for the Cloud VPS under it, not for the app, and there is no per-repository fee.

Can you self-host GitHub Release Monitor with Docker?

Yes, and this GitHub Release Monitor Docker hosting template does it for you: the upstream image, pinned by digest, runs as one container with no private services on your own server, with HTTPS in front of port 3000. It is not a GitHub Release Monitor cloud account.

How much RAM does GitHub Release Monitor need?

GitHub Release Monitor lists a floor of 256 MB of RAM, 1 vCPU and 2 GB of storage, and QA measured about 73 to 121 MiB idle. This page sells the 6 GB tier, which leaves ample spare capacity.

How do I sign in to GitHub Release Monitor the first time?

No account exists after install. Open your HTTPS address and fill in the setup form on the login page with a username, email, password and the generated Setup token from the credentials. That creates the administrator and disables the form, and self-service signup stays closed.

How long does the Setup token matter?

Only until the first administrator exists. Until then anyone who knows the token can claim the account, so keep it private and create the administrator right after install. Afterwards editing the token has no effect. Do the setup before you share the address.

Which services can GitHub Release Monitor watch?

Upstream lists public GitHub, GitLab and Codeberg repositories and self-hosted Forgejo servers. Monitoring GitLab and Codeberg was not exercised in the xCloud QA run, so add one and confirm that it reports a known release. The server needs outbound access to each service's API.

How do I get notifications from GitHub Release Monitor?

Configure SMTP in the environment for email, or set APPRISE_URL to your own Apprise service, which is not bundled. Delivery was not exercised in the xCloud QA run, so use the built-in test page to check the SMTP or Apprise settings before relying on alerts.

Why add a GitHub access token to GitHub Release Monitor?

Without one, GitHub limits API calls to 60 per hour, which a long watch list can exhaust. A token with no scopes raises the limit to 5000 per hour. Add it as GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN in the Environment editor and redeploy. Treat the token as a secret.

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. Neither setting touches your repository list, which sits in the data volume.

How do I back up GitHub Release Monitor?

Back up the github_release_monitor_data volume, which holds the user database, the setup lock and the JSON stores for repositories, settings and jobs, plus the stable values in your environment. Copy it while the app is idle, and test a restore on a disposable install first.

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How do I upgrade GitHub Release Monitor?

Catalog updates do not touch a running v2.6.0 install, and you pick the moment to adopt a newer template version. Back up the volume first and read the upstream release notes. Then sign in and check the repository list and a test notification still work.

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.