Glean Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Glean hosting gives you a private RSS reader and personal knowledge manager on a server you control, without writing a compose file. Deploy Glean 0.2.7 as a self-hosted RSS reader: xCloud runs the pinned images with PostgreSQL 16 and Redis 8, generates the administrator password for the separate admin dashboard, mounts persistent volumes and publishes the reader and dashboard over HTTPS.

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What is Glean?

Self-hosted Glean is an RSS reader and personal knowledge management tool. Its README lists RSS and Atom subscriptions with OPML import and export, multi-level folders and tags, a read-later list with auto-cleanup, bookmarks from feeds or external URLs, automatic background sync and an admin dashboard for user management. It stands in for a hosted RSS reader, under the AGPL-3.0 licence. This is the feed reader, not the enterprise search product of the same name.

On xCloud the template runs the ghcr.io/leslieleung glean-backend, glean-web and glean-admin 0.2.7 images (the worker reuses the backend image) with PostgreSQL 16 and Redis 8, all pinned by immutable digest, with postgres_data and redis_data volumes. Reader and admin each get an HTTPS domain. Registration is open by default, and upstream marks the project as still in development.

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

Self-hosting an RSS reader normally means a database, a background worker, two domains and an admin dashboard to wire together before the first feed loads. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account, pick Glean from the OneClick catalog, and choose a domain. There are no extra fields — xCloud generates the credentials.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Glean 0.2.7 images with PostgreSQL and Redis wired automatically, and publish the reader and admin dashboard over HTTPS, each on its own domain. The first start pulls images and runs database migrations.
Step 03
Register And Add A Feed
Open the HTTPS Glean reader URL and register your own account, then add your first feed or import an OPML file. Sign in to the admin dashboard on its separate domain with the generated administrator credentials.

Everything Glean Does, On Your Own Server

Glean runs in full here — subscriptions, organisation and automatic refreshing for your reading, on infrastructure you control.

Subscribe And Import With OPML
Subscribe to RSS and Atom feeds, and import or export your subscriptions with OPML (up to about 1 MB per import).
Folders, Tags, And A Read-Later List
Organise reading with multi-level folders and tags, and keep a read-later list and bookmarks.
Feeds Refresh In The Background
Background workers refresh feeds automatically, so new articles are waiting when you open the reader.
A Separate Admin Dashboard
User management and system monitoring live on their own domain, apart from the reader your household or team uses.
An MCP Endpoint For Your Library
The template configures Glean's MCP endpoint at your reader address followed by /mcp, so MCP clients can use your reading library.
Verified To Survive A Restart
Your account, feeds and articles are kept in a database volume — verified by restarting all containers and finding the admin login, a 20-entry fetch and the subscription intact.

Everything You Need To Run Your Your Own Reading List

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

Glean 0.2.7 deployed instantly
PostgreSQL and Redis wired automatically
Generated administrator password for the admin dashboard
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Glean

Read your feeds in one place
Subscribe to RSS and Atom feeds, organise them in folders and tags, and let the background worker refresh them every 15 minutes, per upstream's README.
Move over from another reader
Import your subscriptions from an OPML file, up to about 1 MB, and export them again whenever you want a copy.
Save articles to read later
Keep a read-later list and bookmarks, including pages from outside your feeds, next to the feeds themselves.
Run a reader for a few people
Create accounts for family or a team and manage users from the separate admin dashboard, after turning registration off.

Glean vs Alternatives

Hosted RSS readers: A hosted reader keeps your subscriptions and reading data with a vendor. Glean is AGPL-3.0 licensed, and here its database and Redis live on your own Cloud VPS.
Miniflux: Miniflux is a self-hosted feed reader with its own xCloud template. Glean's README lists folders and tags, read-later and bookmarks, plus a separate admin dashboard.
FreshRSS: FreshRSS is a self-hosted feed aggregator with its own xCloud template. Compare the two on the features and maturity you need before you commit.
Tiny Tiny RSS: Tiny Tiny RSS is another self-hosted feed reader with its own xCloud template; compare its feature list with Glean's README before you choose.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More subscribers, feeds and MCP traffic.

$59.99per month

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Glean alongside a whole self-hosted 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. Glean itself is free under the AGPL-3.0 License.

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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.

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Ready To Own Your Reading List?

Glean 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 much RAM does Glean need?

The manifest asks for 1 CPU core, 1024 MB of RAM and 20 GB of disk, and QA measured a peak of about 520 MB across the stack. The 6 GB Cloud VPS sold on this page leaves comfortable headroom for PostgreSQL, Redis and the workers.

Is Glean free and open source?

Yes. Glean is AGPL-3.0 licensed, per the LICENSE file at the v0.2.7 tag, so there is no licence cost; the dedicated Cloud VPS is the only thing xCloud charges for, and your feeds and reading data stay in your own database.

Can you run Glean with Docker?

Yes, and this is Glean Docker hosting prepared for you: the template runs the backend, worker, web and admin services from the 0.2.7 images with PostgreSQL 16 and Redis 8, all pinned by immutable digest, so it works as Glean cloud hosting on your own VPS.

What is the difference between Glean and Miniflux?

Both are self-hosted feed readers. Glean's README lists folders, tags, read-later, bookmarks and an admin dashboard, and marks planned features as work in progress. Miniflux has its own xCloud page, so compare the two against your needs.

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How do I sign in to Glean?

Open the reader domain and register your own account. The generated administrator username and password sign in to the separate admin dashboard domain only, not to the reader. The first start runs migrations, so allow several minutes before the page answers.

Is Glean registration open to anyone?

Yes, by default. Registered users can add feeds, which makes the server fetch whatever address they enter. For a private instance, sign in to the admin dashboard and turn registration off once your own account exists, or put Basic Auth in front of the reader at your own reverse proxy; the template does not enable it.

Is Glean ready for production use?

Upstream's README says the project is still in development and not ready for production use. xCloud deploys the pinned 0.2.7 release as it stands, so keep an OPML export and a database backup, and treat it as a reader you can rebuild.

Does Glean write the administrator password to a log?

Yes. The backend prints the administrator username and password to its container log on every start, so limit who has shell access to the server. Changing the environment values later does not change an existing administrator account.

Which Glean domain is permanent?

The reader domain. MCP clients and any OIDC sign-in provider are configured against its address, so after changing it you must update them and register the new callback address. The admin dashboard domain can change freely on the Domain page.

What should I back up on a Glean server?

The PostgreSQL database with pg_dump, plus the postgres_data and redis_data volumes and the stable secret key. Template sites have no built-in backups, so copy these off the server yourself, keep the secret key private, and test a restore before you need it.

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How do I upgrade Glean?

Nothing upgrades it for you: the install stays on pinned release 0.2.7 until you adopt a newer template version. Back up the database and both volumes first, review the upstream release notes, then check sign-in and a feed refresh.

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.