HabitTrove Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy HabitTrove hosting and run a gamified habit tracker for yourself or your family on your own domain. xCloud starts the pinned HabitTrove v0.2.31 image behind a Caddy gateway with Basic Authentication, creates the administrator from the credentials you set, keeps data and backups on two persistent volumes and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes. HabitTrove's accounts are not a security boundary, so the gateway password matters.

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What is HabitTrove?

HabitTrove is a gamified habit tracking application. You create habits, earn coins each time you complete one, and spend the coins on rewards from a wishlist you write yourself. It tracks completion streaks and statistics, supports several users with shared habits, and lets you draw freehand on habits and rewards. Run on your own server it is a self-hosted HabitTrove, an alternative to keeping your habits in an account on a service such as Habitica, with the code under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

On xCloud it is the dohsimpson/habittrove v0.2.31 image behind a Caddy gateway, both pinned by digest. The gateway asks for the admin credentials before anything loads, and HabitTrove then asks you to pick a user. Data sits on habittrove_data and HabitTrove's own backups on habittrove_backups. In-app users are not a security boundary, so share the gateway password only with people you trust.

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

A HabitTrove stack normally means the app container, a gateway to protect it, an administrator seed, two volumes, a domain and a certificate before the first habit. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick HabitTrove from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and server, then set the admin username and a password of up to 32 characters, or accept the generated one.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start dohsimpson/habittrove v0.2.31 and a Caddy gateway, both pinned by digest, create the administrator from your credentials, mount habittrove_data and habittrove_backups, and publish it over HTTPS.
Step 03
Sign In Twice And Add Habits
Answer the browser's password prompt, then choose your username in HabitTrove's Select User dialog and enter the same password. Add family with Add User, then create habits and wishlist rewards.

Everything HabitTrove Does, On Your Own Server

HabitTrove v0.2.31 runs here with its coins, rewards and streaks, behind a gateway you control.

Habits That Earn Coins
Create daily habits with a coin reward and earn coins each time you mark one complete on the dashboard.
A Wishlist Of Rewards
Add rewards to a wishlist and redeem them with the coins you have earned.
Streaks And Statistics
See completion streaks and statistics, with a calendar heatmap upstream describes as a work in progress.
Several Users, Shared Habits
Add family members and share habits. The accounts organise ownership but are not a security boundary.
A Gateway In Front
Caddy asks for the admin username and password before HabitTrove loads, and those credentials are the real access control.
Data And Backups On Volumes
Habits and avatars live on habittrove_data and HabitTrove's own backups on habittrove_backups, so a restart keeps them.

Everything You Need To Run Your Habit Tracker 24/7

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

HabitTrove v0.2.31 deployed instantly
Images pinned by digest
Administrator created from your credentials
Free SSL certificate
Data and backups on persistent volumes
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With HabitTrove

Build habits with a reward loop
Earn coins for daily habits and redeem them for rewards you chose yourself.
Track habits as a family
Add household members and share habits, with one gateway login for the people you trust.
Replace a hosted habit app
Keep your streaks and history on a server you control instead of a habit-app account.
See your progress over time
Check streaks and statistics to see which habits stick.

HabitTrove vs Alternatives

Habitica: Habitica has its own OneClick page. As a self-hosted alternative to Habitica, HabitTrove earns coins for completed habits and redeems them for wishlist rewards you write, with your history on your own server.
Vikunja: Vikunja has its own OneClick page. HabitTrove focuses on daily habits, coin rewards and streaks, so compare the two if your list is tasks rather than habits.
Streaks: As an alternative to Streaks, HabitTrove runs in the browser with Progressive Web App support, and your habits stay on infrastructure you control.
TaskTrove: HabitTrove's README points to TaskTrove from the same author; HabitTrove itself tracks recurring habits with coins and rewards.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Headroom if HabitTrove shares the server with other apps.

$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. HabitTrove is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

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HabitTrove on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own your data. 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.

Can I run HabitTrove in Docker?

Yes, and this template is HabitTrove Docker hosting without the setup: the dohsimpson/habittrove v0.2.31 image and a Caddy gateway, both pinned by digest, with two named volumes, a generated signing secret and HTTPS on your own domain.

How much RAM does HabitTrove need?

The template lists 1024 MB of memory, one CPU core and 5 GB of storage as conservative estimates, because upstream publishes no minimum. The 6 GB tier is where this page starts, leaving headroom above that.

How do I sign in to HabitTrove after installing?

Your browser first asks for the admin username and password from the credentials. HabitTrove then shows its Select User dialog: choose that username and enter the same password to sign in as the administrator. There is no passwordless account at any point.

Can I add family members to HabitTrove?

Yes. Use Add User in the Select User dialog to create each person, then share habits between them. Everyone still passes the same gateway, so give its password only to people you trust with all of the data.

Are HabitTrove users a security boundary?

No. HabitTrove's accounts organise who owns which habits, but anyone who passes the Basic Authentication gateway can change any account or data. The gateway credentials are the only real access control, so share them only with people you trust with everything.

How do I change the HabitTrove admin password?

Edit ADMIN_PASSWORD in the Environment editor and restart to rotate the gateway, then also change the administrator password inside HabitTrove under the profile menu, Edit profile. The gateway applies it on every start, but HabitTrove sets its own only once. Passwords are limited to 32 characters.

Is HabitTrove free?

Yes. HabitTrove is open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence, so the software has no fee. Your only recurring cost is the dedicated Cloud VPS holding your habits and rewards. That makes it a HabitTrove cloud of your own.

How do I back up HabitTrove?

Back up habittrove_data and habittrove_backups together. HabitTrove writes its own daily copies into the second volume, which is the app's feature and not an xCloud one. Nothing here schedules a server-level copy for you, so run it yourself.

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How do I upgrade HabitTrove?

The install stays on its pinned v0.2.31 image until you adopt a newer template version. Back up habittrove_data and habittrove_backups first and read the upstream release notes. Nothing is upgraded for you, and a redeploy keeps both volumes.

How big can an avatar upload be?

HabitTrove limits avatar uploads to 5 MiB. Avatars and the JSON data are stored under habittrove_data, so they travel with that volume whenever you back it up. Keep AUTH_SECRET unchanged when you edit the environment, or sessions are invalidated.

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.