Hollo Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Hollo hosting and run your own single-user fediverse account on your domain. xCloud runs the pinned Hollo 0.9.22 image with a private PostgreSQL 17 sidecar, generates the secret key and database credentials, keeps accounts and media on persistent volumes and publishes it over HTTPS — people on Mastodon, Misskey and other servers can follow @you@your-domain.

Deploy your Hollo

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What is Hollo?

Hollo is a simple, single-user microblogging tool powered by Fedify. Upstream describes it as your own little corner of the internet: a personal Mastodon-style instance stripped down to the essentials, released under the AGPL-3.0.

It is part of the fediverse, a network of servers that talk over open protocols, primarily ActivityPub, so you can follow and interact with people on Mastodon, Misskey and other servers. Hollo is headless: it implements Mastodon-compatible APIs so you use it with most existing Mastodon clients.

From Sign-Up to Your Own Fediverse Handle In 3 Easy Steps

A Hollo stack normally means an app container, a PostgreSQL database, a secret key, two volumes, a domain, a certificate and an upload limit raised for video before your first post. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Hollo from the OneClick catalog. Choose the domain you want in your handle — there are no extra fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Hollo image and a PostgreSQL 17 sidecar, both pinned by digest, with the database kept off the public internet. We mount the hollo_db and hollo_data volumes, generate the secret key and database credentials, raise the proxy upload limit to 150 MB, and publish it over HTTPS.
Step 03
Claim Your Instance
Open https://your-domain/setup straight away and set the owner email and password — until an owner exists, anyone who can reach the URL can claim the instance. Then create your account at /accounts and sign in with a Mastodon-compatible client using your domain.

Everything Hollo Does, On Your Own Server

Hollo runs in full here: an ActivityPub server for one person, on your domain, with a database and media storage you own.

Your Own Fediverse Identity
Get a handle like @you@your-domain that people on Mastodon, Misskey and other ActivityPub servers can follow.
Mastodon-Compatible Clients
Hollo implements Mastodon-compatible APIs, so you sign in with an existing Mastodon client and do not need a Hollo-specific app.
Built For One Person
Upstream describes Hollo as a simple, single-user tool: a personal instance stripped down to the essentials rather than a multi-user community server.
Media Served From Your Domain
Uploads, avatars and custom emoji are served from the same domain under /assets/, so there is no second hostname to set up.
Setup And Accounts Pages
A web dashboard covers first-run setup, accounts, custom emoji, federation, thumbnail cleanup and authentication.
Private PostgreSQL Included
PostgreSQL 17 runs as a sidecar reachable only inside the install's private network, with no published host port.

Everything You Need To Run Your Fediverse Account 24/7

Managed hosting for Hollo, so the parts that keep your account online are not your problem.

Hollo 0.9.22 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Secret key and database credentials generated
Upload limit raised to 150 MB
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Hollo

Own your fediverse identity
Keep your handle on a domain you control instead of an account on someone else's server.
Post from the apps you already use
Sign in with a Mastodon-compatible client and publish, follow and read without installing anything Hollo-specific.
Run a personal microblog without a full stack
Host one account on one app container and a PostgreSQL sidecar rather than a multi-service social network.
Share media from your own domain
Serve uploaded images, video and custom emoji under /assets/ on the same domain as your account, with video uploads up to 150 MB.

Hollo Screenshots

Hollo dashboard Accounts page with a New account button and an account card showing its handle, bio, Edit, Migrate and Delete actions

Hollo vs Alternatives

Mastodon: The full federated social network server; Hollo is its single-user counterpart that exposes a Mastodon-compatible API without Mastodon's multi-service stack.
GoToSocial: Another lightweight ActivityPub server you host yourself; Hollo is built specifically for one person and is driven through Mastodon-compatible clients.
An account on a shared server: Signing up on someone else's Mastodon or Misskey server is quick, but the handle and data live on a server you do not control; Hollo puts both on your own domain.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Hollo sits alongside other social and publishing 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. Hollo itself is licensed by Hollo's maintainers under AGPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Fediverse Account?

Hollo 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 makes Hollo different from Mastodon?

Hollo is built for a single user. It has no timeline interface of its own and no multi-user admin system. It exposes a Mastodon-compatible API, so you sign in with a Mastodon-compatible client and use your own fediverse account.

How do I sign in?

Complete /setup to create the owner email and password, then sign in with a Mastodon-compatible app using your domain. The web pages cover setup, accounts and administration.

What runs alongside Hollo?

A PostgreSQL 17 sidecar that is reachable only inside the app's private network. It is not exposed to the internet.

Why should I open /setup straight after install?

There is no install form: the first visitor to submit /setup sets the owner email and password. Until an owner exists, anyone who can reach the URL can claim the instance. Once an owner exists, /setup redirects.

Can I change my username or domain later?

No. The username and domain become part of the fediverse handle and cannot be changed once the account exists, so choose the final domain before you finish setup.

Can I put Basic Authentication in front of the site?

No. Remote servers cannot authenticate, so federation would stop. Profiles, public posts and /.well-known/ endpoints are public by design.

What should I back up?

Both the hollo_db volume (accounts, posts, follows and the owner credential) and the hollo_data volume (uploaded media, avatars, custom emoji and cached remote media), plus the stable environment values shown on the credentials page. Back the two volumes up together.

Backups in xCloud

Can I change the secret key or storage URL?

Keep SECRET_KEY unchanged. STORAGE_URL_BASE must stay https://your-domain/assets/ and be correct before the first upload, because stored media links include it.

What survives a restart?

Accounts, posts, follows and uploaded media: both the database and the media volume are persistent, and this was verified on QA after an xCloud Restart.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Hollo?

No. The template pins Hollo 0.9.22 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release, existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up both volumes 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, 1024 MB of RAM and 10 GB of disk; measured idle use in QA was about 296 MiB for Hollo plus PostgreSQL, rising to about 465 MiB after a round trip and restart. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, with real headroom above that baseline.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Hollo?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the Hollo project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source Hollo project.

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.