HomeButler Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy HomeButler hosting and run a self-hosted server monitoring dashboard that watches your other machines over SSH and reports what changed. xCloud starts the pinned image, generates a dashboard token, keeps config, SSH keys and snapshots on persistent volumes and publishes it over HTTPS on your domain. It monitors the machines you add, not the server it runs on, and each one needs SSH access set up from a shell.

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What is HomeButler?

HomeButler is a single Go binary, released under the MIT licence, for watching a handful of servers: status, open ports, Docker, alerts and snapshots. Upstream's idea is to report only the changes worth mentioning, remembering what a server looked like last time and saying what moved, rather than showing a graph of the present. Self-hosted HomeButler gives that a web dashboard, as a different take from uptime tools such as Uptime Kuma.

On xCloud the template runs the upstream ghcr.io/higangssh/homebutler 1.2.0 image, pinned, as one container with no database and three volumes: homebutler_config, homebutler_state and homebutler_ssh. It refuses to start without a token, so there is no open mode. The container cannot see its own host, so HomeButler watches only the machines you add under Servers, reached over outbound SSH.

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

A HomeButler install normally means a container, a bearer token, three volumes, a domain and a certificate before the first server is added. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick HomeButler 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 upstream HomeButler image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with no private services, mount the homebutler_config, homebutler_state and homebutler_ssh volumes, generate the Dashboard Token, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Paste The Token, Add A Server
Save the Dashboard Token from the protected installation credentials, open your HTTPS HomeButler URL and paste the token into the prompt. Then open Settings and add the machines you want to watch.

Everything HomeButler Does, On Your Own Server

HomeButler runs in full here: a token-protected web dashboard on your own domain that reaches your machines over SSH.

Status Of Several Machines
See CPU, memory and disk for each machine you add, in one dashboard.
Docker And Open Ports
The dashboard lists each watched machine's Docker containers and open ports, so you can see which container owns a port.
Alerts And Notifications
Set alert thresholds and notification channels (Telegram, Slack, Discord, webhook, email) from the settings screen.
Reports That Show What Changed
HomeButler keeps snapshots and compares each report with the last one, naming containers that disappeared, appeared or were recreated behind the same name.
Servers Added From The UI
Add and edit servers and Proxmox endpoints in the settings screen; the config is written to a persistent volume and redeploys never overwrite it.
Token-Protected API
A generated bearer token guards the dashboard API: without it, every API call returns 401, including with a wrong token.

Everything You Need To Run Your Server Monitoring 24/7

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

HomeButler 1.2.0 deployed instantly
Upstream image pinned by digest
Dashboard token 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 HomeButler

Learn what changed on a server
See which containers, ports and mounts appeared, vanished or were replaced since the last snapshot.
Watch several machines from one page
Add the servers you run under Settings and review them from a single dashboard.
Get alerts where you work
Send notifications to Telegram, Slack, Discord, a webhook or email from the settings screen.
Keep monitoring credentials separate
Store SSH keys and known hosts on their own volume, with a token required for every API call.

HomeButler Screenshots

HomeButler settings screen with the Add server form open

HomeButler settings screen after a server has been added

HomeButler settings screen with alert thresholds and notification channels

HomeButler vs Alternatives

Uptime Kuma: Uptime Kuma has its own xCloud page. HomeButler is the option here that logs in over SSH and reports what changed on each machine you add.
Beszel: Beszel has its own xCloud page. HomeButler is the choice here when you want change reports built from snapshots of each machine.
Gatus: Gatus has its own xCloud page. HomeButler watches machines over SSH and reports changes between snapshots.
Zabbix: Zabbix has its own xCloud page. HomeButler is a single Go binary meant for watching a handful of servers over SSH.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if HomeButler 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. HomeButler itself is licensed by its maintainers under MIT.

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Ready To Run Your Own Server Dashboard?

HomeButler 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.

Can you self-host HomeButler with Docker?

Yes. For HomeButler Docker hosting the template runs the upstream ghcr.io/higangssh/homebutler 1.2.0 image, pinned, as one container serving the dashboard and API on port 8080. State lives in files on three named volumes, with no database, and xCloud's nginx puts HTTPS in front.

Is HomeButler free and open source?

HomeButler is open source under the MIT licence, so the software has no licence fee. xCloud's bill covers the dashboard's dedicated Cloud VPS and the deployment. The machines you watch are your own and keep whatever hosting costs they already have.

How much RAM does HomeButler need?

The manifest asks for 256 MB of RAM, one CPU core and 1 GB of disk, since it is a single binary with state in small files. The 6 GB plan sold here sits well above that floor, leaving the server room to spare.

How do I sign in to HomeButler?

Open your HTTPS address and paste the Dashboard Token from your credentials panel into the prompt; the browser remembers it. There is no unauthenticated mode. Anyone holding the token can read every added machine's status and change settings, including stored SSH credentials, so keep it private.

Can HomeButler monitor the server it runs on?

No. HomeButler runs in a container and cannot see its host; a server marked local reports that it is not visible from a container. It watches only the machines listed under Servers, over outbound SSH, so add the server itself as a normal SSH target if you want it watched.

How do I connect HomeButler to my servers over SSH?

Add each machine under Settings, Servers, then set up access from a shell inside the container with docker exec. For key login, copy a private key into /root/.ssh; for password login, run homebutler trust first. The settings screen cannot set a key file.

How do I back up HomeButler?

Back up homebutler_config (config.yaml), homebutler_state (snapshots, watch incidents and backups) and homebutler_ssh (private keys and known_hosts) together. The SSH volume holds credentials, so store copies privately, off the server, and test a restore before relying on them.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade HomeButler?

Version 1.2.0 is fixed by tag, so a catalog update reaches new installs only. Back up all three volumes, read the upstream release notes, and adopt a newer template version on your own timing. To rotate the token, change HOMEBUTLER_TOKEN in the environment editor and redeploy.

Where do HomeButler alerts go?

Notification channels are edited on the settings screen, not through environment variables. Upstream and the template list Telegram, Slack, Discord, webhook and email. The config lives in /config/config.yaml, which the settings screen owns after first boot, so back that volume up.

Can I run HomeButler in the cloud on xCloud?

Yes. HomeButler cloud use puts the dashboard on a dedicated Cloud VPS with your domain and certificate. That server needs outbound SSH access to every machine you watch. Hosting elsewhere? Connect that server as self-managed and use this same template.

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.