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Ideon Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Ideon hosting and keep your project canvas on your own server instead of scattering it across folders and tabs. xCloud runs the pinned Ideon 0.9.8 image next to a private PostgreSQL database, generates the database credentials and session secret, mounts persistent volumes for uploads and data, and publishes it over HTTPS on your domain.

Deploy your Ideon
  • No terminal
  • No technical skills needed
  • No lock-in, cancel anytime

What is Ideon?

Ideon is a self-hosted visual workspace. Its upstream README says it replaces abstract folders with spatial organization: instead of navigating tabs, you see your whole project context, such as Git repositories, design notes and tasks, on a single map.

Blocks can be Markdown notes, images, links and files, repositories and issues can be embedded live, teammates edit together in real time, and time-travel snapshots show earlier states of a workspace. This template deploys version 0.9.8 under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

From Sign-Up to Your First Canvas In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting a shared canvas normally means a container, a database, secrets, volumes, a domain and a certificate before the first project. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

  1. Step 01

    Sign Up

    Create your xCloud account and pick Ideon from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server. There are no extra fields to fill in, because xCloud generates the database credentials and the session secret.

  2. Step 02

    We Deploy It For You

    One click. We bring up the official Ideon image, pinned by immutable digest, next to a digest-pinned PostgreSQL 18.6 container on the private install network with no published port, mount the ideon_storage and ideon_db volumes, and publish the web interface over HTTPS.

  3. Step 03

    Create The Administrator

    Give the first start two to three minutes for migrations, then open /setup on your Ideon URL straight away and create the superadmin account, because the first submission wins. Sign in at /login and create your first project.

Everything Ideon Does, On Your Own Server

Ideon runs in full here: a shared canvas on your own domain, with the data in volumes you control.

  • Spatial Canvas

    Place blocks anywhere on one infinite canvas. What sits close together reads as related, instead of living in separate folders.

  • Rich Media Blocks

    Embed Markdown notes, images, links and files directly in a project, with uploads of up to 200 MB accepted.

  • Repository And Issue Embeds

    Upstream lists live integrations that embed repositories and issues from GitHub, GitLab, Gitea and Forgejo on the canvas.

  • Real-Time Collaboration

    Several people can edit the same canvas at once; the collaborative document state is kept in the ideon_storage volume.

  • Time Travel

    View historical snapshots of a workspace to trace how a project and its decisions evolved.

  • Invitation-Only Access

    Public sign-up is off after setup, and unauthenticated API calls return 401 in QA. Add SMTP settings to send invitations from inside the app.

Everything You Need To Run Your Visual Workspace 24/7

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

  • Ideon 0.9.8 deployed instantly
  • Official image pinned by digest
  • Private PostgreSQL included
  • Secrets generated for you
  • Free SSL certificate
  • Server backups and snapshots
  • Server security updates included
  • 30+ server locations
  • Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Ideon

  • Keep a whole project in one place

    Lay out repositories, notes, links and files side by side so the context for a project is visible at a glance.

  • Plan together in real time

    Let a team edit the same canvas at once, with documents and uploads stored on a server you run.

  • Bring code and issues into the plan

    Embed repositories and issues from GitHub, GitLab, Gitea or Forgejo next to the notes that explain them.

  • Look back at how a project changed

    Open earlier snapshots of a workspace to trace the decisions behind where a project ended up.

Ideon Screenshots

An Ideon project canvas with an item placed on it
An Ideon workspace still showing its content after the install was restarted

Ideon vs Alternatives

Miro
A hosted online whiteboard for teams; Ideon is a self-hosted canvas that keeps projects, uploads and database on your own server.
Notion
A hosted workspace built around pages and databases; Ideon arranges items spatially on one canvas instead of in a page tree.
Obsidian Canvas
An infinite canvas for notes inside a local notes app; Ideon is a multi-user web workspace with real-time collaboration.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Most popular

A shared canvas for a small team or a personal workspace.

$24.99per month

  • 6 GB RAM
  • 4 vCPU cores
  • 100 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
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Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Ideon sits alongside other team apps.

$59.99per month

  • 16 GB RAM
  • 6 vCPU cores
  • 200 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
Get started

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. Ideon itself is open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

Docker hosting

Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy Ideon on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

Free

Start your journey without cost.

$0forever

  • 1 server
  • 10 sites
Start free

Starter

Most popular

Your rate with 2–5 servers connected.

$5per server / month

  • 2–5 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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Professional

The same platform, discounted at 6–10 servers.

$4per server / month

  • 6–10 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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Agency

The same platform, discounted at 11+ servers.

$3per server / month

  • 11+ servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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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.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own Project Canvas?

Ideon 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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Frequently Asked Questions

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

How is Ideon different from a folder-based wiki or project tool?

It arranges items spatially on one canvas, so things placed near each other read as related, and several people can edit it at once.

How do I sign in for the first time?

Open /setup on your Ideon URL and create the administrator account. There is no preset administrator, so do this straight after install: the first submission becomes the superadmin. Afterwards sign in at /login. Later users join by invitation from inside the app.

Does it need a separate database?

No. The template runs its own PostgreSQL 18.6 database alongside Ideon on the private install network, with no published port, and keeps it on the ideon_db volume.

What runs alongside Ideon?

One PostgreSQL container on the private install network. Nothing else is published; the Ideon web interface (container port 3000) is served through xCloud-managed HTTPS.

Can I invite my team?

Yes, from inside the app. Public sign-up is off after setup, and invitation and password-reset emails only work once you add the SMTP_* settings in the Environment editor and redeploy.

Why is the built-in terminal switched off?

The template sets SHELL_MAX_SESSIONS=0, because a shell inside the app container would expose the database password and session secret to any member. Raise it in the Environment editor only if every member is trusted.

What should I back up?

The ideon_db and ideon_storage volumes together, while the install is stopped, and keep the SECRET_KEY value with them. Changing SECRET_KEY signs everyone out and makes stored encrypted values, such as API keys, unreadable.

Backups in xCloud

What survives a restart?

Data on both named volumes: projects, users, settings, uploaded files, avatars and collaborative document state. The reviewed QA run confirmed the content after a restart.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Ideon?

No. The template pins 0.9.8 by immutable digest, so existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up 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 196 MiB in total. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung of the OneClick plans, with ample headroom above that baseline.

What licence does Ideon use?

AGPL-3.0 per the upstream LICENSE at 0.9.8. Modified public deployments are expected to share their changes.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Ideon?

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

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