KitchenOwl Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Self-hosted grocery lists, recipe management, meal planning, household collaboration, and expense tracking in one privacy-focused app. Self-hosted on a server you own, with the setup, HTTPS and backups handled for you.

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

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

Self-hosting KitchenOwl normally means containers, a database, a domain and a certificate before anything works. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

  1. Step 01

    Sign Up

    Create your xCloud account and pick KitchenOwl from the OneClick catalog. Takes 30 seconds — no server to prepare.

  2. Step 02

    We Deploy It For You

    One click. We provision the server, bring KitchenOwl and its supporting services up, and handle the domain and SSL certificate.

  3. Step 03

    Start Using It

    Open `https://${DOMAIN}` immediately after installation.

Everything KitchenOwl Does, On Your Own Server

KitchenOwl runs in full here — the same features as any hosted offering, with the data on infrastructure you control.

  • Self-hosted grocery lists

    KitchenOwl ships this as part of the core product, available from the first deploy rather than gated behind a paid tier.

  • Recipe management

    Handled inside KitchenOwl itself, so there is no second service to run and no integration to keep working.

  • Meal planning

    One of the reasons teams pick KitchenOwl over a hosted alternative, and it costs nothing extra on a server you already own.

  • Household collaboration

    Included out of the box. On your own instance there is no seat count and no usage tier limiting how much you use it.

  • Expense tracking in one privacy-focused app

    Part of the standard KitchenOwl feature set, working the same on your server as it does on any managed offering.

  • Yours To Extend

    A server you own means you can run other apps beside it and script against it however you like.

Everything You Need To Run Your Workspace 24/7

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

  • KitchenOwl deployed instantly
  • Self-hosted grocery lists
  • Recipe management
  • Meal planning
  • Free SSL certificate
  • Automatic backups
  • Security updates included
  • 30+ server locations
  • Unused balance refunded

Ready To Own Your Workspace?

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

What is KitchenOwl?

Self-hosted grocery lists, recipe management, meal planning, household collaboration, and expense tracking in one privacy-focused app. It is open source and self-hosted, and this template deploys version 0.7.10.

Can you self-host KitchenOwl?

Yes — that is what this is. Self-hosting normally means assembling the container, its supporting services, a domain and a certificate yourself. On xCloud KitchenOwl is a OneClick app, so the server, the services, the domain and the SSL are provisioned for you in about five minutes.

Do I need technical skills?

No. There is no terminal, no Docker Compose file to edit and no setup script to run. You pick a plan, we deploy, and you sign in.

What are the server requirements?

The template manifest asks for 512 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 2 GB of disk as a floor. This page sells the 6 GB tier, which is comfortably above that.

What exactly does the template deploy?

Pinned, verified images rather than a floating latest tag. In short: Image: tombursch/kitchenowl:v0.7.10 pinned to immutable multi-architecture manifest digest sha256:bd821a41b8cb27fd7fcf429acd1fc67e9f889485a2cd1193d68c2d804a8e1bef; Topology: one official KitchenOwl container serving the web client and API; Port: container 8080, bound only to localhost and proxied by xCloud nginx; Storage: kitchenowl_data:/data for the SQLite database and uploaded files. Existing servers stay on their installation snapshot until you choose to upgrade.

Where does my data live?

On your own server. KitchenOwl keeps its state on a persistent named volume that survives a restart, and backups run on the schedule you set. There is no third party holding the data and no export process to go through if you want it elsewhere.

Is it exposed to the internet?

It is served on your own domain over HTTPS, with the certificate issued and renewed for you. Anything the template puts behind authentication stays behind authentication; nothing is published unauthenticated by default.

Can I run other apps on the same server?

Yes. It is a dedicated Cloud VPS, not a locked appliance, so you can deploy other OneClick apps or your own sites beside it as long as the resources are there.

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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