Koito Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Koito hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted scrobble server on your own domain. Deploy Koito and xCloud runs the pinned official image as one container with an embedded SQLite database, sets a generated admin password, turns the login gate on so signed-out visitors cannot read your statistics, publishes it over HTTPS, and keeps history, the image cache and the import folder on one persistent volume.

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What is Koito?

Self-hosted Koito is a modern, themeable, ListenBrainz-compatible scrobbler for people who want control over their data and insight into their listening habits. Players and scrobblers send it what you listen to, and it turns that into charts and statistics with artist and album artwork. Upstream lists relaying to other scrobblers and imports from Maloja, ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Spotify. It is MIT licensed, and upstream warns it is still unstable.

On xCloud the template runs gabehf/koito v0.3.2, pinned by digest, as one container with SQLite, so there is no separate database. The koito_data volume holds the database, image cache and import folder. There is a single administrator account, and artwork lookups need outbound internet access. Nothing else runs beside the container, and the login gate is on by default.

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

Self-hosting a scrobbler normally means a container, a data volume, a first-boot password, a domain and a certificate before the first listen. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Koito 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 official Koito image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with an embedded SQLite database — no separate database to run. We mount the koito_data volume, generate the admin password, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Scrobble
Open your HTTPS Koito URL and sign in as admin with the generated password from the installation credentials. Then open Settings, API Keys, copy a key, and set your scrobbler's ListenBrainz URL to https://<your-domain>/apis/listenbrainz/1 with the key as the token.

A Listening History Dashboard: Everything Koito Does

Koito runs in full here: a scrobble endpoint, listening charts and imports on your own domain, with the data on a volume you own.

ListenBrainz-Compatible Scrobbling
Any ListenBrainz-compatible client can submit listens through a single API URL and API key.
Charts And Statistics
See top artists, albums and tracks over a day, week, month, year or all time, with automatic artist and album artwork.
A Login Gate On By Default
Statistics are hidden from signed-out visitors by default, and scrobble submission always requires an API key.
Import Your History
Bring in exports from Last.fm, Spotify, ListenBrainz, Maloja and Koito by placing the files in the import folder of the data volume.
Embedded SQLite
There is no separate database container; the database, image cache and import folder all live on the koito_data volume.
History That Survives A Restart
Listening history, API keys and the admin account were still present after an xCloud Restart in QA.

Everything You Need To Run Your Scrobble Server 24/7

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

Koito v0.3.2 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Admin password generated for you
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Koito

Own your listening history
Keep every scrobble, chart and statistic on your own server instead of a third-party service, with the data in a single volume you can back up.
Collect scrobbles from the players you already use
Point any ListenBrainz-compatible client at one API URL with an API key, and see each listen land on the dashboard.
See your top artists, albums and tracks
Browse charts and statistics with artist and album artwork filled in automatically, without running a separate database.
Move your history across
Import exports from Last.fm, Spotify, ListenBrainz, Maloja or Koito through the data volume's import folder, then keep scrobbling to the same place.

Koito Screenshots

Koito dashboard showing listening history charts and statistics

Koito artist page with artwork and listen counts

Koito rewind view summarising a listening period

Koito vs Alternatives

Last.fm: Last.fm is a hosted scrobbling service. As a Koito alternative to Last.fm, your listening history lives on your own server, and Koito can import a Last.fm export from the data volume.
ListenBrainz: ListenBrainz is an open scrobbling service whose API Koito is compatible with, so clients that submit to ListenBrainz can submit to your own Koito instead.
Maloja: Maloja is another self-hosted scrobble server with its own OneClick page. Koito vs Maloja: Koito can import Maloja exports, so you can move an existing history across.
Multi-Scrobbler: Multi-Scrobbler collects plays from several sources and has its own OneClick page. Upstream suggests using it, or a Koito relay, alongside Koito rather than instead of it.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Koito sits alongside a media server and other music 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. Koito itself is licensed by its maintainers under the MIT license.

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Ready To Own Your Listening History?

Koito 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.

Is Koito free and open source?

Yes. Koito is MIT licensed and its code is open. What you pay for is the dedicated Cloud VPS from xCloud. Upstream calls the project unstable, so expect breaking changes between releases and pin the version you test.

Can I run Koito with Docker?

Yes, and this template is Koito Docker hosting without the assembly. It starts the gabehf/koito v0.3.2 image, pinned by digest, as one container with embedded SQLite, proxies port 4110 behind HTTPS and mounts the koito_data volume at /etc/koito.

How much RAM does Koito need?

Koito's manifest floor is 512 MB of RAM, one core and 2 GB of disk. We sell the 6 GB Cloud VPS for a Koito cloud install, mostly as headroom. The image cache and your listening history are what grow with use.

Does Koito work with ListenBrainz clients?

Yes. Upstream calls Koito compatible with anything that scrobbles to ListenBrainz. In your scrobbler, set the ListenBrainz URL to your domain with the ListenBrainz path from the template README, and use the Default API key from Settings as the user token.

How do I import my Last.fm history into Koito?

Koito reads Last.fm, Spotify, ListenBrainz, Maloja and Koito exports from the import folder inside the data volume at startup. There is no upload page, so copy the export files into that folder on the server and restart. Check the first charts afterwards.

Is my listening history public on Koito?

Not by default. The login gate is on, so only signed-in users can read statistics, and Koito has a single administrator account. Setting the login gate to false in the Environment editor makes your history readable by anyone who knows the address.

Does Koito need internet access?

Yes, for artwork. Koito looks up artist and album artwork and metadata from MusicBrainz, Deezer and the Cover Art Archive, so the server needs outbound internet access. Scrobbles themselves arrive from your own clients over your domain.

How do I back up Koito?

Back up the koito_data volume, which is the complete persistence boundary: it holds the SQLite database, the image cache and the import folder. Protect the backup, because it contains your listening history, the administrator password hash, sessions and API keys.

Backup and Restore Docker Apps

How do I update Koito?

Your install stays on its pinned v0.3.2 version until you adopt a newer template version. Back up the koito_data volume first and read the upstream release notes, since upstream warns of breaking changes. Afterwards sign in, check recent scrobbles and confirm your clients still submit.

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.