Kokoro Web Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Kokoro Web hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted text to speech API and browser voice generator on your own domain. Deploy Kokoro Web and xCloud starts the official image, pinned by digest, as a single container with the web interface and an OpenAI-compatible API over HTTPS, lets you set an optional API secret key, and keeps downloaded models and voices on a persistent cache volume. Open the site and generate your first speech.

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What is Kokoro Web?

Self-hosted Kokoro Web is an open-source AI text-to-speech app: a browser interface for turning text into spoken audio, plus a self-hostable speech API that upstream describes as a drop-in replacement for applications using OpenAI's text-to-speech API. It is powered by hexgrad's Kokoro-82M, an open-weight model, and offers several language accents and voice customisation. It is MIT licensed.

On xCloud the template runs ghcr.io/eduardolat/kokoro-web 0.1.3, pinned by digest, as one container. The kokoro_cache volume holds downloaded models and voices, which download on first use. The API is open unless you set the optional secret key at install, in which case callers send it as a Bearer token. Generated audio is returned to the caller, not stored on the server, and the web interface needs no account.

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

A self-hosted speech API normally means a container, a model cache, a key, a domain and a certificate before the first sentence is spoken. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Kokoro Web from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and, if the API will be reachable publicly, enter an optional API secret key.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Kokoro Web image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with no separate database, mount the kokoro_cache volume for models and voices, and publish the web interface and API on port 3000 over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Generate Your First Audio
Save the API secret key shown in your installation credentials, open your HTTPS Kokoro Web URL — no sign-in is needed for the web interface — type some text, pick a voice and generate. The model downloads on first use.

An OpenAI Compatible TTS API: Everything Kokoro Web Does

Kokoro Web runs in full here: a browser voice studio and a speech API on your own domain, powered by an open-weight model.

Browser Voice Studio
Generate natural-sounding speech from text in the browser, with simple and advanced voice configuration.
OpenAI-Compatible API
A drop-in replacement for applications that use OpenAI's text-to-speech API: point the OpenAI SDK's baseURL at your Kokoro Web site.
Open-Weight Kokoro-82M
Powered by hexgrad/Kokoro-82M, an open-weight 82-million-parameter model with Apache-licensed weights.
Accents And Voices
Multiple language accents and voices for narration, voiceovers, accessibility audio and prototypes.
Optional Bearer-Token Protection
Set an API secret key from the install form and API requests must send it as a Bearer token. Leave it empty and the API is open to anyone with the URL.
Model Cache That Survives Restarts
Downloaded models and voices live on the kokoro_cache volume, which is reused after an xCloud Restart, so nothing is downloaded again.

Everything You Need To Run Your Voice API 24/7

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

Kokoro Web v0.1.3 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Optional API secret key from the install form
Persistent model cache
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Kokoro Web

Narration and voiceovers
Turn scripts into spoken audio with a choice of language accents and voices, without paying a per-character fee for each render.
Accessibility audio
Offer a spoken version of text content from a speech service you run yourself.
Swap out OpenAI's speech endpoint
Point an existing OpenAI SDK integration at your own base URL and keep the same request shape for text-to-speech.
Prototypes with a voice
Give a demo or an agent a spoken output quickly, from an API you control.

Kokoro Web Screenshots

Kokoro Web after generating audio, showing a waveform player with a download button

Kokoro Web vs Alternatives

OpenAI text-to-speech: A hosted speech endpoint. As a Kokoro Web alternative to OpenAI text-to-speech, your applications keep the request shape and point at your own base URL instead.
ElevenLabs: A hosted text-to-speech service. Kokoro Web is open source and runs on your own server with an open-weight model.
Google Cloud Text-to-Speech: A cloud API billed through a provider account. Kokoro Web is a single container you deploy and keep on your own server.
The public Kokoro Web site: Upstream also runs a free online version in the browser. Self-hosting is for when you need the OpenAI-compatible API on your own domain, with your own key.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Kokoro Web sits alongside other apps on the same server.

$59.99per month

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6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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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. Kokoro Web itself is licensed by its maintainers under MIT.

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Kokoro Web 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.
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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 Kokoro Web free and open source?

Yes. Kokoro Web is MIT licensed, and upstream calls it free for personal and commercial use. It is built on the Kokoro-82M model, whose weights upstream describes as Apache licensed. xCloud bills the dedicated Cloud VPS only, with no paid tier added.

Can I run Kokoro Web with Docker?

Yes, and this template is Kokoro Web Docker hosting without the assembly. It starts the ghcr.io/eduardolat/kokoro-web 0.1.3 image, pinned by digest, as one container, proxies port 3000 behind HTTPS and mounts the kokoro_cache volume at /kokoro/cache.

How much RAM does Kokoro Web need?

The manifest floor is 2 GB of RAM, one core and 5 GB of disk. The 6 GB Cloud VPS sold here covers a Kokoro Web cloud install with room to spare. The cache volume grows with each model and voice you download.

Is the Kokoro Web API OpenAI compatible?

Yes. Upstream says the self-hosted API works as a drop-in replacement for applications using OpenAI's text-to-speech API. Set the base URL of your OpenAI client to your domain with the API path from upstream, and pass your secret key as the API key if you set one.

Can I protect the Kokoro Web API with a key?

Yes. The install form has an optional API secret key. Leave it empty and API authentication stays off; set it and callers must send it as a Bearer token. Change or remove it in the Environment settings, then redeploy for it to take effect.

Do the voice models download on first use?

Yes. The required models and voices download the first time they are needed and then stay in the kokoro_cache volume, so the first request is slower than later ones. The server needs outbound internet access for that first download.

Does Kokoro Web need a GPU?

The template does not configure one. It runs the standard container on the CPU of the Cloud VPS, with a 2 GB RAM floor. Upstream mentions WebGPU acceleration in supported browsers for the browser interface, which depends on the visitor's device, not on your server.

How do I back up Kokoro Web?

Back up the kokoro_cache volume, which contains downloaded models and voices. It holds no accounts or generated audio, so a lost cache can be rebuilt by downloading again. Keep your API secret key from the Environment settings, since it is not part of the volume.

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How do I update Kokoro Web?

Your install stays on its pinned 0.1.3 version until you adopt a newer template version. Read the upstream release notes first, then adopt the newer version. The cache volume is kept, so models usually need not download again. Test a speech request afterwards.

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.