LinguaCafe Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy LinguaCafe hosting and run a self-hosted language-learning reader where you import books, articles and subtitles, look up unknown words as you read and review them later. xCloud starts the pinned web, tokenizer, MySQL and Redis containers, creates the first administrator from your email and a generated password, and serves it over HTTPS on your domain. Upstream supports one user per server for now.

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What is LinguaCafe?

LinguaCafe is free, self-hosted software, released under the GPL-3.0 licence, that helps language learners acquire vocabulary by reading. Upstream describes tools to read, look up unknown words and review them later, and lists support for many languages including Chinese, German, Japanese, Spanish and Thai. It warns that it is in active development and that only one user per server is supported at this time. A self-hosted LinguaCafe is a private alternative to a hosted reading-based language service such as LingQ.

On xCloud the template runs the official LinguaCafe v0.14.1 web server and spaCy tokenizer images, with MySQL 8.4 and Redis 7.2, all pinned by digest, and three volumes: linguacafe_storage, linguacafe_database and linguacafe_redis. The tokenizer image is amd64 only. No dictionaries or language models come installed: an administrator adds each language's model from the administration area.

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

A LinguaCafe stack normally means a web app with a queue worker and websocket server, a tokenizer service, MySQL, Redis, volumes, a domain and a certificate before the first page is imported. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick LinguaCafe from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, then enter the administrator email — that is the only field.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official LinguaCafe web and tokenizer images, pinned by immutable digest, with private MySQL and Redis services kept off the public internet, mount the linguacafe_storage, linguacafe_database and linguacafe_redis volumes, generate the administrator password and database credentials, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Add A Language
Open your HTTPS LinguaCafe URL — the first start runs database setup and can take a few minutes — and sign in with your administrator email and the generated password. In Admin settings, install the spaCy model for each language you want to study and add the dictionaries you want, then import your first text.

Everything LinguaCafe Does, On Your Own Server

LinguaCafe runs in full here: a reader, vocabulary list and review tool on your own domain, with your library kept in volumes you control.

A Personal Library Of Your Own Texts
Import plain text, text files, e-books, YouTube transcripts, subtitle files and web pages into one library.
Click Any Word In The Reader
Click a word while reading to see its lemma, add your own translation and set a familiarity level.
Vocabulary Search And Review
Search the words you have saved and review them with the built-in spaced-repetition review.
Dictionaries You Choose
No dictionary content is preinstalled; an administrator adds dictionaries under Admin settings, and saving words with your own translations works without one.
Live Import Progress Over HTTPS
The websocket for live import progress is served on the same domain, so progress updates work over HTTPS with nothing extra to open.
Private Database And Queue
MySQL, Redis and the tokenizer service have no published ports and are reachable only inside the install's private network.

Everything You Need To Run Your Language Reader 24/7

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

LinguaCafe 0.14.1 deployed instantly
Official images pinned by digest
Administrator password generated for you
Private MySQL, Redis and tokenizer
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With LinguaCafe

Learn by reading real material
Import books, articles and subtitles in the language you are learning and read them in the app.
Look up words as you go
Click an unknown word to see it in a dictionary and add it to your vocabulary.
Review what you saved
Return to saved words with spaced review instead of keeping lists by hand.
Keep your study data private
Store your texts, progress and vocabulary on a server you control.

LinguaCafe Screenshots

The LinguaCafe reader showing a text with a word saved to the vocabulary list.

The LinguaCafe vocabulary list showing saved words.

LinguaCafe vs Alternatives

LingQ: If you learn through reading in a hosted service such as LingQ, LinguaCafe is the self-hosted alternative with your texts and vocabulary on your own server.
Anki: Anki sync has its own xCloud page through the anki-sync-server-enhanced app. LinguaCafe instead builds vocabulary from what you read.
Readeck: Readeck has its own xCloud page for saving articles to read. LinguaCafe adds word lookup and spaced review for language learning.
Kavita: Kavita has its own xCloud page for reading books and comics. LinguaCafe is for reading to learn vocabulary in another language.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if you install many languages or run other apps alongside.

$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. LinguaCafe itself is licensed by its maintainers under GPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Language Reader?

LinguaCafe 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 LinguaCafe with Docker?

Yes. For LinguaCafe Docker hosting the template runs five containers: the web server, a spaCy tokenizer, a one-off admin initialiser, MySQL 8.4 and Redis 7.2, each pinned by digest. The tokenizer is published for amd64 only, so the server must be amd64. Only the web port reaches xCloud's HTTPS proxy.

Is LinguaCafe free and open source?

LinguaCafe is open source under the GPL-3.0 licence, so the reader has no licence fee. Upstream notes it is in active development and may have bugs. You pay xCloud for the server and the deployment work, while content you import is your own to supply.

How much RAM does LinguaCafe need?

The manifest asks for 2048 MB of RAM, one CPU core and 10 GB of disk. Upstream notes that memory use can pass 2 GB once many languages are installed. The 6 GB plan sold here leaves generous headroom for several languages, imports and the database.

How do I sign in to LinguaCafe?

Open your HTTPS address and sign in with the administrator email you entered and the generated password on your credentials card. The open first-user registration form is never exposed. Afterwards any signed-in user can create further accounts, so treat every account as trusted; upstream supports one user per server for now.

How do I add languages to LinguaCafe?

Each language needs its spaCy model, which an administrator installs from the administration area after the first sign-in. The tokenizer container downloads the model from the internet into the storage volume, so the server needs outbound internet access. Nothing is preinstalled.

How do I back up LinguaCafe?

Back up linguacafe_storage (uploads, dictionaries, fonts, logs, language models and the app's own database backups), linguacafe_database (MySQL data) and linguacafe_redis together. Use a MySQL dump for a consistent database copy, store copies off-server, and test a restore.

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How do I upgrade LinguaCafe?

Exact image digests are pinned for v0.14.1, so a catalog change reaches new installs only. Back up all three volumes first, then adopt a newer template version, which moves the web and tokenizer images together. Afterwards confirm the login page, a book import and a vocabulary lookup.

Can I import large files into LinguaCafe?

The proxy accepts request bodies up to 500 MB, matching the image's PHP upload limit, for ebooks, dictionaries and fonts. If your domain sits behind Cloudflare, requests over about 100 MB are rejected at its edge, so upload large files another way.

Can I run LinguaCafe in the cloud on xCloud?

Yes. LinguaCafe cloud use gives the reader and its database a dedicated Cloud VPS with your domain and certificate. The server must be amd64. A server rented elsewhere can be enrolled as self-managed, if it is also amd64.

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.