Mafl Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Mafl hosting on xCloud gives your self-hosted services one clean start page, a self-hosted homepage dashboard on your own domain. Deploy Mafl from the OneClick catalog and xCloud starts the pinned v0.15.4 image behind an HTTP Basic Authentication gateway with a generated 32-character password and mounts a persistent volume for your configuration file. Mafl has no login of its own, so that gateway is the only thing protecting the page.

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What is Mafl?

Mafl is a minimalistic, flexible homepage that shows your self-hosted services as a grid of links, according to its README. Its features include privacy, because requests to third-party services happen in the backend, interactive real-time cards, service groups and tags, themes, several languages and an easy setup of a few lines of YAML. Self-hosted Mafl is a start page you run yourself instead of a hosted bookmark page. It is licensed under MIT.

Here on xCloud the template starts Mafl v0.15.4, pinned by digest, behind a Caddy gateway that enforces Basic Authentication on every path, with one volume, mafl_data, holding config.yml and no database. Mafl has no in-app editor, so you edit that file over SSH and restart. Anyone with the credentials sees every link and everything in the file except its secrets section.

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

A Mafl setup normally means a container, a reverse proxy, some way to keep the page private, a volume, a domain and a certificate before the first link appears. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Mafl from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, keep the default username or change it, and let xCloud generate the password.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Mafl image, pinned by immutable digest, behind a small Caddy gateway that asks for your username and password, run a one-shot container that fixes volume ownership, mount the mafl_data volume that holds config.yml, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Add Your Services
Open your HTTPS Mafl URL and enter the saved credentials. A starter page with two example links is created on first start; edit /app/data/config.yml over SSH with docker exec -it mafl-<site> vi /app/data/config.yml, then restart the site to show your own services.

Everything Mafl Does, On Your Own Server

Mafl runs in full here: a fast, YAML-configured homepage for your services on your own domain, behind a password you control.

One YAML File Configures It
A few lines of YAML in config.yml and the homepage is ready; the starter file is created on first start and never overwritten.
Groups And Tags
Organise services into custom groups and add tags to each one, so a long list of links stays easy to scan.
Icons, Themes And Languages
Services take Iconify icons, emoji or image URLs; there are ready-made themes, and the interface supports several languages.
Interactive Service Cards
Upstream describes Mafl as an interactive homepage: besides the base link card it has IP API and Weather services that show live information.
Secrets Stay On The Server
Put widget API keys in the secrets section of the config; they are not sent to the browser, and requests to third-party services are made by the backend.
A Password Gate Included
xCloud adds an HTTP Basic Authentication gateway in front of every path; requests without or with a wrong password were rejected with 401 in verification.

Everything You Need To Run Your Homepage 24/7

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

Mafl v0.15.4 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Generated password gate
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Mafl

A start page for your homelab
Keep every self-hosted service one click away in grouped grids instead of remembering ports and hostnames.
A shared page for a small team
Give the people who may see every link the same username and password, and keep the page off the open internet.
A page you can version
Because everything lives in one config.yml on a persistent volume, your layout is a single file you can read, edit and back up.
Live details next to the links
Add the IP API or Weather service for information on the page, with widget API keys held in the secrets section of the config.

Mafl Screenshots

The Mafl starter page on xCloud, a Getting started group with two example links: Mafl documentation and xCloud.

Mafl service cards grouped as Home, Cloud and Devices, shown side by side in its dark and light themes.

Mafl vs Alternatives

Dashy: A customisable start page with widgets, status checks and a built-in visual configuration editor; Mafl has no in-app editor and is configured from one YAML file.
Heimdall: A simple application dashboard and browser start page for organising links to your web apps; Mafl keeps its whole layout in a YAML config file.
Glance: A single dashboard that pulls feeds, server stats, releases, markets and calendars into one page; Mafl is a grid of service links configured from one YAML file.
Browser bookmarks and start.me: A hosted start page such as start.me keeps your links in its own service; a Mafl page runs on your server, at your own domain behind a password, and its whole layout is one config.yml you control.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Mafl sits alongside many other self-hosted apps.

$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. Mafl itself is licensed by its maintainers under MIT.

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Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own Services Homepage?

Mafl 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 Mafl free?

Yes. Mafl is open source under the MIT licence, with its licence text linked at the pinned v0.15.4 tag. xCloud bills for the Cloud VPS under it, not for Mafl, and there is no per-link fee. Your configuration file belongs to you.

Can you self-host Mafl with Docker?

Yes, and this Mafl Docker hosting template does it for you: the official ghcr.io/hywax/mafl image, pinned by digest, runs beside a small Caddy gateway on your own server, with HTTPS in front. It is not a Mafl cloud account, so your links and settings stay with you.

How much RAM does Mafl need?

At its floor, Mafl wants 256 MB of RAM, because there is no database and the app only serves a small page. The 6 GB tier offered here is ample. Widgets that call other services add a little work, but the page stays small, so you rarely need more headroom than that for a typical homepage.

Does Mafl have its own login?

No. xCloud adds an HTTP Basic Authentication gateway, so your browser prompts for the username and password. The default username is admin and the password is a generated 32-character value. Mafl itself has no accounts, so this prompt is the only thing protecting the page.

How do I add my services to Mafl?

Edit /app/data/config.yml in the container over SSH with docker exec and vi, then restart the site. Mafl has no in-app editor. The starter file lists two example links and is never overwritten, so your edits survive restarts. See the Mafl configuration reference for options.

Who can see my Mafl page and config?

Anyone with the Basic Authentication credentials can read the page and the configuration the browser receives, which is everything in config.yml except the secrets section. Share the credentials only with people who may see every link on it.

Where do Mafl widget API keys go?

In the secrets section of config.yml. Mafl removes that section before sending the configuration to the browser, and its requests to third-party services happen in the backend. Keep the file itself private, since the keys are stored in it in plain text.

How do I change the Mafl password?

Change the username or password in the Environment editor and restart the site, because the gateway credentials are re-applied from the environment on every start. Share the new password with the people who need it. There is no in-app account to update.

How do I back up Mafl?

Back up the mafl_data volume, mounted at /app/data, which holds config.yml and is the only thing worth keeping. A simple tar of the volume works, and copying config.yml off the server is enough. Test a restore on a disposable install.

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How do I upgrade Mafl?

Catalog changes never rewrite a running v0.15.4 install, so a newer template version only arrives when you adopt it. Back up config.yml first and read the upstream release notes, since configuration keys can change. The starter file turns update checks off because the tag is pinned.

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.