Manifest Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Manifest hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted LLM gateway on your own domain. Deploy Manifest and xCloud runs the pinned official image beside a private PostgreSQL and a small login gateway, creates the administrator from the email you enter, generates the session and encryption secrets, closes public sign-up, and keeps accounts, agents and message recordings on persistent volumes. Add your provider keys and point clients at the OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

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What is Manifest?

Self-hosted Manifest is an open-source LLM gateway for AI agents and apps. Upstream says you connect your API keys, subscriptions and local models to one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, and each query goes to the right model, with custom routing, full body logs, spend tracking with notifications and limits, and fallback models when a query fails. It is a self-hosted option beside routing services such as OpenRouter, and it is MIT licensed.

On xCloud the template runs manifestdotbuild/manifest 6.28.7 with a bundled PostgreSQL 16 and a Caddy gateway, all pinned by digest. The manifest_db and manifest_recordings volumes hold accounts, agents, routing rules, usage and message recordings. The administrator is created from your email at first start, and the gateway answers public sign-up with a refusal, so nobody else can register.

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

A Manifest stack normally means the app, a PostgreSQL database, a reverse proxy, generated secrets, volumes, a domain and a certificate before the first request is routed. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Manifest from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, then enter the Administrator Email for the first account.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Manifest image, pinned by immutable digest, with a private PostgreSQL 16 database and a Caddy gateway, keep the app and database off the host's public ports, mount the manifest_db and manifest_recordings volumes, generate the admin password, session secret and encryption key, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Connect A Provider
Open your HTTPS Manifest URL and sign in with your Administrator Email and the generated Admin Password (the first start can take a minute or two for migrations). Add a provider API key, create an agent, and point your client at https://your-domain/v1 with the agent key.

An LLM Gateway Dashboard: Everything Manifest Does

Manifest runs in full here: an OpenAI-compatible gateway and its dashboard on your own domain, backed by a database you own.

One OpenAI-Compatible Endpoint
Send requests to /v1 on your domain and Manifest routes each one to a model from your connected API keys, subscriptions, local models or custom providers.
Cost And Usage Dashboard
Track token usage and spend per model, and set limits and notifications from the dashboard.
Routing Rules Per Agent
Create an agent for each app or workflow and give it its own routing rules, with its own agent key.
Fallbacks When A Request Fails
When a query fails, Manifest can fall back to a different model instead of returning the error to your app.
Full Request Logs
Bodies are logged for both successful and failed messages, and recordings are kept on the persistent manifest_recordings volume.
Closed Sign-Up, Encrypted Keys
Sign-up requests are answered with 403, so the administrator is the only account, and provider keys you add are encrypted at rest with a generated encryption key.

Everything You Need To Run Your LLM Gateway 24/7

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

Manifest 6.28.7 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Admin password and secrets generated for you
Private PostgreSQL 16, no host ports
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Manifest

One endpoint for several providers
Point every app and agent at /v1 on your domain instead of wiring each one to a separate provider SDK and key.
Keep an eye on LLM spend
See token usage and cost per model in one dashboard, and set limits and notifications before a runaway agent gets expensive.
Survive provider failures
Configure fallback models so a failed request is retried on another model rather than surfacing as an error in your product.
Give each agent its own rules
Create one agent per app or workflow, each with its own agent key and routing rules, and review its request logs when something misbehaves.

Manifest Screenshots

Manifest dashboard after signing in as the administrator

Manifest vs Alternatives

OpenRouter: OpenRouter is a hosted service that exposes many models through one API. As a Manifest alternative to OpenRouter, you run the gateway, its database and its logs on a server you control, and Manifest can connect to OpenRouter as a provider.
LiteLLM: LiteLLM is a separate open-source LLM proxy. Manifest vs LiteLLM: Manifest offers one OpenAI-compatible endpoint with its own dashboard for cost, usage and routing rules, so compare both before choosing.
Manifest Cloud: The same project also runs a hosted version. On xCloud you run the gateway, its database and its logs on your own server, and your provider keys are encrypted at rest with a key you hold.
Calling each provider directly: Wiring every app to its own provider SDK and key repeats work. One Manifest endpoint gives every app the same base URL, with limits and fallbacks set in one place.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Manifest sits alongside other AI tools 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. Manifest itself is licensed by its maintainers under MIT.

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Manifest 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 Manifest free and open source?

Yes. Manifest is MIT licensed with its code open on GitHub, so the gateway software is free. xCloud bills the dedicated Cloud VPS, and your model providers bill you for tokens separately. The template adds no paid Manifest tier or hosted-only feature.

Can I run Manifest with Docker?

Yes, and this template is Manifest Docker hosting without the assembly. It starts manifestdotbuild/manifest 6.28.7 beside PostgreSQL 16 and a Caddy gateway, all pinned by digest, serves the dashboard and the v1 gateway on one domain behind HTTPS, and mounts two volumes.

How much RAM does Manifest need?

Manifest's manifest floor is 512 MB of RAM, one core and 5 GB of disk. We sell the 6 GB Cloud VPS for a Manifest cloud install, mostly as headroom. Message recordings, kept 365 days by default, are what use the disk.

Is Manifest an OpenAI compatible API?

Yes. Upstream describes one OpenAI-compatible endpoint in front of your providers. Clients call your domain with the v1 path and an agent key created in the dashboard. Add your provider API keys first, then create an agent with its own routing rules.

Where are my provider API keys stored?

In Manifest's PostgreSQL database, encrypted at rest with the MANIFEST_ENCRYPTION_KEY the template generates. Keep that key stable and back it up: changing it makes stored provider keys unreadable. Anyone with the administrator login can use the connected providers, so protect it.

Can anyone sign up to my Manifest?

No. The template creates the administrator at first start from your email and a generated password, and its Caddy gateway answers the sign-up path with a 403. Manifest has no setting to close registration itself, so keep that gateway in place.

Does Manifest send telemetry?

Not in this template. The anonymous usage report and the daily GitHub release lookup are both switched off by default. You can turn either back on in the Environment editor by changing the matching variable. Provider calls still go out to the providers you connect.

How do I back up Manifest?

Back up both volumes together, manifest_db for PostgreSQL data and manifest_recordings for message recordings, which are not part of a database dump. Keep the generated session secret, encryption key and database password from the credentials page with the backup.

Backup and Restore Docker Apps

How do I update Manifest?

Your install stays on its pinned 6.28.7 version until you adopt a newer template version. Back up both volumes and the secrets first, then read the upstream release notes, since the first start applies database migrations. Afterwards sign in and send a test request.

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.