Marreta Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Marreta hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted article reader on your own domain. Deploy Marreta and xCloud runs the pinned official image with a headless browser sidecar, puts the whole site behind a Basic Auth login you choose, creates the admin panel account on first start, publishes it over HTTPS, and keeps its database and cached pages on a persistent volume. Paste a link and read the article in a clean view.

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What is Marreta?

Self-hosted Marreta is an open-source article reader. You paste a link on the home page, the server fetches the page, and it shows the content in a clean view. Upstream lists URL cleaning, removal of tracking parameters, forced HTTPS, tidier HTML, your own styles and scripts, caching, a blocked-domains list, configurable headers and cookies, and proxy support. It has an HTTP API, and it is licensed under GPL-3.0. Use it on content you are entitled to read.

On xCloud the template runs ghcr.io/manualdousuario/marreta 3.0.4 with a Lightpanda headless browser for JavaScript pages and a Caddy gateway, all pinned by digest. The gateway enforces Basic Auth on the whole site, API and admin panel. The marreta_storage volume holds the SQLite database, rules, blocked domains and cached pages.

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

A Marreta stack normally means the app, a headless browser, a password gateway, a volume, a domain and a certificate before the first article loads. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Marreta from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, then enter an access username (the default is reader) and the email for the admin panel.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Marreta image and a Lightpanda 1.0.0 headless browser, both private with no host ports, put a Caddy gateway in front that enforces the password, mount the marreta_storage volume, generate the access and admin passwords, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Paste A Link
Save the access and admin passwords from the protected installation credentials, give it about a minute, then open your HTTPS Marreta URL and enter the access credentials. Paste an article link on the home page to read it, or sign in at /admin to manage rules.

A Distraction Free Article Reader: Everything Marreta Does

Marreta runs in full here: the reader, its HTTP API and the admin panel, behind a password gate on your own domain.

Paste A Link, Read The Page
Paste an article link on the home page and Marreta fetches the page and shows its content in a clean view.
An HTTP API For Scripts
Call /api/{url} to fetch an article from your own scripts and integrations, using the same access credentials.
Headless Browser Included
A bundled Lightpanda browser renders pages that need JavaScript, and stays private on the install's network.
Admin Panel For Rules
Sign in at /admin to manage per-domain rules for sites that block simple fetches, and a list of blocked domains.
A Password Gate On Everything
The interface, the API and the admin panel all sit behind HTTP Basic Authentication with a generated password; requests without credentials or with wrong ones are rejected.
Page Cache And Cleaned URLs
Upstream cleans up URLs, strips tracking parameters and caches pages; the cache lives in the persistent marreta_storage volume.

Everything You Need To Run Your Article Reader 24/7

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

Marreta 3.0.4 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Access and admin passwords generated
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 Marreta

A private reader for your own links
Open the home page, paste an article link and read the page without the clutter around it, on a server only you and the people you trust can reach.
Fetching articles from scripts
Call /api/{url} from your own tools and integrations to pull an article through your own instance instead of a public one.
Reading JavaScript-rendered pages
Pages that only render with JavaScript go through the bundled Lightpanda headless browser, so they are not limited to what a plain fetch returns.
Managing rules and blocked domains
Use the admin panel to keep per-domain rules for sites that block simple fetches, and to block domains you do not want the instance to fetch.

Marreta Screenshots

Marreta home page with the field for pasting an article link

An article shown in Marreta's clean reading view

Marreta admin dashboard for managing domain rules and blocked domains

Marreta vs Alternatives

13ft Ladder: 13ft Ladder is a lightweight reader that fetches an article on your own server, with its own OneClick page. Marreta vs 13ft Ladder: Marreta has per-domain rules, an admin panel and a bundled headless browser; compare both before choosing.
Readeck: Readeck is a read-it-later app with its own OneClick page. Marreta is a paste-a-link reader with an API and rules, not a library that saves and tags what you read.
Wallabag: Wallabag is a read-it-later service with its own OneClick page. Marreta fetches and cleans a page on demand instead of keeping an account-based collection.
Browser reader modes: A browser's reader view works on the page you already loaded. Marreta fetches on the server, applies per-domain rules, and can render JavaScript pages through a headless browser.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Marreta sits alongside other reading and archiving 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. Marreta itself is licensed by its maintainers under GPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Article Reader?

Marreta 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 Marreta free and open source?

Yes. Marreta is open source under GPL-3.0, with its licence text linked at the pinned 3.0.4 tag. The xCloud charge covers the dedicated Cloud VPS only, with no paid Marreta tier in the template. You remain responsible for how you use fetched content and for each site's terms.

Can I run Marreta with Docker?

Yes, and this template is Marreta Docker hosting without the assembly. It starts the ghcr.io/manualdousuario/marreta 3.0.4 image beside a Lightpanda browser and a Caddy gateway, all pinned by digest, and proxies port 8080 behind HTTPS with one storage volume.

How much RAM does Marreta need?

Marreta's manifest floor is 512 MB of RAM, one core and 2 GB of disk. A Marreta cloud install on the 6 GB Cloud VPS sold here is mostly headroom. Cached pages in the storage volume are what grow, unless you switch the cache off.

Who can use my Marreta?

Only people with the access credentials. Marreta has no public accounts, so the template puts HTTP Basic Auth in front of the whole site, including the API and the admin panel. The username comes from the install form, the password is generated, and both apply on every start.

Can Marreta fetch private network addresses?

It can. Submitted URLs are fetched by the server, including addresses reachable only from it, such as private networks or cloud metadata through redirects. Anyone with the access credentials can do that, so share them only with people you trust.

Does Marreta have an API?

Yes. The template README describes an HTTP API that takes the article address in the request path, behind the same Basic Auth gate. Call it from scripts with the access credentials. Check the upstream English README for the exact request format of your version.

Does Marreta render JavaScript pages?

Yes, through a bundled Lightpanda headless browser, which is internal only. The app uses it for pages that need JavaScript, with a per-page timeout you can change in the environment file. A gateway relays the connection, and nothing is published.

How do I back up Marreta?

Back up the marreta_storage volume, which holds the SQLite database with rules, blocked domains and admin account, plus cached pages. The gateway, app and browser are stateless. Stop writes while copying, keep your Basic Auth values, and test a restore first.

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How do I update Marreta?

Your install stays on its pinned 3.0.4 version until you adopt a newer template version. Back up marreta_storage first and read the upstream release notes, since the major release changed settings. Afterwards sign in through the gateway and fetch a test article.

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.