MediaLyze Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy MediaLyze hosting and run a self-hosted media library analyzer that scans video and audio folders with ffprobe and reports codecs, resolutions, audio tracks and subtitles. xCloud starts the pinned image with an embedded SQLite database and two persistent volumes and serves it over HTTPS on your domain. MediaLyze has no sign-in of its own, so add Basic Auth or an IP allowlist before putting real media on it.

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What is MediaLyze?

MediaLyze is a self-hosted analysis tool for video, music and audiobook collections, released under the AGPL-3.0 licence. Upstream describes scanning your libraries and running ffprobe analyses, with full and incremental scans, historical analysis, many charts of metrics, normalized formats, streams and subtitles, recognition of shows and seasons, and ignore patterns. It is built as one container, one SQLite database and one UI. A self-hosted MediaLyze shows what is in a collection without relying on external services.

On xCloud the template runs the official ghcr.io/frederikemmer/medialyze 0.19.1 image, pinned by digest, with two volumes: medialyze_config for the database and settings, and medialyze_media for the folders you scan. Upstream says to bring your own auth, so anyone who can open the site can scan and change settings. Transcoding needs a hardware render device that is not passed through here.

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

A MediaLyze setup normally means a container, a config volume, a media volume, a domain and a certificate before the first scan. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick MediaLyze from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in and no credentials are generated.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official MediaLyze container, pinned by immutable digest, mount the medialyze_config and medialyze_media volumes, and publish the web interface over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Add A Library And Scan
Copy a media folder into the container's /media from the server shell, for example with docker cp, then add a library in MediaLyze that points at that folder and run a scan. MediaLyze opens without a sign-in page, so restrict access before adding private media.

Everything MediaLyze Does, On Your Own Server

MediaLyze runs here for scanning and analysis: a self-contained media analyzer on your own domain, with its own database and no external services.

ffprobe Media Analysis
MediaLyze scans your libraries with ffprobe and shows the codecs, resolutions, audio tracks and subtitles of every file.
Full And Incremental Scans
Scans can run in full or incrementally, using path, size and modification time to decide what changed.
Dashboards And Charts
Dashboard and library views chart the metrics of the collection, with historical analysis alongside the current scan.
Ignore Patterns
Skip files and folders with simple glob patterns such as *.nfo or */Extras/*.
Shows, Seasons And Bonus Content
MediaLyze recognises shows, seasons and bonus content, so a TV library reads the way it is organised on disk.
One Container, One Database
A single container with its own SQLite database: no separate database service to run, secure or back up.

Everything You Need To Run Your Media Analyzer 24/7

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

MediaLyze 0.19.1 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Persistent config and media volumes
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 MediaLyze

See what is in a large library
Report codecs, resolutions, audio tracks and subtitles across a whole library.
Find files that do not meet your standard
Use quality scores and the normalized stream and subtitle data to locate files with the wrong format or missing subtitles.
Scan only what changed
Run incremental scans based on path, size and modified time instead of reading everything again.
Skip clutter
Ignore extras and metadata files with simple glob patterns.

MediaLyze vs Alternatives

Tdarr: Tdarr has its own xCloud page and processes media in a library. MediaLyze is the analysis side: it reports what is there rather than converting it.
Unmanic: Unmanic has its own xCloud page for library processing. MediaLyze reads your files with ffprobe and charts the results.
Sortarr: Sortarr has its own xCloud page. MediaLyze is the choice here when you want technical statistics across a media collection.
Jellyfin: Jellyfin has its own xCloud page and serves your media. MediaLyze can read from a Jellyfin API key but does not play anything.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if MediaLyze sits alongside other media 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. MediaLyze itself is licensed by its maintainers under AGPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Media Analyzer?

MediaLyze 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 MediaLyze with Docker?

Yes. For MediaLyze Docker hosting the template runs the official ghcr.io/frederikemmer/medialyze 0.19.1 image, pinned by digest, as one container on port 8080 with an embedded SQLite database. It is published only on localhost behind xCloud's HTTPS proxy, with no external services.

Is MediaLyze free and open source?

MediaLyze is open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence, so the analyzer has no licence fee. xCloud bills for the dedicated Cloud VPS and the deployment. Usage telemetry is switched off by the template and the control is locked in the interface.

How much RAM does MediaLyze need?

The manifest asks for 1024 MB of RAM. Scans run ffprobe across your files and can use several workers, so larger libraries need more memory and a lot of disk for the media itself. The 6 GB plan sold here leaves comfortable headroom for big scans.

Does MediaLyze have a login?

No. MediaLyze has no accounts, sign-in or API keys, and upstream says to bring your own auth for now. Anyone who can open the site can browse folder names, add libraries, start scans and change settings. Add Basic Auth or an IP allowlist before using real media, and do not enter a Jellyfin API key until then.

How do I add media to MediaLyze?

There is no upload feature. Copy folders in from the server shell with docker cp into the /media volume, then add a library pointing at that folder and run a scan. The volume is writable so docker cp works, but MediaLyze itself only reads from it.

How do I back up MediaLyze?

Back up medialyze_config (database, settings and working files) and medialyze_media together, while the container is stopped or from one consistent snapshot. Scan results can be rebuilt by re-scanning, but your media files cannot be rebuilt, so the media volume matters most.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade MediaLyze?

Version 0.19.1 is fixed by digest, so a catalog update reaches new installs only. Back up medialyze_config, read the upstream release notes, then adopt a newer template version when you decide. Re-run a scan afterwards to confirm results look right.

Can MediaLyze transcode my media?

Not here. Upstream's transcoding is in beta and needs a hardware render device such as /dev/dri, and this template passes none through, so it is not usable. Scanning and analysis do not need one. Federation between instances is also off and unpublished.

Can I run MediaLyze in the cloud on xCloud?

Yes. MediaLyze cloud use gives the analyzer a dedicated Cloud VPS with your domain and certificate. A server rented elsewhere can be enrolled as self-managed. Remember the media must be copied onto this server's volume before it can be scanned.

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.