Meerkat CRM Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Meerkat CRM hosting and keep the people who matter on your own server. xCloud runs the pinned Meerkat CRM 1.7.0 image, creates the administrator account at install with a generated password, closes public registration, mounts persistent volumes for the database and profile photos, and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes — with CardDAV served on the same domain for syncing contacts to your phone.

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What is Meerkat CRM?

Meerkat CRM is an open-source, self-hosted solution for keeping track of your important contacts. Upstream describes it as a digital rolodex that reminds you of birthdays and helps you remember details such as dietary habits or the names of a contact's spouse.

The web interface and the Go backend ship in a single all-in-one container with an SQLite database. This template deploys version 1.7.0 and pins the official image by immutable digest.

From Sign-Up to Your Own Contact Book In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting a personal CRM normally means a container, persistent volumes, a signing secret, a first user, a domain and a certificate before the first contact is saved. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Meerkat CRM from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, then enter the administrator username and email — the password is generated for you.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the official Meerkat CRM image, pinned by immutable digest, run a one-shot seed container that creates your administrator account and exits, mount the meerkat_data and meerkat_photos volumes, generate the signing secret, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Add Your First Contact
Save the administrator password from the protected installation credentials, open your HTTPS Meerkat CRM URL and sign in. Add your first contact, or import a CSV or VCF file. Your CardDAV address is the same domain at /carddav/.

Everything Meerkat CRM Does, On Your Own Server

Meerkat CRM runs in full here: contacts, notes, reminders and CardDAV sync on your own domain, stored in a database you own.

Contacts And Circles
Store and search contacts, group them into circles such as friends, family or work, and record how people are related, such as spouses or children.
Notes And Activities Timeline
Each contact has a social-network-style timeline of notes and activities, and activities can involve one or several contacts.
Birthday And Keep-In-Touch Reminders
See upcoming birthdays and set keep-in-touch reminders. Email notifications need SMTP or Resend settings added in the Environment editor.
CardDAV Phone Sync
A built-in CardDAV server gives two-way sync with your phone's contact list, served at /carddav/ on the same domain.
Import And Export
Import from CSV, VCF and Monica, and export your data to CSV and VCF.
Registration Closed By Default
Public registration is closed at install, so only the administrator account can sign in until you add users or change the setting.

Everything You Need To Run Your Personal CRM 24/7

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

Meerkat CRM 1.7.0 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Administrator password generated for you
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Meerkat CRM

Remember the details about people
Keep notes, activities and relationships in one timeline per contact, so you can recall what you last talked about before you next meet.
Stay in touch with friends and family
Group contacts into circles such as friends, family or work, and use birthday and keep-in-touch reminders so nobody slips away.
Sync contacts with your phone
Point a CardDAV client at your own domain and keep your phone's contact list in two-way sync, without a third-party contact service.
Move contacts in from another tool
Import from CSV, VCF or Monica to start with your existing data, and export to CSV or VCF whenever you want a copy.

Meerkat CRM Screenshots

Meerkat CRM contacts list showing contacts with their circles

A Meerkat CRM contact page with general information and a timeline of notes and activities

The Meerkat CRM Notes page showing a dated timeline of notes

Meerkat CRM vs Alternatives

MonicaHQ: An open-source personal CRM. Meerkat CRM's README notes that its development seems to have stalled, and Meerkat CRM can import data from Monica.
Dex: A paid personal CRM offering, described in Meerkat CRM's README as having social media integration. Meerkat CRM is self-hosted and open source.
Clay: A paid personal CRM offering, described in Meerkat CRM's README as focused on automation. Meerkat CRM is self-hosted and open source.
Twenty: An open-source "classic" CRM system, per Meerkat CRM's README, suited to building something similar to a business CRM; Meerkat CRM is built around personal relationships.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Meerkat CRM sits alongside other apps on the same server.

$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. Meerkat CRM itself is licensed by its maintainer under the MIT License.

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Ready To Run Your Own Personal CRM?

Meerkat CRM 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.

What makes Meerkat CRM different from a business CRM?

It is built for personal relationships: birthdays, family members, keep-in-touch reminders and a network graph rather than sales pipelines.

How do I sign in?

Use the administrator username and password from the protected installation credentials. The account is created at install from the username, email and generated password you provide.

Can I sync contacts with my phone?

Yes. Point a CardDAV client at https://your-domain/carddav/ and sign in with your Meerkat account.

What runs alongside Meerkat CRM?

Nothing persistent. The web interface and backend run in one container with an SQLite database. A one-shot seed container creates the administrator account on first start and then exits.

Can other people register?

Not by default: public registration is closed at install, so only the administrator account can sign in. Add more users from the administrator panel, or set DISABLE_REGISTRATION=false in the Environment editor to allow self-registration. The sign-in page still shows a Register link while registration is closed, and it leads to a dead page; this is upstream cosmetic behaviour.

Do reminder emails work right away?

No. Birthday and keep-in-touch reminders are shown in the app, but email notifications need SMTP or Resend settings added in the Environment editor.

What should I back up?

The meerkat_data volume (the SQLite database) and the meerkat_photos volume (profile photos), plus the stable .env values. Keep the generated administrator password and JWT_SECRET_KEY private.

Backups in xCloud

Can I change JWT_SECRET_KEY or the ADMIN_* values later?

Do not change JWT_SECRET_KEY after the first start: stored calendar passwords are encrypted with a key derived from it and would have to be entered again. Editing the ADMIN_* values later does not change the existing account; change the password inside Meerkat.

Are there upload limits?

Uploads are limited to 10 MB, and CSV imports to 5 MB.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Meerkat CRM?

No. The template pins Meerkat CRM 1.7.0 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release, existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and digest together on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 256 MB of RAM and 2 GB of disk; measured idle use in QA was about 31 MiB. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung of the OneClick plans, which leaves far more headroom than the baseline needs.

What survives a restart?

Contacts, notes and the administrator login survive an xCloud Restart, because the database and photos live on persistent named volumes.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Meerkat CRM?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the Meerkat CRM project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source Meerkat CRM project.

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.