Metadata Remote Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Metadata Remote hosting and edit tags, album art and file names in your music collection from a browser, with a self-hosted audio metadata editor on your own domain. xCloud handles HTTPS, a password-protected sign-in and persistent music storage, so you need no desktop tag editor or long SSH sessions. The library starts empty and there is no upload button: you copy music onto the server yourself.

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What is Metadata Remote?

Self-hosted Metadata Remote is a web-based audio metadata editor for headless servers. Its README says you edit audio file metadata through a browser, without complex command-line tools over SSH, downloading files to edit locally or heavyweight library managers. It offers full field access, bulk operations, MusicBrainz suggestions, album art control, file and folder renaming, and undo and redo for up to 1000 operations, across MP3, FLAC, OGG, OPUS, M4A, M4B, WMA, WAV and WavPack. It is AGPL-3.0 licensed.

On xCloud the template runs the ghcr.io/wow-signal-dev/metadata-remote v1.2.0 image behind a Caddy authentication proxy, both pinned by immutable digest, with a music volume. HTTPS is published on your domain behind a generated password. Undo history and album-art snapshots are lost on restart.

From Sign-Up to Live Tag Editing In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting a browser-based tag editor normally means a container, an authentication proxy, a domain and a certificate before you can touch a single file. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Metadata Remote from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain — xCloud generates the sign-in password.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Metadata Remote 1.2.0 image behind a Caddy authentication proxy, mount the persistent music volume, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Copy In Your Music And Edit
Open the HTTPS URL and sign in as admin with the generated password. Copy your music into the app's library over SSH (for example with docker cp ./Music/. <container>:/music/), then open a folder and start editing tags.

Everything Metadata Remote Does, On Your Own Server

Metadata Remote runs in full here — the same tag-editing tooling as any self-hosted install, on infrastructure you control.

Every Metadata Field
View and edit every text metadata field, and create or delete custom fields, across MP3, FLAC, OGG, OPUS, M4A, M4B, WMA, WAV and WavPack files.
Bulk Apply And Undo
Apply a change to one file or a whole folder in one click, with undo/redo for up to 1000 operations in a session.
Smart Suggestions
Get suggestions from filenames, folder patterns and MusicBrainz, ranked by confidence.
Album Art And Renaming
Upload, preview and bulk-apply album art, rename files and folders, and play tracks right in the browser.
Keyboard-First Interface
A keyboard-first interface with light and dark themes, built for working through a large library quickly.
Edits Written To Your Files
Your music files and every edit written to them survive an xCloud restart — edits go straight into the files on the persistent music volume.

Everything You Need To Run Your Media 24/7

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

Metadata Remote 1.2.0 deployed instantly
Generated sign-in password
Persistent music library volume
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Metadata Remote

Fix tags on a headless server
Edit tags, album art and file names where the files live, without downloading them or opening an SSH session.
Clean up a collection in bulk
Apply changes to a single file or an entire folder in one action, with undo available during the session.
Get suggestions for missing metadata
Use the filename-based and MusicBrainz-backed suggestions to fill in gaps, then check them before saving.
Prepare files for a music server
Tidy tags and artwork so a streaming server reading the same folder shows your collection correctly.

Metadata Remote vs Alternatives

Desktop tag editors: A desktop editor needs files downloaded to your computer. As a metadata remote alternative to desktop tag editors, this browser tool edits files in place on your server, so you do not move them first.
Beets: Beets is a music library manager with its own xCloud template. In a metadata remote vs beets choice, Metadata Remote is a browser editor for tags and album art that runs with no database, per its README.
Navidrome: Navidrome is a self-hosted music server with its own xCloud template. It plays your library, while Metadata Remote edits the tags and art that library shows.
Command-line tag tools: Command-line tools work well over SSH for scripted edits. Metadata Remote adds a browser interface with bulk operations, suggestions and undo.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More storage headroom for a large music collection.

$59.99per month

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6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Metadata Remote alongside Jellyfin, Navidrome or a whole media stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 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. Metadata Remote itself is free under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

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Ready To Clean Up Your Music Tags?

Metadata Remote 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.

How much RAM does Metadata Remote need?

The manifest asks for 512 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 2 GB of disk as a floor, plus space for your own music collection. The 6 GB Cloud VPS sold on this page leaves comfortable headroom, and the music volume is what grows the disk.

Is Metadata Remote free and open source?

Yes. Metadata Remote is released under AGPL-3.0, per the LICENSE file at the v1.2.0 tag, so you owe nothing for the software; xCloud charges for the dedicated Cloud VPS, and your music and edits stay on your own volume.

Can you run Metadata Remote with Docker?

Yes, and this is Metadata Remote Docker hosting prepared for you: the template runs the upstream ghcr.io/wow-signal-dev/metadata-remote v1.2.0 image behind a Caddy sign-in proxy, pinned by immutable digest, with HTTPS, so it works as Metadata Remote cloud hosting on your own VPS.

What is the difference between Metadata Remote and Beets?

Metadata Remote, per its README, is a browser editor for tags, album art and file names that needs no database. Beets is a music library manager with its own xCloud page, so compare the two before choosing.

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How do I sign in to Metadata Remote?

With username admin and the generated password from your installation credentials. The whole app, including its API, requires this sign-in through the Caddy proxy. Rotate the password by changing ADMIN_PASSWORD in the Environment editor and redeploying.

How do I get my music into Metadata Remote?

The library starts empty and Metadata Remote has no upload feature. Copy files into the container's /music directory over SSH, for example with docker cp, and the changes you make are written straight back to those files.

Do my Metadata Remote edits survive a restart?

Saved edits do: tags, album art and renames are written into the files on the persistent music volume. The in-session undo history and album-art snapshots are kept in memory and temporary storage, so they are cleared on restart.

Which audio formats does Metadata Remote support?

Per the README, MP3, FLAC, OGG, OPUS, M4A, M4B, WMA, WAV and WavPack. Test a few files of each type you own before editing a whole collection, and keep a copy of anything irreplaceable until you are happy with the results.

What should I back up on a Metadata Remote server?

The music volume, which contains your collection and all of its edited metadata, with no separate database. Because edits change the files themselves, keep a copy off the server before bulk changes, and test that you can restore it.

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How do I upgrade Metadata Remote?

The install is never upgraded for you: it stays on pinned release v1.2.0 until you adopt a newer template version. Back up the music volume first, read the upstream release notes, then sign in and open one file to check it loads.

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.