Nightlio Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Nightlio hosting and keep a private mood tracker and journal on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned Nightlio 0.1.7 web and API images, puts a browser sign-in prompt in front with the username and password you set, mounts a persistent volume for the SQLite journal and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes. The API stays private inside the stack.

Deploy your Nightlio

No terminal
No technical skills needed
No lock-in, cancel anytime

What is Nightlio?

Nightlio is a privacy-first mood tracker and daily journal designed for easy self-hosting. You log your mood on a five-point scale, add tags, write Markdown entries and watch your history, averages and streaks build up, with achievements for consistency. Upstream says it was inspired by apps like Daylio. Run on your own server it is a self-hosted Nightlio, an alternative to a subscription journaling app such as Daylio or Day One, with the code under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

On xCloud it is Nightlio 0.1.7 as an API and a web image, pinned by digest, with a SQLite database on the nightlio_data volume. Nightlio has no login of its own in this setup, so the template adds a browser sign-in prompt in front of the page and the endpoints that issue session tokens. It is one shared journal, and Google sign-in stays off unless you enable it.

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

A Nightlio setup normally means two containers, a sign-in you must add yourself, secrets, a data volume, a domain and a certificate before the first entry. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Nightlio from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and target server and set the username and password for the browser prompt, or accept a generated password.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the Nightlio 0.1.7 API and web images, both pinned by digest, add the sign-in prompt, generate the session secrets, mount nightlio_data and publish it over HTTPS. It is ready in about a minute.
Step 03
Sign In And Write
Open your URL and answer the browser prompt with your username and password. The page then signs you in to the single journal. Log a mood on the five-point scale and write your first entry.

Everything Nightlio Does, On Your Own Server

Nightlio 0.1.7 runs here as a private journal with mood tracking, on a database you own.

Mood Logging
Log your mood on a simple five-point scale and add customizable tags to see what influences it.
Markdown Journal
Write detailed entries in Markdown for formatting, lists and links.
Statistics And Streaks
See mood history on a calendar, average mood over time and your journaling streak, with achievements that unlock.
A Browser Sign-In In Front
Nightlio has no login of its own here. A Basic Authentication prompt guards the page and the endpoints that issue session tokens.
One Shared Journal
The app signs you in to a single journal. Google sign-in is optional and off, and each Google account would get its own separate journal.
SQLite On A Volume
Entries live in a SQLite database on nightlio_data, so a restart keeps them. Copy the volume to back it up.

Everything You Need To Run Your Private Journal 24/7

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

Nightlio 0.1.7 deployed instantly
Images pinned by digest
Sign-in and session secrets set for you
Free SSL certificate
Journal on a persistent volume
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Nightlio

Track your mood daily
Log a mood each day and add tags to spot patterns over weeks.
Keep a private journal
Write Markdown entries on a server you control instead of a subscription app.
Build a journaling habit
Use streaks and achievements to stay consistent.
Leave a paid journaling app
Keep new mood and journal entries in a database file you own. Importing from apps like Daylio is only on upstream's roadmap.

Nightlio Screenshots

Nightlio home screen with five mood buttons, a goals panel and an empty history

Nightlio home screen after saving a journal entry, showing a history card tagged with a mood and a one-day streak

Nightlio vs Alternatives

Daylio: A mood and micro-diary app that inspired Nightlio; Nightlio is the open-source, self-hosted alternative to Daylio and to Day One, running in the browser on your own server.
Day One: A commercial journaling app; Nightlio keeps entries in a SQLite file on infrastructure you control.
Memos: Lightweight self-hosted note taking with Markdown, available as its own OneClick app.
Joplin: An open-source note-taking application; compare its note focus with Nightlio's mood tracking.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Headroom if Nightlio shares the server with other apps.

$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. Nightlio is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Mood Tracker?

Nightlio on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own your data. 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 I run Nightlio in Docker?

Yes, and this template is Nightlio Docker hosting without the setup: the official Nightlio 0.1.7 API and web images, both pinned by digest, with a SQLite database on a persistent volume and HTTPS on your own domain.

How much RAM does Nightlio need?

The template minimum is 512 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 2 GB of disk. There are no uploads, and the web request limit is small, so journal entries need little. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung.

How do I sign in to Nightlio?

Your browser asks for the username and password from the credentials; Nightlio has no login of its own here, so this prompt keeps strangers out of your journal. After it, the page signs you in to the single journal automatically.

Can several people use one Nightlio?

Not as separate people. The app signs in to one shared journal, so everyone who passes the prompt sees the same entries. Optional Google sign-in would give each Google account its own journal, but it is off by default.

Does Nightlio support Google sign-in?

Optionally. Setting ENABLE_GOOGLE_OAUTH adds a Google button behind the same browser prompt, and any Google account that passes it registers its own separate journal. There is no allow-list, and the site must be registered with Google.

Where does Nightlio store my journal?

In a SQLite database on the nightlio_data volume. The database path must stay on that volume, otherwise entries are lost when the container is recreated. This template does not back the volume up, so copy it yourself.

Is Nightlio free?

Yes. Nightlio is open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence, so the software has no fee. What you pay for is the dedicated Cloud VPS running it. That makes it a Nightlio cloud of your own.

How do I back up Nightlio?

Stop the site and copy the contents of the nightlio_data volume, which holds the SQLite journal. Nothing schedules this copy, so run it yourself and keep one off the server. Your server-level backups also cover the host.

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How do I upgrade Nightlio?

The install stays on its pinned 0.1.7 images until you adopt a newer template version. Back up nightlio_data first and read the upstream release notes. Nothing upgrades automatically, and a redeploy keeps the volume and your entries.

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.