Odysseus Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Odysseus hosting on xCloud lets you deploy Odysseus, a self-hosted AI workspace for chat, agents and document search, without assembling the stack yourself. xCloud runs the pinned Odysseus 1.0.3 image beside its own private Chroma vector store, creates the admin account with a generated password, mounts six persistent volumes and publishes it over HTTPS. You connect the LLM endpoint you choose; no model is bundled.

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What is Odysseus?

Odysseus is a self-hosted AI workspace for chat, agents, research, documents, email, notes, calendar and local model workflows, as its README puts it. It talks to local or API models, supports tools, MCP, files, skills and memory, and adds a Cookbook for hardware-aware model recommendations. A self-hosted Odysseus keeps accounts, documents and memory on your own server, an alternative to a hosted chat service such as ChatGPT, under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

On xCloud the template deploys Odysseus 1.0.3 from the official image, pinned by digest, with a Chroma 1.5.9 vector store beside it that only the app can reach. Six named volumes hold accounts, uploads, logs, SSH identities, downloaded models and vector indexes. Sign-in is required from the first start. No language model, search engine or push notifications are bundled; you add your own LLM endpoint.

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

Self-hosting a private AI workspace normally means a web container, a vector database, a domain and a certificate before the first chat. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account, pick Odysseus from the OneClick catalog, choose a domain, and optionally set an admin password (or leave it empty to have one generated).
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Odysseus 1.0.3 image with its private Chroma vector store, create the admin account, and publish the app over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Connect An LLM
Open the HTTPS Odysseus URL, wait for the sign-in page to finish loading, and sign in as admin with the password from your installation credentials. Then add an LLM endpoint under Settings to start chatting.

Everything Odysseus Does, On Your Own Server

Odysseus runs in full here — chat, agents, document search and memory, on infrastructure you control.

Chat And Agents, Any LLM You Connect
Run chat and agent workflows, including a built-in browser tool, against any Ollama, OpenAI or OpenAI-compatible endpoint — no model is bundled.
Document Search And Long-Term Memory
Search your own documents and keep long-term memory, backed by a private Chroma vector store that deploys alongside the app.
Admin Account Created On First Start
The admin account and password are created automatically on first start; the setup endpoint refuses a second admin account and self-registration stays off.
Private Chroma Vector Store
The Chroma vector store that backs document search and memory is reachable only from the Odysseus container, with no published ports.
Six Volumes Covering Every Part Of The Workspace
Accounts, uploads, logs, SSH identities, downloaded models and vector indexes each live on their own named volume.
Restart-Safe Chats, Documents And Memory
Accounts, the database, uploads, vector indexes and the downloaded embedding model were all verified present after an xCloud Restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Private AI 24/7

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

Odysseus 1.0.3 deployed instantly
Private Chroma vector store included
Generated admin password, self-registration off
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Odysseus

Chat with the model you already run
Connect Ollama, OpenAI or any OpenAI-compatible server in Settings and chat from one private workspace on your own domain.
Search your own documents
Upload personal documents and search them through the workspace, with the vectors kept in a private Chroma store on the same server.
Give a small team one agent workspace
Run agent tools, a browser tool and long-term memory behind a single admin login, with self-registration off.
Keep an AI workspace off third-party servers
Keep accounts, uploads and indexes on volumes you control, and choose which LLM endpoint ever sees your prompts.

Odysseus vs Alternatives

ChatGPT: A hosted chat service from its vendor. Odysseus is the alternative to ChatGPT you run yourself: accounts, documents and memory stay on your server, and it connects to the LLM endpoint you choose.
LibreChat: LibreChat has its own OneClick page. In an Odysseus vs LibreChat comparison, Odysseus combines chat, agents with tools, document search, memory and a Cookbook for model recommendations in one workspace.
AnythingLLM: AnythingLLM has its own OneClick page. Odysseus pairs chat with agents, a browser tool and its own private Chroma vector store for document search and memory.
Ollama: Ollama has its own OneClick page and serves models. Odysseus is the workspace on top; an Ollama server on the same host is reachable from it once you add the endpoint.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom for documents, memory and research.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Odysseus alongside a whole self-hosted 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. Odysseus needs an external LLM provider, so your model usage is billed by that provider, not xCloud.

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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 Own Your AI Workspace?

Odysseus 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 Odysseus free?

Yes. Odysseus is AGPL-3.0 software, so the workspace has no licence fee. Your costs are the Cloud VPS that runs the app, Chroma and six volumes, plus whatever the LLM provider behind your endpoint charges, which xCloud does not control.

How much RAM does Odysseus need?

The manifest asks for 1536 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 10 GB of disk, because the app and Chroma run together. We sell the 6 GB tier for that headroom. Serving a model locally would need much more and is not included.

Can you self-host Odysseus with Docker?

Yes, and this template is Odysseus Docker hosting without the setup: the official 1.0.3 image and Chroma 1.5.9, both pinned by digest, six named volumes, a generated admin password and HTTPS on your domain. Upstream's Docker socket and GPU overlays are not used.

Does Odysseus include a language model?

No. Connect Ollama, OpenAI or any OpenAI-compatible server under Settings. An Ollama server on the same host is reachable at http://host.docker.internal:11434/v1 if Ollama listens on all interfaces. Odysseus runs the workspace; the model comes from your endpoint.

Is the Odysseus admin account secure?

Sign-in is required from the first start and self-registration is off. The admin can store provider keys, mail accounts and SSH identities and run agent tools that execute commands in the container, so treat the password as full control and keep it private.

How do I sign in to Odysseus?

Sign in as admin with the password from your installation credentials. Wait for the sign-in page to finish loading before you submit, because submitting early can fall back to a GET that puts the password in the URL, which is upstream behaviour.

How do I back up Odysseus?

Back up all six volumes: odysseus_data, odysseus_logs, odysseus_ssh, odysseus_local, odysseus_hf_cache and chromadb_data. Treat the copy as secret-bearing, since stored API keys and remote server connections live in it, and take it with the stack stopped.

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How do I upgrade Odysseus?

You remain on Odysseus 1.0.3 until you adopt a newer template version. Copy all six volumes first, since they hold accounts, vectors and stored keys, and read upstream's notes. A catalog re-sync only affects new installs, and nothing upgrades the app by itself.

Does Odysseus need outbound internet access?

Yes, on first use. The local embedding model of about 50 MB downloads from Hugging Face the first time document search or memory needs it, and is cached in the odysseus_hf_cache volume, so the server needs outbound access for that step.

Can I upload large files to Odysseus?

Up to a point. The proxy accepts requests up to 128 MB, but the edge caps a single request at about 100 MB, and personal documents are capped at 25 MB inside the app by default. Upstream settings can raise the in-app limits.

Is there an Odysseus cloud service I can use?

This page is your own Odysseus cloud: a dedicated Cloud VPS running the open-source workspace and its Chroma store, with accounts and documents on volumes you control. It is a private instance, not a shared service.

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.