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Deploy Onyx hosting and run your own AI chat workspace on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned Onyx v4.9.0 lightweight edition with a private PostgreSQL database, generates the database password and auth secret, keeps accounts, chats and uploads on a persistent volume and publishes the UI and API over HTTPS in minutes. You bring your own model provider key.

Deploy your Onyx
  • No terminal
  • No technical skills needed
  • No lock-in, cancel anytime

What is Onyx?

Onyx is an open-source AI chat workspace. You connect the language model provider you prefer, then chat, build agents, group conversations into projects and upload files to use in a chat.

This template deploys Onyx's lightweight edition, where PostgreSQL is the only data service behind the app. Connectors and document search (RAG) are not part of it. The core is MIT licensed; Enterprise features in the code stay locked without a paid licence.

From Sign-Up to Your First Chat In Just 3 Easy Steps

A self-hosted AI chat workspace normally means a web container, an API container, a database, generated secrets, a domain and a certificate before the first message. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

  1. Step 01

    Sign Up

    Create your xCloud account and pick Onyx from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in.

  2. Step 02

    We Deploy It For You

    One click. We bring up the official Onyx web and backend images, pinned by immutable digest, with a private PostgreSQL database kept off the public internet, mount the onyx_db and onyx_api_logs volumes, generate the database password and auth secret, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain. The first start runs database migrations, so allow a few minutes.

  3. Step 03

    Create The Admin And Add A Model

    Open your HTTPS Onyx URL and register your account straight away — the first account becomes the administrator. Then open Admin Panel > Language Models, add your provider and API key, and start chatting.

Everything Onyx Does, On Your Own Server

This is Onyx's lightweight edition, running in full: chat, agents, projects and file uploads, with PostgreSQL as the only data service.

  • Chat With Your Own Provider

    Add your own key in the admin panel for providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Azure or Ollama. Nothing is configured at install time and chat does not work until a provider is added.

  • Agents

    Build agents and explore them from the sidebar, so recurring tasks have a purpose-built assistant instead of a blank prompt.

  • Projects For Conversations

    Organise related chats into projects so work on one topic stays together.

  • File Uploads In Chats

    Upload files and use them in a conversation; uploaded files are stored in the database on the persistent volume.

  • First Account Is The Admin

    The first account registered becomes the administrator, and Restrict Open Sign-Up in Admin Panel > Security & Hardening closes registration to everyone else.

  • Only PostgreSQL Behind It

    There is no separate cache, vector database or worker to run. PostgreSQL also serves as the cache, session and file store, and has no public port.

Everything You Need To Run Your AI Workspace 24/7

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

  • Onyx v4.9.0 deployed instantly
  • Official images pinned by digest
  • Database password and auth secret generated
  • Private PostgreSQL, no public ports
  • Free SSL certificate
  • Server backups and snapshots
  • Server security updates included
  • 30+ server locations
  • Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Onyx

  • Give a team a private AI chat

    Run one chat workspace on your own domain, with accounts, chat history and settings kept on a server you control.

  • Switch model providers without switching tools

    Add a provider and API key in the admin panel and change it later, instead of locking your conversations to one vendor's app.

  • Set up agents for repeated work

    Create agents for jobs your team repeats, and keep related conversations together in projects.

  • Chat about your own files

    Upload files into a conversation and ask questions about them, without a separate document-search stack to maintain.

Onyx Screenshots

Onyx's signed-in workspace with the sidebar showing New Session, Search Chats, Explore Agents and Projects, and the message box ready for a first chat
An Onyx conversation with a model reply, the recent chat listed in the sidebar and the chosen model shown beside the message box

Onyx vs Alternatives

ChatGPT
A hosted chat service tied to one vendor; Onyx is self-hosted and lets you connect the provider of your choice with your own key.
Claude.ai
A hosted assistant from one provider; Onyx keeps accounts and chat history on your own server and can use other providers too.
LibreChat
Another self-hosted chat interface for multiple providers; Onyx adds agents and projects in a single lightweight deployment.
AnythingLLM
A self-hosted workspace for chatting with documents; this Onyx edition focuses on chat, agents, projects and file uploads.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Most popular

A private AI chat workspace for a team.

$24.99per month

  • 6 GB RAM
  • 4 vCPU cores
  • 100 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
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Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Onyx sits alongside other AI and automation 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. Onyx itself is MIT licensed by its maintainers, with Enterprise directories under a separate licence.

Docker hosting

Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy Onyx on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

Free

Start your journey without cost.

$0forever

  • 1 server
  • 10 sites
Start free

Starter

Most popular

Your rate with 2–5 servers connected.

$5per server / month

  • 2–5 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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Professional

The same platform, discounted at 6–10 servers.

$4per server / month

  • 6–10 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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Agency

The same platform, discounted at 11+ servers.

$3per server / month

  • 11+ servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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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.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own AI Chat Workspace?

Onyx on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

What is different about this edition?

It is Onyx's lightweight deployment: chat, agents, projects and file uploads, with PostgreSQL as the only data service. Connectors and document search are not included.

How do I sign in?

Create the first account on the site; it becomes the administrator. Do this right after install, because open sign-up stays on until you turn on Restrict Open Sign-Up in Admin Panel > Security & Hardening.

Which model does it use?

Whichever provider you add in Admin Panel > Language Models, using your own API key. Nothing is configured at install time, and chat does not work until a provider is added.

What runs alongside Onyx?

A private PostgreSQL database that also acts as the cache, session and file store, plus the backend and web containers. None of them has a public port; only the xCloud-managed HTTPS domain is exposed.

Why does the first start take a few minutes?

The first start runs database migrations. Give it a few minutes before opening the URL.

What should I back up?

The onyx_db volume, which holds accounts, chats, settings and uploaded files, plus the generated values in the environment. Back it up with a PostgreSQL dump or a volume copy while the stack is stopped.

Backups in xCloud

What survives a restart?

Accounts, chats, settings and uploaded files on the onyx_db volume. In QA, a chat was still present after restarting all containers and signing in again.

Are the Enterprise features included?

No. This install runs the Community Edition. Enterprise code in the project is under a separate licence and stays locked unless a paid licence is applied.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Onyx?

No. The template pins Onyx v4.9.0 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release and 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 2 CPU cores, 2048 MB of RAM and 16 GB of disk; measured use in QA was about 0.9 GB idle and about 1.2 GB after a chat round-trip. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, which leaves headroom above that baseline.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Onyx?

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

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