Openchangelog Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Openchangelog hosting and publish the Markdown release notes you already keep in GitHub as a public changelog on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned Openchangelog 0.8.2 image, connects your owner, repository and file path, builds the search index on a persistent volume and serves it over HTTPS, with an RSS feed at /feed and dark, light or system themes.

Deploy your Openchangelog

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What is Openchangelog?

Openchangelog takes a changelog kept on GitHub, GitLab, Forgejo or locally and renders it as a changelog website. Upstream lists full-text search, password protection, dark, light and system themes, an automatic RSS feed and coloured tags, and it reads either a Keep a Changelog CHANGELOG.md or one Markdown file per release. Self-hosted Openchangelog keeps that page on your own server, under the AGPL-3.0 licence, instead of a hosted changelog service.

On xCloud it is Openchangelog 0.8.2 pinned by digest, wired to GitHub through the owner, repository, release-notes path and page title you enter at install. The openchangelog_data volume holds only a disk cache and the search index, both rebuildable. There is no admin panel and no accounts: you publish by committing Markdown to your repository.

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

Self-hosting a changelog site normally means a container, a GitHub integration, a search index and a certificate before a single release shows up. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Openchangelog from the OneClick catalog. Enter your GitHub owner, repository name, release-notes path and a page title.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Openchangelog 0.8.2 image, fetch your release notes from GitHub, build the search index on the persistent data volume, and publish the changelog over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Publish Your Next Release
Open your HTTPS changelog URL — your release notes appear within a minute. Publish your next release by committing Markdown to the repository, and optionally add a subtitle, theme or page password in the Environment editor.

Everything Openchangelog Does, On Your Own Server

Openchangelog runs here in its config-file mode, publishing from a GitHub repository, on infrastructure you control.

Markdown From GitHub
Publish from one CHANGELOG.md in Keep a Changelog format, or one Markdown file per release, straight from your repository.
Full-Text Search And Tags
Search across every release note, with colorful tags to categorise releases.
Automatic RSS Feed
An RSS feed at /feed so customers can subscribe to updates without checking back manually.
Theming And Branding
Dark, light and system themes, with an optional subtitle and an option to hide the powered-by footer.
Optional Page Password
Gate the web pages with a password for internal or pre-launch changelogs, while the read-only API stays as configured.
Your Repository Stays The Source
The search index and page cache live on a persistent volume and rebuild themselves; the content itself always stays in your GitHub repository.

Everything You Need To Run Your Changelog Publishing 24/7

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

Openchangelog 0.8.2 deployed instantly
GitHub repository connected for you
RSS feed ready at /feed
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Openchangelog

Show customers what shipped this week
A product team commits release notes to its repository and the public changelog page on its own domain updates from that file.
Let users subscribe to updates
Point customers at the /feed RSS address so they hear about new releases without visiting the page.
Search a long release history
Visitors can run full-text search across every release note and filter by coloured tag to find when something changed.
Share an internal changelog privately
Set a page password for a pre-launch or internal changelog, remembering that the read-only API is not gated by it.

Openchangelog vs Alternatives

Openchangelog Cloud: The hosted service upstream links from its README. Self-hosted Openchangelog runs the same open-source app on your own server and domain, with your configuration set through the Environment editor.
Hosted changelog services: A hosted changelog service runs on its vendor's servers. Openchangelog has no admin panel or accounts: the notes are Markdown in your own GitHub repository and the page runs on your server.
A plain CHANGELOG.md in your repository: A Markdown file in the repo is readable but not searchable and has no feed. Openchangelog renders that same Keep a Changelog file with full-text search, tags, themes and an RSS feed.
Docker run with a hand-written config: Upstream's quick start mounts an openchangelog.yml you write yourself. This template generates that file from the owner, repository, path and title fields, and adds the domain and certificate.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Openchangelog 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. Openchangelog itself is free under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

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Ready To Own Your Changelog?

Openchangelog 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.
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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 you self-host Openchangelog with Docker?

Yes, upstream documents a docker run and a Compose file, and this template is Openchangelog Docker hosting without the config work: the 0.8.2 image pinned by digest, a generated configuration, one data volume and HTTPS. It is your own alternative to Openchangelog Cloud, the hosted service upstream links.

How much RAM does Openchangelog need?

The template manifest asks for 128 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 2 GB of disk as a floor. The 6 GB plan is the entry rung here, far above that floor, so a changelog can share the server with your other apps. The search index and cache live in openchangelog_data.

Is Openchangelog free?

The software is open source under AGPL-3.0, so there is no licence fee. You pay xCloud for the dedicated Cloud VPS that serves your changelog, and you can cancel when you like. Your release notes stay in your own GitHub repository, whatever happens to the server.

Does Openchangelog support private repositories?

Yes. Add a GitHub personal access token as GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN in the Environment editor and redeploy. Public repositories need no token, but a token also helps avoid GitHub's API rate limits on a busy page. Remember the changelog itself stays public to anyone with the URL.

What file format does Openchangelog use?

Either one CHANGELOG.md in Keep a Changelog format, or a folder holding one Markdown file per release. You enter the owner, repository and path at install, and can change GITHUB_PATH in the Environment editor later; a wrong path makes the page return an error.

Does Openchangelog need an account to sign in?

No. Openchangelog has no accounts and no admin panel, and the changelog, search and RSS feed are readable by anyone with the URL. All write API calls are refused, so content changes only by committing Markdown to the source repository on GitHub.

Does the Openchangelog page password protect the API too?

No. The optional page password, set through PAGE_AUTH_PASSWORD_HASH, gates only the web pages. The read-only JSON API under /api stays reachable, so never publish confidential notes. To restrict visitors fully, add Basic Auth at the access layer yourself; the template does not enable it.

How do I change the theme or add a subtitle?

The configuration file is regenerated from the environment on every start, so set PAGE_TITLE, PAGE_SUBTITLE, PAGE_COLOR_SCHEME and the powered-by or RSS icon options in the Environment editor and redeploy. Editing the file inside the container will not stick.

How do I back up Openchangelog?

There is little on the server to protect. The openchangelog_data volume holds only a disk cache and the search index, which Openchangelog rebuilds from your repository, so a volume backup is optional. The real source is your GitHub repository, so back that up.

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How do I upgrade Openchangelog?

The install stays on pinned 0.8.2 until you adopt a newer template version. Read upstream's release notes first and back up the repository and openchangelog_data if you want a rollback point. Existing sites are never upgraded automatically, and a catalogue re-sync only affects new installs.

Can I run other apps on the same server?

Yes. Openchangelog needs very little, so the Cloud VPS can also host your product or other OneClick apps, as long as the memory and disk are there. Each app gets its own domain and certificate through the same xCloud panel.

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.