PinePods Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy PinePods on xCloud and get PinePods hosting for a podcast manager and player on infrastructure you control, instead of handing your listening history to a hosted podcast app. xCloud runs the pinned official image beside a private PostgreSQL database and a private Valkey cache, mounts persistent volumes for downloads and media, and publishes it over HTTPS on your own domain in minutes.

Deploy your PinePods

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What is PinePods?

PinePods is a complete, self-hosted podcast management system written in Rust. A self-hosted PinePods serves a whole household from one server: subscriptions, history, queue, downloads and settings follow each user across the web, desktop and mobile clients, instead of living in a hosted podcast app. Upstream lists audio and video podcasts, a built-in gpodder-compatible sync server, OIDC single sign-on and MFA. It uses the GPL-3.0 licence.

On xCloud the install runs PinePods 0.9.0, a private PostgreSQL 18 database and a private Valkey 8 cache, all pinned by digest, behind HTTPS on your domain. Four volumes hold the state: pinepods_postgres, pinepods_downloads, pinepods_backups and pinepods_local_media. You choose the administrator email and password at install, the username is pinepods_admin, and Valkey keeps nothing on disk.

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

Self-hosting a podcast manager normally means an application server, a database, a cache, a domain and a certificate before a single episode downloads. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick PinePods from the OneClick catalog. Choose your site title, domain and target server, then enter the administrator email and password for the first account.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official PinePods 0.9.0 image alongside a private PostgreSQL 18 database and a private Valkey 8 cache — all three pinned by immutable digest — mount the postgres, downloads, backups and local-media volumes, generate the database credentials, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Subscribe
Open the generated HTTPS URL and sign in as pinepods_admin with the password you chose at setup. Save your first-run preferences, review self-service registration, subscribe to a podcast feed, and confirm playback and downloads before sharing the URL.

Everything PinePods Does, On Your Own Server

PinePods runs in full here — subscriptions, playback, downloads and multi-user access, on infrastructure you control.

Podcast Subscriptions And Library
Subscribe to public podcast feeds and manage your personal library without a hosted app holding your listening data.
Web And Mobile Clients
Use PinePods' responsive web interface alongside its mobile clients, all pointed at your own HTTPS domain.
Streaming, Queues And Playlists
Stream episodes, track playback progress, and build queues and playlists that stay in sync across sessions.
Downloads And Local Media
Download episodes for server-side availability, and organize your own local podcast media alongside subscribed shows.
Multi-User Accounts
Create additional accounts under administrator control, with self-service registration you review before sharing your URL.
Private PostgreSQL And Valkey
Accounts, subscriptions and playback state live in PostgreSQL, with Valkey handling caching — neither is exposed to the internet.

Everything You Need To Run Your Podcast Server 24/7

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

PinePods 0.9.0 deployed instantly
Official pinned image digests
Administrator account you set at install
Private PostgreSQL and Valkey, not exposed to the internet
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With PinePods

Keep your listening history to yourself
Subscribe to public feeds and keep playback progress, queue and history in a database on your own server rather than in a hosted app's account.
Give a household one podcast server
Create an account per person so each has their own library, stats and settings, and everyone connects to the same HTTPS address from web or mobile.
Keep using AntennaPod
Point a gpodder-compatible app such as AntennaPod at the built-in sync server, so subscriptions stay in step with the PinePods web interface.
Download episodes for later
Store downloaded episodes and your own local podcast media on persistent volumes, so they are still there after a restart or redeploy.

PinePods vs Alternatives

Hosted podcast apps: Hosted podcast apps keep subscriptions and listening history in a vendor's account. PinePods keeps them in a PostgreSQL database on your own server, with downloads on your own volume.
Audiobookshelf: In a PinePods vs Audiobookshelf comparison, Audiobookshelf has its own OneClick page. Its catalogue entry describes a self-hosted server for audiobooks and podcasts with iOS and Android apps.
Castopod: Castopod has its own OneClick page. PinePods is built for subscribing to and listening to shows, with queues, downloads and a gpodder-compatible sync server, rather than for publishing your own.
AntennaPod: AntennaPod is a podcast app. Upstream says PinePods' built-in gpodder-compatible sync server lets you keep using AntennaPod and similar apps alongside it.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for PinePods and its private PostgreSQL and Valkey. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom for a larger library and more concurrent users.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

PinePods alongside a larger 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. PinePods itself is free under the GPL-3.0 licence.

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Ready To Run Your Own Podcast Server?

PinePods 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.

Can you self-host PinePods with Docker?

Yes, and this template is PinePods Docker hosting without the setup: the official PinePods 0.9.0 image, a private PostgreSQL 18 database and a private Valkey 8 cache, all pinned by digest, with four named volumes, a generated database password and HTTPS on your domain.

How much RAM does PinePods need?

PinePods plus PostgreSQL and Valkey need 2048 MB of RAM, 2 CPU cores and 10 GB of disk at minimum. The 6 GB plan is the entry rung here, with headroom for a growing library and more concurrent listeners.

How do I sign in to PinePods?

Open the HTTPS URL and sign in as pinepods_admin with the password you entered during installation. The credentials panel shows the URL, username and email, but never the password, so store it yourself. The password must be at least 12 characters.

Who can create an account on my PinePods server?

That depends on PinePods' own self-service registration setting, which this template does not change and which was not verified as disabled. Review it after your first sign-in and turn it off before sharing the URL if you do not want open signups.

Does PinePods work with AntennaPod?

Upstream says its built-in gpodder-compatible sync server lets you keep using AntennaPod and similar apps alongside PinePods. The template does not configure any client for you, so point the app at your HTTPS address and sign in with a PinePods account.

Does PinePods support OIDC single sign-on?

Upstream lists OIDC and SSO, and the template ships the OIDC fields, but every value is blank. Nothing is connected at install, so add your identity provider's details in the Environment editor and redeploy before expecting single sign-on to work.

What should I back up on a PinePods server?

Back up pinepods_postgres, pinepods_downloads, pinepods_backups and pinepods_local_media together as one recovery point. PostgreSQL holds users, subscriptions and playback state; the others hold episodes, PinePods' own backups and local media. Valkey is cache-only, so it is left out of the backup.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade PinePods?

Pinned 0.9.0, PostgreSQL 18 and Valkey 8 images stay put until you move to a newer template version. First take a coordinated backup of the four volumes and check upstream's notes and migration guidance. PinePods never upgrades itself on a running site.

Is PinePods free?

Yes. PinePods is open source under the GNU GPL v3, so there is nothing to buy for the app. You pay for the dedicated Cloud VPS that runs it, and distributed modifications must keep the licence notices and provide source.

Is PinePods an alternative to Audiobookshelf?

They overlap on podcasts. Per its own pages, Audiobookshelf is a server for audiobooks and podcasts, while PinePods is built around podcasts: multi-user subscriptions, a gpodder sync server and audio or video episodes. Pick by whether audiobooks matter to you.

Is there a PinePods cloud service?

Your PinePods server, its PostgreSQL database and the downloaded episodes sit on a dedicated Cloud VPS that xCloud sets up. No vendor account holds them, and you decide who may register and which clients, including gpodder-compatible apps, connect to it.

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.