PlanarAlly Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy PlanarAlly on xCloud and get PlanarAlly hosting for a virtual tabletop on your own domain, with battlemaps, tokens, fog of war and dynamic lighting that players open in their browsers. xCloud runs the pinned official image as a single container with its built-in SQLite database, generates the administrator account, mounts three persistent volumes for the database, assets and mods, and publishes the table over HTTPS in minutes.

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What is PlanarAlly?

PlanarAlly is an open-source web tool that adds virtual battlemaps with various extras to a TTRPG or D&D toolbox, and a self-hosted PlanarAlly runs wherever you like without relying on an external service. Upstream lists an infinite canvas, layers, dynamic lighting, player vision, floors, an initiative tracker and offline support. It is free to use and uses the MIT licence. Upstream also links a publicly hosted managed version, which is a separate service.

On xCloud the install runs PlanarAlly v2026.2 from the official image, pinned by digest, as one container with an embedded SQLite database. Three volumes hold the state: planarally_data for the database and config.toml, planarally_assets for uploaded images and planarally_mods for mods. xCloud generates the administrator account, and public registration is closed by default.

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

Self-hosting a virtual tabletop normally means a container, a database file, volumes for uploads, a domain and a certificate before the first map. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick PlanarAlly from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official PlanarAlly image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with its embedded SQLite database, mount the planarally_data, planarally_assets and planarally_mods volumes, generate the administrator username and password, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Start A Campaign
Save the generated administrator username and password from the installation credentials, open your HTTPS PlanarAlly URL and sign in. Change the password in the app, then create your first campaign.

Everything PlanarAlly Does, On Your Own Server

PlanarAlly runs in full here: a browser-based virtual tabletop on your own domain, with campaigns stored on volumes you own.

Battlemaps On An Infinite Canvas
Upstream describes virtual battlemaps on an infinite canvas, so a limited workspace is not a constraint.
Dynamic Lighting And Player Vision
Work with light and shadows, and limit what players see to what their tokens can see.
Layers And Floors
Organise scenes in layers, and look down on lower floors when a token stands on a balcony.
Initiative Tracker
A simple initiative tracker is built in for running combat at the table.
Players Join From A Browser
Players join live from their browsers while the game master controls the table.
Closed Registration By Default
Only accounts you allow can sign in. Open registration with ALLOW_SIGNUPS=true when your group is ready, then close it again.

Everything You Need To Run Your Virtual Tabletop 24/7

Managed hosting for PlanarAlly, so the parts that keep the table online are not your problem.

PlanarAlly v2026.2 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Administrator credentials generated for you
Public registration closed by default
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With PlanarAlly

Run a game night in the browser
Put maps, tokens, fog of war and dynamic lighting on a table your group opens in a browser, hosted on a server you control.
Keep campaigns and uploads in one place
Store campaigns, the database and uploaded assets and mods on persistent volumes, so a restart does not lose the maps you built.
Choose who can join
Keep registration closed so only accounts you create can sign in, then open it briefly when players need to register.
Run a lightweight table
Use the built-in SQLite database so the whole table is one container with no separate database service to manage.

PlanarAlly Screenshots

PlanarAlly dashboard listing campaigns after sign-in

A PlanarAlly campaign open as a game table

PlanarAlly vs Alternatives

Roll20: As a Roll20 alternative, PlanarAlly is MIT-licensed software you run on your own server, with the SQLite database, uploaded assets and mods kept on your own volumes.
Foundry Virtual Tabletop: In a PlanarAlly vs Foundry Virtual Tabletop comparison, PlanarAlly is MIT-licensed open source with no licence fee, and players join a table from their browsers.
Owlbear Rodeo: Compared with Owlbear Rodeo, PlanarAlly keeps the table on your own server, with dynamic lighting, player vision, floors and an initiative tracker listed upstream.
Grimoire: Grimoire has its own OneClick page. Its catalogue entry describes a self-hosted library and campaign manager for tabletop RPG books, maps, tokens and character sheets, which can sit beside a table like PlanarAlly.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if PlanarAlly sits alongside other apps for your group.

$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. PlanarAlly itself is licensed by its maintainers under the MIT License.

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Ready To Run Your Own Game Table?

PlanarAlly 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 PlanarAlly with Docker?

Yes, and this template is PlanarAlly Docker hosting without the setup: the official kruptein/planarally image pinned by digest, one container, an embedded SQLite database, three named volumes, a generated administrator and HTTPS on your own domain.

How much RAM does PlanarAlly need?

PlanarAlly needs only 256 MB of RAM, one CPU core and 5 GB of disk by the template's floor, and QA saw about 66 MiB idle. The 6 GB plan is the entry rung, with room for large maps and many players.

How do I sign in to PlanarAlly?

Use the generated administrator username and password from the installation credentials. The account is created on first start, and the page is usually ready within about a minute. Change the password in the app, and do not rename ADMIN_USER after install.

Can my players register on my PlanarAlly server?

Not by default. Set ALLOW_SIGNUPS=true in the Environment editor and redeploy, then set it back to false once your group has registered, because open registration lets anyone who reaches the site create accounts and campaigns.

Does PlanarAlly support dynamic lighting and fog of war?

Yes. Upstream lists dynamic lighting, player vision that limits what each token can see, layers, floors, an infinite canvas and an initiative tracker. Players join live from their browsers while the game master controls the table.

Does PlanarAlly password-reset email work?

Not until you add a [mail] section to config.toml in the data volume, because no mail server is configured. Until then, an administrator with access to the server can reset a password from the command line instead.

What should I back up on a PlanarAlly server?

Back up all three volumes: planarally_data, which holds the SQLite database and config.toml, planarally_assets for uploaded images and assets, and planarally_mods for uploaded mods. Losing the data volume signs everyone out and loses every campaign, so copy it on a schedule you control.

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How do I upgrade PlanarAlly?

v2026.2 stays pinned until you move to a newer template version. Copy all three volumes first, then read what changed upstream. Nothing here upgrades on its own, and redeploying leaves all three volumes untouched, so you can step back to a copy if needed.

Is PlanarAlly free?

Yes. Upstream says it is free to use and open source, and the licence is MIT, so there is no licence fee. Your cost is the dedicated Cloud VPS under your table, and nothing per player or per campaign.

Does PlanarAlly send statistics upstream?

No. The template switches off usage statistics export to the upstream project server on first start by setting stats.enable_export to false in config.toml, so nothing about your table is sent to the PlanarAlly project; you can change that setting in config.toml.

Is there a PlanarAlly cloud service?

Upstream links a publicly hosted managed version, which is a separate service. On xCloud your own PlanarAlly instead runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, keeping campaigns on volumes you own, with registration policy decided by you.

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.