Raneto Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Raneto hosting and publish a folder of Markdown as a searchable knowledge base on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned Raneto 0.18.1 image as one container, generates the editor password for the username you choose, mounts a persistent volume for your pages and publishes the site over HTTPS. There is no database to run or back up separately, and anyone with the URL can read the pages.

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What is Raneto?

Raneto is a free, open, simple Markdown-powered knowledge base for Node.js. Upstream lists file-based content, search across file names and contents, a Markdown editor in the browser, a login system to protect editing, and a simple, lightweight design. Self-hosted Raneto is the alternative to a hosted wiki service for teams that want documentation as plain files, under the MIT licence.

On xCloud it is Raneto 0.18.1, the LinuxServer image pinned by digest, as one container with no database. The raneto_config volume holds pages, uploaded images, config.js and session files. You choose the editor username at install, xCloud generates the password, and anyone with the URL can read every page, because only editing needs the login. Restrict reading yourself if the content is private.

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

A Raneto setup normally means a Node container, a volume for pages, a session secret, an editor login, a domain and a certificate before the first page is written. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Raneto from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, then set the editor username (default editor) or leave the password empty to have a 24-character one generated.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the LinuxServer.io Raneto image pinned by immutable digest as a single container, mount the raneto_config volume for your pages, images, config.js and sessions, generate the session secret, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain. The first start takes about a minute.
Step 03
Replace The Sample Pages
Open your HTTPS Raneto URL, choose Login and sign in with the editor username and password from your installation credentials. Delete or replace the bundled sample pages from the editor, then create your first page.

Everything Raneto Does, On Your Own Server

Raneto runs in full here: a Markdown-backed knowledge base with search and a web editor, stored as plain files on a volume you own.

Markdown Files As A Wiki
Raneto serves a folder of Markdown files as a navigable wiki, so your content stays as plain files rather than rows in a database.
Search Across Every Page
Built-in search indexes every page, so readers can find what they need without browsing the tree.
A Built-In Web Editor
Create, edit and delete pages from the browser after signing in, without touching the server.
Generated Editor Login
The editor password is generated at install and upstream's public default logins are never served. Reading stays open to anyone who can reach the site, by Raneto's design.
No Database To Run
Content is flat files, so there is no database to run or back up separately. It is a single container.
Settings In config.js
Site title, language and the read-only switch are keys in config.js inside the raneto_config volume, kept across restarts.

Everything You Need To Run Your Knowledge Base 24/7

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

Raneto 0.18.1 deployed instantly
LinuxServer.io image pinned by digest
Editor password generated for you
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Raneto

Publish internal documentation as files
Keep runbooks and how-to pages as plain Markdown files, and serve them as a searchable site your team can browse.
Edit a page from the browser
Sign in as the editor and change or add Markdown pages in the built-in editor, with no repository checkout needed.
Find a page by what it says
Search both file names and file contents, so a team can locate an answer without knowing which folder it lives in.
Keep a lightweight public help centre
Publish a read-only knowledge base for customers, with edit access limited to the one editor login.

Raneto vs Alternatives

Hosted wiki services: A hosted wiki keeps your pages in a vendor's database. Self-hosted Raneto keeps them as plain Markdown files on your own Cloud VPS, with nothing to migrate out.
DokuWiki: DokuWiki has its own OneClick page as another file-based wiki without a database. Raneto stays simple and Markdown-first: plain .md files, search across names and contents, and one editor login.
BookStack: BookStack has its own OneClick page. Raneto serves a plain folder of Markdown with no database, so the files themselves are the content.
Wiki.js: Wiki.js has its own OneClick page. Raneto is the lightweight choice: one container, file-based content and an in-browser Markdown editor.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Raneto sits alongside other documentation 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. Raneto itself is licensed by Raneto's maintainers under MIT.

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Raneto 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 Raneto with Docker?

Yes. Raneto runs on Node.js, and this template is Raneto Docker hosting already set up: the LinuxServer 0.18.1 image pinned by digest, one raneto_config volume, a generated editor password and HTTPS. It is your own Raneto cloud knowledge base, with no compose file to write.

How much RAM does Raneto need?

Raneto lists 512 MB of memory, one core and 2 GB of storage; idle use in QA was about 45 MiB. Raneto keeps a search index of every page in memory, so memory grows with content. The 6 GB plan is the entry rung, with ample headroom.

Is Raneto free?

Yes, Raneto is free MIT-licensed software. Your only charge is the dedicated Cloud VPS, cancellable any time. Pages are plain Markdown files, so you can copy them out whenever you want, with no export step and nothing proprietary to convert.

Does Raneto need a database?

No. Upstream says all content is file-based, and this template runs a single container with no database. Pages, uploaded images, config.js and session files all sit on the raneto_config volume, so there is nothing to migrate and nothing else to back up.

How do I sign in to Raneto?

Use the Login link with the editor username you chose at install and the generated password from your installation credentials. Then use the editor to change or delete the bundled sample pages, which describe Raneto's upstream defaults rather than this install.

Can the public read my Raneto pages?

Yes by default; only editing needs the login. To restrict reading, add Basic Auth at your proxy or enable authentication_for_read in config.js. Do not store private material in the pages unless you have restricted reading, because anyone with the URL can open them.

How do I change the Raneto site title or language?

Raneto has no environment variables for these. They are keys in config.js inside the raneto_config volume, such as site_title and locale. Edit the file on the server and restart the app, and keep a copy of config.js with your backups.

How do I rotate the Raneto editor password?

Edit the editor username and password values in the site environment and redeploy; they are read on every start. The template never serves the stock image's public default logins, so nobody can sign in with upstream's example credentials.

How do I back up Raneto?

Back up the raneto_config volume, which holds your pages, uploaded images, config.js and session files. There is no database to dump, so a file copy is the whole backup. Stop the app first if you want a perfectly consistent copy, and test a restore once.

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How do I upgrade Raneto?

The install stays on pinned 0.18.1 until you adopt a newer template version. Back up raneto_config, read the upstream release notes, then redeploy and open a few pages and the editor. Existing sites are never upgraded automatically.

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.