Scriberr Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Scriberr hosting on xCloud lets you deploy Scriberr and run self-hosted audio transcription that turns meetings, interviews and voice memos into timestamped transcripts on your own server. xCloud runs the pinned Scriberr v1.2.0 image, generates the signing key and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes. Transcription is CPU-only, and the first start takes 10 to 30 minutes while the speech models download.

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What is Scriberr?

Scriberr is an open-source, completely offline audio transcription application for self-hosters who value privacy and performance, according to its README. You upload recordings or video, or paste a YouTube link, and transcribe them with WhisperX, NVIDIA Parakeet or Canary, label speakers, and optionally summarise or chat with a transcript through an OpenAI-compatible model. A self-hosted Scriberr is MIT licensed.

On xCloud the template runs Scriberr v1.2.0 from the vendor's image, pinned by digest, with recordings and transcripts on scriberr_data and the speech environments on scriberr_env. The first start builds those environments and downloads models, so the site returns a gateway error for roughly 10 to 30 minutes. It runs on CPU only. The first person to register becomes the only admin.

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

Self-hosting a transcription app normally means a container, a generated signing key, several gigabytes of speech models, a domain and a certificate before your first transcript. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Scriberr from the OneClick catalog. Enter a domain — the template needs no other app-specific fields.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Scriberr v1.2.0 image, generate the sign-in signing key, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain. First start downloads the speech-recognition environments and models, usually 10 to 30 minutes.
Step 03
Create Your Admin Account And Transcribe
Open your HTTPS Scriberr URL as soon as the first start finishes and create the admin account right away — it's the only account, and sign-up then closes. Upload an audio or video file, pick a model, and start your first transcription.

Everything Scriberr Does, On Your Own Server

Scriberr runs in full here — the same transcription tooling upstream ships, on infrastructure you control.

Choose The Engine Per Job
Pick WhisperX, NVIDIA Parakeet or Canary for each transcription, with word-level timing in the output.
Speaker Detection
Label speakers with diarization after adding a HuggingFace token in Settings and accepting the PyAnnote model terms.
Summarize Or Chat With Transcripts
Connect Ollama or an OpenAI-compatible provider to summarize a transcript or ask it questions.
REST API For Automation
Drive transcription from the REST API with API keys — for example from an n8n workflow.
Recordings Stay On Your Server
Audio and transcripts never leave the server unless you opt into an external AI provider for transcription, summaries or chat.
Models Persist Across Restarts
Your account, uploaded audio, transcripts and downloaded speech models all persist across xCloud restarts and redeploys.

Everything You Need To Run Your Transcription 24/7

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

Scriberr v1.2.0 deployed instantly
Admin account created on first visit
WhisperX, Parakeet and Canary engines
REST API for automation
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Scriberr

Transcribe meetings and interviews
Upload a recording and pick WhisperX, Parakeet or Canary to get a timestamped transcript without sending the audio to a transcription service.
Label who said what
Turn on speaker identification by accepting the PyAnnote model terms on HuggingFace and adding an access token in Settings.
Summarise or question a transcript
Connect an OpenAI-compatible model, with your own key, to summarise a transcript or chat with it, accepting that this content then leaves the server.
Transcribe a video you do not own a file for
Paste a YouTube link and let Scriberr fetch and transcribe it, rather than downloading it first.

Scriberr vs Alternatives

Otter.ai: A hosted meeting-transcription service. A Scriberr alternative to Otter.ai transcribes on your own server, so audio stays there unless you opt into an external provider.
WhisperX: In a Scriberr vs WhisperX comparison, WhisperX is one of the speech engines Scriberr runs, so Scriberr adds a web interface, job queue and transcript storage around it.
Ollama: Ollama has its own OneClick page. It serves language models, which you could point Scriberr's summary and chat features at as an OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Open WebUI: Open WebUI has its own OneClick page. It is a chat interface for models, whereas Scriberr turns recordings into transcripts first.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Evaluate Scriberr before committing full resources.

$24.99per month

6 GB RAM
4 vCPU cores
100 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Cloud VPS 16 GB

Cloud VPS 24 GB

Longer recordings, bigger models, more concurrent jobs.

$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. Scriberr itself is free under the MIT licence.

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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.

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Ready To Own Your Transcripts?

Scriberr 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.

Is Scriberr free?

Yes. Scriberr is MIT licensed, so transcribing costs nothing in software terms. Your costs are the Cloud VPS and, if you choose an OpenAI-compatible provider for summaries or chat, that provider's own bill, which depends on how much you send.

How much RAM does Scriberr need?

The manifest asks for 4096 MB of RAM, 2 CPU cores and 40 GB of disk, because speech models and their environments are large. That floor is why this page sells the 16 GB plan, and long recordings still take a while on CPU.

Can you self-host Scriberr with Docker?

Yes, and this template is Scriberr Docker hosting without the setup: the vendor's v1.2.0 image pinned by digest, a generated JWT secret, two named volumes, cache paths set, and HTTPS on your domain. The speech environment itself is fetched on first start.

Why does the first Scriberr start take so long?

On a fresh install Scriberr builds its WhisperX, NeMo and PyAnnote environments and downloads models from GitHub, PyPI, PyTorch and HuggingFace. The server only listens when that finishes, so expect a gateway error for roughly 10 to 30 minutes.

Does my audio leave my server in Scriberr?

Not by default. Transcription runs locally with WhisperX, Parakeet or Canary. Data leaves only if you opt into an OpenAI-compatible provider or use HuggingFace for the speaker model. Recordings and transcripts are stored unencrypted on the data volume.

Can Scriberr identify speakers?

Yes. Accept the terms of the PyAnnote community model on HuggingFace and enter a HuggingFace access token in Settings to turn on speaker detection. That step contacts HuggingFace, so it is the one place audio-related setup leaves your server.

How do I sign in to Scriberr the first time?

Create the admin account as soon as the site comes up. There is no preset account, the first person to register becomes the only admin, and sign-up then closes. Until then anyone who can reach the domain could claim the instance.

Is there a file size limit in Scriberr?

xCloud accepts request bodies up to 1 GB for the domain, but if the domain sits behind Cloudflare's proxy, Cloudflare rejects single requests above roughly 100 MB on most plans. Compress long recordings first if that applies.

How do I back up Scriberr?

Back up scriberr_data, which holds your account, recordings and transcripts. The scriberr_env volume holds the speech environments and can be rebuilt, so losing it only repeats the slow first start. Keep the JWT secret stable too.

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How do I upgrade Scriberr?

The install stays on Scriberr v1.2.0 until you adopt a newer template version. Back up scriberr_data and read the release notes first. The speech environment is fetched on first start, so the image pin does not freeze it entirely.

Is there a Scriberr cloud service I can use?

This page is your own Scriberr cloud: a dedicated Cloud VPS running the open-source app, with recordings and transcripts on a volume of your own. You hold the only admin account, and nothing is shared with other tenants.

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.