Shaarli Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Keep your bookmarks and private notes off someone else's hosted service. Shaarli is a fast, database-free link archive you run yourself — save, tag, search and selectively share, all under your own control. xCloud configures the pinned Shaarli 0.16.5 image, its persistent data and cache volumes and the HTTPS reverse proxy in minutes, ready for you to create your administrator login the moment it's live.

  • No terminal
  • No technical skills needed
  • No lock-in, cancel anytime

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

Self-hosting a bookmark manager normally means a container, a data volume, a domain and a certificate before a single link is saved. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

  1. Step 01

    Sign Up

    Create your xCloud account and pick Shaarli from the OneClick catalog. Enter a site title and select a domain — there are no other fields to fill in.

  2. Step 02

    We Deploy It For You

    One click. We bring up the vendor-maintained Shaarli 0.16.5 image pinned by immutable digest, mount the shaarli_data and shaarli_cache volumes, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.

  3. Step 03

    Set Up And Save Your First Bookmark

    Open your HTTPS URL and complete Shaarli's own setup screen to create your administrator login. Sign in, save your first bookmark or private note, then organize it with tags.

Everything Shaarli Does, On Your Own Server

Shaarli runs in full here — a self-hosted, database-free bookmark manager, on infrastructure you control.

  • Save And Tag Links

    Capture bookmarks and private notes with tags, so a growing archive stays organized instead of turning into a flat list.

  • Full-Text Search

    Search across titles, descriptions and tags to find a saved link again in seconds, no matter how old it is.

  • Daily Views And Feeds

    Browse bookmarks by day, and subscribe to RSS/ATOM feeds of your public links for other tools to pick up.

  • Selective Sharing

    Mark any bookmark public or private per link, so a shared archive and a personal one can live side by side.

  • Database-Free Storage

    Shaarli stores bookmarks as flat files on shaarli_data — no separate database service to provision or maintain.

  • Two Volumes, Clearly Split

    Configuration and bookmark data live on shaarli_data; regenerable cache data lives separately on shaarli_cache.

Everything You Need To Run Your Bookmark Management 24/7

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

  • Shaarli 0.16.5 deployed instantly
  • Vendor-maintained pinned image digest
  • You create your own admin login
  • App origin bound to localhost
  • Free SSL certificate
  • Server backups and snapshots
  • Server security updates included
  • 30+ server locations
  • Unused balance refunded

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Most popular

A personal bookmark archive for yourself or a small team.

$24.99per month

  • 6 GB RAM
  • 4 vCPU cores
  • 100 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
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Cloud VPS 16 GB

A growing archive, alongside other services on the same box.

$59.99per month

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

Shaarli 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. Shaarli itself is free under the zlib/libpng license.

Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy Shaarli on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

Free

Start your journey without cost.

$0forever

  • 1 server
  • 10 sites
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Starter

Most popular

Your rate with 2–5 servers connected.

$5per server / month

  • 2–5 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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Professional

The same platform, discounted at 6–10 servers.

$4per server / month

  • 6–10 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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Agency

The same platform, discounted at 11+ servers.

$3per server / month

  • 11+ servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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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.

Ready To Keep Your Bookmarks Off Someone Else's Service?

Shaarli on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

What is Shaarli?

Shaarli is a free, open-source, database-free bookmark manager for saving, tagging, searching and selectively sharing links, with daily views and RSS/ATOM feeds. This template deploys version 0.16.5.

Is Shaarli free?

Yes — Shaarli's application code is free and open source under the zlib/libpng license. What you pay xCloud for is the dedicated server it runs on and the management around it, not the application itself.

Can I self-host Shaarli?

Yes — that is exactly what this template deploys. It brings up the vendor-maintained Shaarli 0.16.5 image pinned by immutable digest, mounts its persistent data and cache volumes, and publishes it over HTTPS on your domain in minutes instead of assembled by hand.

How do I sign in?

Shaarli creates your administrator account inside its own browser-based setup screen the first time you open your HTTPS URL — there is no admin field on the OneClick install form and no generated password. You choose your own login during that first-run setup.

What does xCloud configure automatically?

The pinned Shaarli image, the persistent shaarli_data and shaarli_cache volumes, the domain and the HTTPS route. Only the Shaarli web interface is published through xCloud-managed ingress, bound to localhost behind it.

Does Shaarli use a database?

No. Shaarli is intentionally database-free — bookmarks and configuration are stored as flat files on the shaarli_data volume, so there is no separate database service to provision or maintain.

What should I back up?

The shaarli_data volume, which holds your configuration and every bookmark. The shaarli_cache volume can be regenerated, but backing up both together gives you the simplest consistent restore point. After a restore, confirm your administrator login and a representative bookmark before resuming normal use.

Can multiple people use the same Shaarli instance?

Shaarli is a single-admin tool — there is one administrator login, not team accounts or roles. You control what's shared by marking individual bookmarks public or private; other people can view your public links and feed without their own account.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Shaarli?

No. The template pins Shaarli 0.16.5 by immutable digest; a catalog re-sync affects new installations only. Review upstream release notes and take a verified backup before changing the pinned release.

What are the server requirements?

The template manifest asks for 512 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 3 GB of disk as a floor — Shaarli is lightweight. This page sells the same 6 GB tier as every other OneClick app, well above what Shaarli itself needs, so there's room for other work on the same server.

What survives a restart?

Everything on shaarli_data, because it is a persistent named volume — your configuration and every saved bookmark. A restart does not touch existing content.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Shaarli?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the Shaarli project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source Shaarli project.

Can I run other apps on the same server?

Yes. It is a dedicated Cloud VPS, not a locked appliance, so you can deploy other OneClick apps or your own sites beside it as long as the resources are there.

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.

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