ShadowBroker Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Watch public ADS-B aircraft, AIS vessels, orbital satellites, earthquakes and hazards, geolocated news and public Telegram channel previews on one live map — as a private dashboard on infrastructure you control. xCloud configures the pinned ShadowBroker 0.9.84 frontend and backend, generates the admin key, and sets up the HTTPS reverse proxy in minutes.

Deploy your ShadowBroker

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

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

Self-hosting ShadowBroker normally means a frontend, a private API backend, generated secrets, a domain and a certificate before the map even loads. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick ShadowBroker from the OneClick catalog. Enter a domain — the template needs no other fields and generates its own secrets.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned ShadowBroker frontend and backend images, generate the admin key and mesh secrets, and publish the map over HTTPS on your domain while the backend API stays private.
Step 03
Add Feed Keys And Explore
Save the admin key from the protected installation credentials. Open the HTTPS URL to watch the default layers, then add OpenSky, AIS Stream or other feed keys in the environment settings and redeploy to fill in more layers.

Everything ShadowBroker Does, On Your Own Server

ShadowBroker runs in full here — the same live telemetry map as any hosted OSINT dashboard, on infrastructure you control.

Live Aircraft And Vessel Tracking
Public ADS-B aircraft and AIS vessel data plotted on one MapLibre map, alongside orbital satellites.
Earthquakes, Hazards And News
Earthquake and hazard feeds sit next to geolocated news and public Telegram channel previews on the same dashboard.
Bring Your Own Feed Keys
Add free feed keys for OpenSky, AIS Stream, Global Fishing Watch and others to unlock more layers; nothing is queried for a layer you never enable.
Backend Writes Stay Gated
The public map is read-only. Settings, key-saving and pin writes from the public URL are refused; only the generated admin key, held server-side, can change them.
Third-Party Fetchers Stay Off
Fetchers that phone home for prediction markets, financial data and similar sources stay disabled until you turn them on yourself.
Pins And Caches Survive A Restart
Map caches, seeded datasets, pins and backend state persist on the backend_data volume — confirmed by creating a pin, restarting both containers, and finding it still there.

Everything You Need To Run Your OSINT Map 24/7

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

ShadowBroker 0.9.84 deployed instantly
Generated admin key
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Private backend API
Unused balance refunded

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Evaluate ShadowBroker with the default telemetry layers.

$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

ShadowBroker alongside a whole self-hosted OSINT 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. ShadowBroker itself is free under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

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

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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.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own OSINT Dashboard?

ShadowBroker 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.

What is ShadowBroker?

ShadowBroker is an open-source OSINT map that puts public aircraft, vessel, satellite, hazard and news telemetry on one live dashboard. This template deploys version 0.9.84.

Do I need to create an account?

No. ShadowBroker has no user accounts. Open the URL and the live map loads. Admin actions use the generated admin key on the server side, not a login in the browser.

Why can't I save API keys in the browser?

Public visitors can't change settings — that was confirmed by testing that anonymous key-saving and writes are refused. Add feed keys in the xCloud environment editor and redeploy.

Which layers work without keys?

At 0.9.84, satellites, earthquakes and hazards, news, and some aircraft and vessel data load without keys. Adding OpenSky, AIS Stream, Global Fishing Watch and other keys fills in more layers.

Does it join a public mesh network?

No. Infonet fleet join, Tor/Arti and Meshtastic MQTT are off by default.

Why does the basemap show an "API key required" watermark?

That comes from CARTO, the provider of the default dark basemap tiles, not from this deployment — it is a known upstream caveat at this version.

What are the server requirements?

The template manifest asks for 2 CPU, 4608 MB of RAM and 16 GB of disk as a floor. This page sells the 16 GB tier to match it. Measured use on QA was about 1.4-1.9 GB RAM with the default layers; upstream recommends a 4 GB backend budget for heavy layers.

What runs alongside the web map?

A FastAPI backend on container port 8000 with no published host port, reachable only on the private compose network.

What should I back up?

The backend_data volume, which holds map caches, bundled seed datasets, pins and backend state, plus the generated secrets in the environment.

Backups in xCloud

Does xCloud automatically back up or update ShadowBroker?

No. The template pins the frontend and backend images by immutable digest; a catalog re-sync affects new installations only. Read the upstream release notes and bump the tag and digest together when you choose to upgrade.

Is xCloud officially partnered with ShadowBroker?

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