Shiori Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Shiori hosting and run your own bookmark manager that saves, tags, searches, imports, exports and archives webpages. xCloud runs the pinned Shiori 1.8.0 image as one container with an embedded SQLite database, replaces the upstream default login with a generated administrator password, mounts the shiori_data volume and publishes it over HTTPS on your domain, with no database to assemble.

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What is Shiori?

Shiori is a simple bookmarks manager written in Go, intended by upstream as a simple clone of Pocket. It runs as a command line tool or a web application from a single binary, and offers bookmark add, edit, delete and search, import and export of Netscape bookmark files, Pocket import, and a readable-content parser that creates an offline archive of each page. Self-hosted Shiori is the alternative to a Pocket-style service, under the MIT licence.

On xCloud it is Shiori 1.8.0, the official image pinned by digest, as one container with embedded SQLite, although upstream also supports PostgreSQL, MariaDB and MySQL. The shiori_data volume holds the database, thumbnails, readable content and archives. xCloud replaces Shiori's insecure first-boot owner login with a generated administrator password and a session secret.

About this app

Version xCloud installs: 1.8.0
Licence: MIT
Source code: github.com/go-shiori/shiori

Shiori is a third-party project. xCloud is not affiliated with or endorsed by its maintainers. Names and logos belong to their owners.

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

Self-hosting Shiori normally means a container, generated secrets, a domain and a certificate before a single bookmark is saved. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Shiori from the OneClick catalog. Enter a site title and, if you like, change the default administrator username.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Shiori 1.8.0 image, generate a fresh administrator password and session secret, replace the insecure upstream first-boot credentials, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Start Saving
Open your HTTPS URL and sign in with the generated credentials shown in your xCloud credential panel. Add your first bookmark or import a Netscape bookmark export.

Everything Shiori Does, On Your Own Server

Shiori runs in full here — the same bookmark manager as any hosted offering, with the archive on infrastructure you control.

Offline Webpage Archiving
Save a page and keep a readable, searchable copy alongside the bookmark itself, so a link going dead doesn't cost you the content.
Tags And Full-Text Search
Organize bookmarks by tag and search across saved and archived content — handled inside Shiori itself, with no second service to run.
Import And Export
Bring bookmarks in from a Netscape bookmark file and export the same way, so your archive is never locked to one tool.
Browser Extensions And PWA
Capture pages straight from your browser or share into Shiori as an installable PWA, without a separate clipping service.
HTTPS From The Start
Served on your own domain with a certificate issued and renewed for you, not on a shared subdomain.
One Volume, Complete State
The SQLite database, thumbnails, readable content and archives all live on one persistent volume that survives a restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Bookmark Archive 24/7

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

Shiori 1.8.0 deployed instantly
Official pinned image digest
Generated administrator password
App origin bound to localhost
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Shiori

Save pages you want to read later
Bookmark an article, and let Shiori parse its readable content and keep an offline archive in case the original disappears.
Move bookmarks from Pocket or a browser
Import a Pocket export or a Netscape bookmark file, and export the same format later if you move on.
Search everything you saved
Find a bookmark again by tag or by searching its content instead of scrolling through browser folders.
Keep browsing history private
Hold bookmarks and archived pages on your own server, behind a generated administrator login, rather than with a reading service.

Shiori vs Alternatives

Pocket: The hosted service that upstream calls Shiori's model. Shiori is the open-source, self-hosted take on it, importing Pocket exports and keeping everything on your own server.
linkding: linkding has its own OneClick page as a lightweight bookmark manager with tags, search and a REST API in a single SQLite container. Shiori's difference is its offline archive of readable page content.
Wallabag: Wallabag has its own OneClick page as a read-it-later service for distraction-free and offline reading. Shiori is a bookmark manager first, with archiving as an added layer.
Linkwarden: Linkwarden has its own OneClick page as another self-hosted way to collect and keep links. Shiori is the smaller option, one Go binary with embedded SQLite.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Growing archives with more offline snapshots and thumbnails.

$59.99per month

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6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Shiori 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. Shiori itself is free under the MIT licence.

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Ready To Own Your Bookmarks?

Shiori on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own your archive. 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 Shiori with Docker?

Yes. Upstream publishes container images, and this template is Shiori Docker hosting already assembled: the 1.8.0 image pinned by digest, one shiori_data volume, generated credentials and HTTPS. It is your own Shiori cloud bookmark manager, running as a single container with no separate database.

How much RAM does Shiori need?

The template lists 256 MB RAM, 1 core and 1 GB storage, which suits a lightweight Go binary with embedded SQLite. The 6 GB plan is the entry rung here. Archives and thumbnails are what grow, so disk matters more than memory.

Is Shiori free?

Yes, Shiori is MIT-licensed open source with no fee attached. Your bill is the dedicated Cloud VPS, plus any domain or off-server backup storage you add, cancellable whenever you wish. Bookmarks stay in a SQLite file you control.

Is Shiori an alternative to Pocket?

Upstream describes it as a simple clone of Pocket. It saves and tags bookmarks, searches them, and archives readable content offline, but it is a smaller project, so compare its features against how you use Pocket before you switch.

Can I import Pocket bookmarks into Shiori?

Yes. Upstream lists import from Pocket, and import and export of Netscape bookmark files, which most browsers produce. Import your file after the first sign-in, and export in the same Netscape format later if you want to move your bookmarks elsewhere.

Which database does Shiori use?

Upstream supports sqlite3, PostgreSQL, MariaDB and MySQL. This template uses the embedded SQLite baseline inside one container, so there is no separate database service. The SQLite file, thumbnails, readable content and archives all sit on the shiori_data volume.

Does Shiori create a default admin account?

It creates one, but not the insecure kind. Shiori's public first-boot owner login is replaced during install with the username you choose and a generated 24-character password, plus a separate session secret. Editing those values later does not rotate the account; change it in Settings.

How do I sign in to Shiori?

Open your HTTPS address and sign in with the administrator username and generated password from the installation credentials. Then add or import bookmarks. Change the password in Shiori's Settings if you want your own, since the environment values only seed the first account.

How do I back up Shiori?

Back up the whole shiori_data volume mounted at /srv/shiori. It holds the SQLite database, thumbnails, readable content and webpage archives. For a consistent copy stop writes or use an SQLite-aware snapshot first, and protect copies as potentially sensitive browsing data.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade Shiori?

The install stays on pinned 1.8.0 until you adopt a newer template version. Back up shiori_data, go over upstream's release notes, then redeploy and check sign-in, search and an archived page. 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.