ShipShipShip Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

ShipShipShip hosting gives you a lightweight, self-hosted changelog and roadmap for publishing product updates, collecting feedback and reactions, managing themes, and running newsletters from infrastructure you control — instead of a third-party changelog SaaS. xCloud configures the pinned ShipShipShip 1.3.5 image, persistent storage for your database, uploads and themes, generated administrator credentials, and the HTTPS reverse proxy in minutes.

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

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

Self-hosting a changelog and roadmap tool normally means a container, persistent storage, generated secrets, a domain and a certificate before your first update publishes. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

  1. Step 01

    Sign Up

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

  2. Step 02

    We Deploy It For You

    One click. We bring up the official ShipShipShip 1.3.5 image, pinned by immutable digest, mount the shipshipship_data volume for its SQLite database, uploads and themes, generate a 32-character administrator password and a JWT signing secret, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.

  3. Step 03

    Sign In And Publish Your First Update

    Open your domain's /admin URL and sign in as admin with the generated password from the Credentials panel. Create your first changelog event, review the default public theme and status mappings, then publish.

Everything ShipShipShip Does, On Your Own Server

ShipShipShip runs in full here — changelog events, feedback, reactions, themes and newsletters, on infrastructure you control.

  • Changelog And Roadmap Publishing

    Create, schedule and publish upcoming, released and proposed product updates from an authenticated admin panel.

  • Feedback, Voting And Reactions

    Collect community feedback and emoji reactions, and let people vote on proposed features to help prioritize your roadmap.

  • Custom Themes

    Install and configure themes to match your product's look, with a default public theme ready the moment you sign in.

  • Optional Newsletters

    Configure SMTP from inside ShipShipShip's own admin panel when you're ready, then send subscribers an update as events change status.

  • Generated Administrator Access

    Sign in immediately after provisioning with a generated administrator password and a stable JWT signing secret — no manual setup.

  • Persistent Changelog Data

    Your SQLite database, uploaded media and installed themes all persist together on one volume, surviving a restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Changelog 24/7

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

  • ShipShipShip 1.3.5 deployed instantly
  • Official pinned image digest
  • Administrator password generated for you
  • Public app and admin panel published only through xCloud HTTPS
  • 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 ShipShipShip hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

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A changelog and roadmap for a single product.

$24.99per month

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

More headroom for uploads, themes and subscriber history.

$59.99per month

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

ShipShipShip 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. ShipShipShip itself is free under the Apache-2.0 licence.

Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

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

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Your rate with 2–5 servers connected.

$5per server / month

  • 2–5 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
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The same platform, discounted at 6–10 servers.

$4per server / month

  • 6–10 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
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The same platform, discounted at 11+ servers.

$3per server / month

  • 11+ servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
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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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Frequently Asked Questions

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

What is ShipShipShip?

ShipShipShip is a free, open-source, self-hosted changelog and roadmap platform for publishing product updates, collecting feedback and reactions, voting on proposed features, and running optional newsletters, with an authenticated administration panel. This template deploys version 1.3.5.

Is ShipShipShip free?

Yes — it is free and open source under the Apache License 2.0. What you pay xCloud for is the dedicated server it runs on and the management around it, not the software itself.

Can I self-host ShipShipShip?

Yes — that is exactly what this template deploys. It brings up the official ShipShipShip image, pinned by immutable digest, mounts a persistent volume for its SQLite database, uploads and themes, generates administrator credentials, and publishes it over HTTPS on your domain in minutes instead of assembled by hand.

Who becomes the administrator, and how do I sign in?

The username is fixed as admin, with a 32-character password xCloud generates and shows once in your Credentials panel. Open your domain's /admin URL and sign in with those credentials.

What does xCloud configure automatically?

The pinned ShipShipShip image, the persistent shipshipship_data volume, a generated administrator password, a generated JWT signing secret, the domain and the HTTPS route. Only ShipShipShip itself is published — there is no separate database service to expose or secure.

Do newsletters work out of the box?

No. Newsletter delivery is optional and not configured by this template. Add your own SMTP provider from inside ShipShipShip's admin panel, send a test message, and avoid using real subscriber addresses until it's verified.

How do I rotate the administrator password?

Change ADMIN_PASSWORD in xCloud's Environment editor, then run an xCloud Restart to apply it. Keep JWT_SECRET untouched when you do this — changing that value separately invalidates every existing session.

What should I back up?

The shipshipship_data volume, which holds the SQLite database, uploaded media and installed themes together as one consistent unit. Back it up as a whole rather than copying the database file alone.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update ShipShipShip?

No. The template pins ShipShipShip by immutable digest; a catalog re-sync affects new installations only. Before upgrading, back up shipshipship_data and your Environment values, review upstream release notes, then update the version and digest together without deleting the volume.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template manifest asks for 512 MB of RAM, one CPU core and 5 GB of disk as a floor for ShipShipShip alone — there's no separate database container to size for. This page sells the 6 GB tier, comfortable headroom for uploaded media, themes, events and newsletter subscriber history to grow.

What survives a restart?

Everything on the shipshipship_data volume, because it is a persistent named volume. Restarting the container does not touch your events, feedback, uploads, themes or administrator credentials.

Is xCloud officially partnered with ShipShipShip?

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

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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