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Soft Serve Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Host your own Git repositories with an SSH terminal UI, Git over SSH and HTTPS, and Git LFS. xCloud brings up the pinned Soft Serve v0.12.2 image, handles HTTPS on your domain, sets you up as admin with your own SSH key, and keeps your repositories on persistent storage.

Deploy your Soft Serve
  • No terminal
  • No technical skills needed
  • No lock-in, cancel anytime

From Sign-Up to Live Soft Serve Hosting In 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting a Git server normally means a host, SSH port setup, HTTPS for Git clients and key management. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

  1. Step 01

    Sign Up

    Create your xCloud account and pick Soft Serve from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and paste your admin SSH public key — that is the only field.

  2. Step 02

    We Deploy It For You

    One click. We bring up the pinned Soft Serve v0.12.2 image, publish Git over HTTPS on your domain, and open the SSH port for the TUI and Git over SSH.

  3. Step 03

    Connect Over SSH And Push

    Save the connection details, run ssh with your matching private key to reach the TUI, then create a repository with git push and clone it over SSH or HTTPS.

Everything Soft Serve Does, On Your Own Server

Soft Serve runs in full here — a terminal-first Git server on infrastructure you control.

  • Terminal-First Git Hosting

    Browse repositories, files and commits in an easy-to-use TUI over SSH, and print files with syntax highlighting and line numbers.

  • Clone And Push Over SSH Or HTTPS

    Smart HTTP runs on your xCloud domain with managed TLS, and Git over SSH runs on a dedicated port.

  • Git LFS Built In

    HTTP and SSH LFS backends for large binary assets, so big files stay out of your normal commit history.

  • Simple Access Control

    SSH public-key authentication, collaborators, public or private repositories, and user access tokens for HTTPS.

  • Repository Management From The Shell

    Create repositories on demand with git push or the SSH CLI, nest them, and import or mirror public remotes.

  • Survives A Restart

    Repositories, commit history, LFS objects and configuration live on a persistent volume — verified on QA.

Everything You Need To Run Your Git Server 24/7

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

  • Soft Serve v0.12.2 deployed instantly
  • Your SSH key becomes the admin
  • Free SSL certificate
  • Server backups available
  • Unused balance refunded

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Soft Serve hosting. Pick the one that fits your Git server.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Most popular

One Git server, with headroom well above the template floor.

$24.99per month

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

Cloud VPS 16 GB

A larger box for a busier Git server.

$59.99per month

  • 16 GB RAM
  • 6 vCPU cores
  • 200 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
Get started

Cloud VPS 24 GB

Soft Serve alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

  • 24 GB RAM
  • 8 vCPU cores
  • 300 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
Get started

Soft Serve is free and open source under the MIT License; this is the managed server it runs on. The template manifest asks for 1 CPU core, 128 MB of RAM and 2 GB of disk. This page sells the 6 GB tier. Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS.

Managed hosting

Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy Soft Serve 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
Start free

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.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Host Your Own Git Server?

Soft Serve on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS. Deploy faster, keep your repositories on persistent storage and stay in control.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

How is Soft Serve different from GitLab or Gitea?

Soft Serve is a lightweight Git server for the command line, with no web interface. You browse repositories, files and commits in a terminal UI over SSH, and you manage users, collaborators and repositories with SSH commands. Measured idle use on QA was about 12–14 MiB.

How do I sign in?

Run ssh -p <SSH port> <SSH host> with the private key that matches the public key you gave during install. That key is the server admin, and there are no passwords.

Generate and add SSH keys

Why does the URL show a 404 in my browser?

That is by design. Soft Serve has no browser UI, so the site root returns 404. The HTTPS address is for Git clients, and the TUI is reached over SSH.

Can I clone over HTTPS?

Yes. Anonymous users can clone public repositories read-only at https://<your-domain>/<repo>. For private repositories or pushes, create a user access token over SSH (token create) and use it as the HTTPS username.

Does it support Git LFS?

Yes. LFS works over HTTPS by default. You can switch on SSH LFS transfer with one environment setting if you need objects larger than about 100 MB; clients need git-lfs 3.0 or newer.

How big can a push be?

HTTPS requests are capped at about 100 MB, so push large repositories over SSH. Git LFS objects still upload over HTTPS even from an SSH remote unless you enable SSH LFS transfer.

What should I back up?

The soft_serve_data volume. It contains every repository, the SQLite database, LFS objects, configuration and the server's SSH host keys. Keep your stable environment values, such as admin keys, alongside the backup.

Backups in xCloud

What are the server requirements?

The template manifest asks for 1 CPU core, 128 MB of RAM and 2 GB of disk. Measured idle use on QA was about 12–14 MiB, so this page sells the 6 GB tier for real headroom above that floor.

Does xCloud automatically update Soft Serve?

No. The image is pinned by immutable digest. To upgrade, read the upstream release notes, change the image tag and digest together, and back up the data volume first.

What license is Soft Serve under?

Soft Serve is released under the MIT License by Charmbracelet, Inc. This is a managed deployment of that open-source project.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Charm?

No. No official partnership or endorsement has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source Soft Serve project, not an official offering.

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.

Related resources

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