Stash Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Stash hosting keeps your own media organizer behind a sign-in on your own domain. Deploy Stash v0.31.1 as a self-hosted media library organizer: xCloud runs the pinned official image, creates the account you chose at install with its password stored only as a bcrypt hash, mounts persistent volumes for configuration, library, metadata and covers, and publishes it over HTTPS with sign-in required on every page.

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What is Stash?

Self-hosted Stash is a media library organizer. Its README describes a self-hosted web app written in Go that organizes and serves a diverse content collection, for both SFW and NSFW needs. It gathers information about videos from the internet, supports a wide variety of video and image formats, lets you tag videos and find them later, and shows statistics about performers, tags and studios. It is extensible with community-built plugins and licensed under AGPL-3.0.

On xCloud the template runs the stashapp/stash v0.31.1 image pinned by immutable digest, plus a small init container that seeds the sign-in account once and exits. Five persistent volumes hold configuration, library, generated files, metadata and blobs, and a sixth holds temporary cache files. HTTPS is published on your domain, sign-in is required for every page and the GraphQL API, and there is no sign-up and no DLNA.

From Sign-Up to Your Media Library In Just 3 Easy Steps

A Stash install normally means a container, several mounted paths, a sign-in configuration, a reverse proxy with a raised upload limit, a domain and a certificate before the first scan. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Stash from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and server, then set the sign-in username and password — leave the password empty to have one generated.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Stash image, pinned by immutable digest, plus a small init container that writes the sign-in configuration before Stash starts, mount the stash_config, stash_data, stash_generated, stash_metadata, stash_blobs and stash_cache volumes, and publish it over HTTPS with a 1 GB upload limit.
Step 03
Add Media And Scan
Open your HTTPS Stash URL and sign in; the first start takes about a minute. Copy media into the library folder (/data), then open Settings, Tasks and run a Scan.

Everything Stash Does, On Your Own Server

Stash runs in full here: a sign-in-protected media organizer in the browser, with your library and database on persistent volumes.

Scan Folders Of Videos And Images
Point Stash at the library folder and scan it, then browse the collection from any browser.
Tag And Group Items
Tag items and group them so you can find them again later.
Community Scrapers And Plugins
Fetch metadata with community-built scrapers and plugins, downloaded from the community index when you install them.
Statistics
See statistics on performers, tags, studios and more across the library.
Sign-In On Every Page
Every page and the GraphQL API require sign-in, and the setup wizard is skipped because the account is created for you.
Persistent Volumes
Configuration, database, library, metadata and cover images live on persistent volumes and survive an xCloud Restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Media Organizer 24/7

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

Stash 0.31.1 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Sign-in required on every page and the API
Password stored only as a bcrypt hash
Five persistent volumes
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Stash

Browse a personal library from any browser
Scan folders of videos and images on your own server and open the collection from a browser, with sign-in required for every page so nothing is exposed to the public.
Tag and group a large collection
Tag items and group them, then use the statistics on performers, tags and studios to find things again as a big library grows beyond what folder names can hold.
Fill in metadata with scrapers
Install community-built scrapers and plugins from the community index to gather information about videos from the internet instead of typing every detail by hand.
Keep a library private on your own server
Hold the database, configuration and media on volumes of a Cloud VPS you control, behind one sign-in account and without a hosted service in the middle.

Stash vs Alternatives

Plex: If you are weighing Plex, Stash runs entirely on your own server with its own sign-in, and its README centres on tagging, scrapers and statistics.
Jellyfin: Jellyfin has its own xCloud page. Stash focuses on organising a collection with tags, groups and scraped metadata, per its README.
PhotoPrism: PhotoPrism has its own xCloud page. Stash handles video and images together, with tagging and plugins described in its README.
Browsing folders by hand: A file manager shows files but not tags, groups or scraped metadata. Stash indexes the folders you point it at and adds those on top, on a server you control.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Stash sits alongside other media apps and big scans.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 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. Stash itself is licensed by its maintainers under AGPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Media Organizer?

Stash 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.

How much RAM does Stash need?

Stash's manifest floor is 1 CPU core, 512 MB of RAM and 5 GB of disk, and QA measured about 21 MiB idle. Scanning and preview generation run ffmpeg and vips and need more while they run, so the 6 GB Cloud VPS sold here leaves room above the floor for those tasks.

Is Stash free and open source?

Yes. Stash is licensed under the AGPL-3.0, per the LICENSE file at the v0.31.1 tag, so there is no licence fee. xCloud charges for the dedicated Cloud VPS it runs on, and your library, database and configuration stay in your own volumes.

Can you run Stash with Docker?

Yes, and this is Stash Docker hosting prepared for you: the template runs the official stashapp/stash v0.31.1 image, pinned by immutable digest, with six named volumes mounted, a one-off init container for the sign-in account and HTTPS in front on your domain.

How do I add media to a self-hosted Stash?

Copy files into the library folder, /data inside the container, for example with docker cp from the folder that holds them, then open Settings > Tasks and run a Scan. The library starts empty, and browser uploads are limited to 1 GB here.

What are Stash scrapers and plugins?

Per its README, Stash gathers information about videos from the internet and is extensible through community-built plugins. You install scrapers and plugins from the community package index, so Stash contacts that index when you do. Review what you install, since they run on your server.

Is a self-hosted Stash open to the public?

No. Sign-in is required for every page and for the GraphQL API, there is no sign-up, and the setup wizard is skipped because the account is created for you. The username and password are in the protected installation credentials.

Does Stash support DLNA?

No. DLNA is not available on this platform, so devices that rely on DLNA discovery cannot find the library. Use a browser, which is how this install is meant to be used, through the HTTPS address and your sign-in.

Does Stash contact the internet?

Stash contacts api.github.com to check for new releases and downloads scrapers and plugins from the community index when you install them. It sends no telemetry. Changing the password later is done in Settings > Security, since environment edits do nothing after first start.

What should I back up on a Stash server?

A backup is stash_config, which holds configuration and the database, together with stash_blobs and stash_metadata, ideally with the app stopped, plus stash_data for the media itself. Test a restore before you rely on the copy, and keep it off the server.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade Stash?

Nothing upgrades it for you: the template pins Stash v0.31.1 by immutable digest. Copy your volumes first, go through the upstream release notes, then adopt a newer template version when one is published, and confirm sign-in and a scan still work.

Is this Stash cloud hosting?

It is your own Stash on a dedicated Cloud VPS that xCloud provisions, not a hosted library service. The container, the six volumes and the sign-in account belong to your install, and the web interface is served over HTTPS on your domain.

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.