Tela Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Tela hosting and run a self-hosted team wiki where pages are plain markdown, on a dedicated Cloud VPS. xCloud starts the pinned Tela 0.8.0 stack of six containers with a pgvector PostgreSQL database and a PDF renderer, creates the administrator from the email and password you give, keeps pages on persistent volumes and serves the wiki over HTTPS on your own domain.

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What is Tela?

Tela is a self-hostable, markdown-native team wiki built for a world where agents are first-class authors and readers. It pairs a Go and PostgreSQL backend with a React and Milkdown editor, live Yjs collaboration, full-text and semantic search, and a built-in Model Context Protocol server. Run on your own server it is a self-hosted Tela, an alternative to a hosted wiki such as Confluence or Notion, under the AGPL-3.0.

On xCloud it is deployed as six containers pinned by digest: the proxy, backend and frontend, a pgvector PostgreSQL 17 database, Gotenberg for PDF export and the slide-deck service. The tela_pgdata and tela_deckcache volumes hold the state. Public registration starts open, and the image also holds an enterprise licence-key module under a separate licence.

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

A Tela install normally means a proxy, a backend, a frontend, a vector-enabled PostgreSQL, a PDF renderer, a slide-deck service, secrets, a domain and a certificate before the first page. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Tela from the OneClick catalog. Enter the administrator email and a password of 12 to 64 characters, or leave it empty to generate one, then choose a domain and a server.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the six Tela containers, all pinned by digest, mount tela_pgdata and tela_deckcache, generate the database and signing secrets, create the administrator and publish HTTPS. The first start pulls images and migrates the database, which takes a few minutes.
Step 03
Sign In And Close Registration
Sign in at /login as admin or with the admin email. Registration is open by default, so switch it off in Settings, Instance before you share the address if the wiki should be private, then create your first space.

Everything Tela Does, On Your Own Server

Tela 0.8.0 runs here as a full team wiki, with pages kept as markdown in a PostgreSQL volume you own.

Markdown-Native Pages
Page bodies are canonical markdown, edited in a Milkdown editor, so your content stays portable and can be exported or synced over WebDAV.
Live Collaboration
Several people can edit a page at once with real-time multi-cursor editing over Yjs, with comments, backlinks and revision history.
Full-Text Search
Ranked PostgreSQL full-text search works out of the box. Semantic search and ask-your-docs stay off until you add an embedding and a chat endpoint.
Built-In MCP Server
An MCP endpoint at /api/mcp lets AI agents and MCP clients search, read and write pages with scoped permissions, as part of the backend.
PDF Export And Slide Decks
A headless Chromium renderer exports pages to PDF, and a deck service compiles slide decks, so only give deck editing to people you trust.
Share Links And Public Spaces
Pages are private to a space's members unless you publish a space or create a share link, which anyone can open without an account.

Everything You Need To Run Your Team Wiki 24/7

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

Tela 0.8.0 deployed instantly
All six images pinned by digest
Admin created at install, no open setup page
Database and signing secrets generated
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Tela

Run a self-hosted team wiki for your docs
Give a team spaces and pages in markdown on a server you control, with live editing, comments and revision history in one place.
Let AI agents read and edit your docs
Point Claude, Cursor or another MCP client at the built-in MCP endpoint so agents can search and update pages under scoped permissions.
Publish a public knowledge space
Make one space public or send share links, so customers or contributors read pages without an account while the rest stays private.
Keep your content as portable markdown
Sync pages over WebDAV and export to PDF or zip, so your wiki is not locked into a vendor's format if you move on.

Tela vs Alternatives

Confluence: If you want a team wiki you host yourself, Tela keeps pages as markdown in a PostgreSQL volume on your own server, with live collaboration and a built-in MCP server.
Notion: If portability matters when you leave a hosted workspace, Tela's page bodies are canonical markdown, which can be synced over WebDAV or exported to zip and PDF.
BookStack: Also available as its own OneClick app; Tela's side of the comparison is live Yjs editing, canonical markdown pages and an MCP endpoint for agents.
Docmost: Also available as its own OneClick app; Tela's side of the comparison is markdown-first pages, WebDAV sync, PDF export and slide decks.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More editors, attachments and slide decks on the same server.

$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. Tela is licensed under the AGPL-3.0, with a separately licensed enterprise module in the image.

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Ready To Run Your Own Team Wiki?

Tela on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own your data. 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 I self-host Tela with Docker?

Yes, and this template is Tela Docker hosting without the compose file: six images pinned by digest, a pgvector PostgreSQL 17 database and a Chromium PDF renderer on one private network, with only the proxy reachable from outside. Upstream's own quickstart uses make setup and make up.

How much RAM does Tela need?

The template manifest asks for 2048 MB of RAM, 2 CPU cores and 15 GB of disk for six containers including PostgreSQL and a headless browser. This page sells the 6 GB tier. Large attachment libraries and many editors will need more.

Can I turn off public registration in Tela?

Yes, and you should for a private wiki. Open registration is on by default, so anyone who can reach the address can create an account. Sign in as the administrator and switch it off in Settings, Instance. Existing accounts keep working.

Does Tela have an MCP server?

Yes. Upstream says the MCP server at /api/mcp is part of the backend, not a bolt-on, and lets agents search, read and author pages with scoped, per-tool write permissions. MCP OAuth is not wired in this template, so use personal access tokens.

Does Tela support real-time collaboration?

Yes. Upstream lists live multi-cursor editing over Yjs in a Milkdown editor, with comments, backlinks and revision history. Nothing extra is configured for it in this template, but WebSocket traffic runs through the proxy on your domain.

Does Tela search work without an AI model?

Yes. Ranked PostgreSQL full-text search works out of the box. Semantic search and ask-your-docs stay off until you set an embedding endpoint, with 1024-dimension vectors, and a chat endpoint in the Environment editor and redeploy.

Does Tela send email?

Not by default. No mail server is configured, so verification and password-reset emails are written to the backend log only and self-registered users cannot confirm their address. Add the TELA_SMTP keys in the Environment editor and redeploy to enable mail.

How do I back up Tela?

Back up the tela_pgdata volume, which holds every page, user, setting and uploaded attachment, together with the rendered environment values. tela_deckcache is only a slide render cache and can be rebuilt. Nothing schedules the backup, so restore onto a test install to check it.

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How do I upgrade Tela?

Nothing upgrades itself: all six images are pinned by digest, so an existing install stays on 0.8.0 until you move it. To upgrade, back up tela_pgdata, read the release notes, then adopt a newer Tela template version when xCloud publishes one. Keep the share and token secrets unchanged.

Is Tela open source?

Tela is licensed under the AGPL-3.0, but its image also contains an enterprise licence-key module under a separate licence. Check both before offering Tela to others. The name, wordmark and logo are trademarks of the project maintainer.

Is this a Tela cloud service?

It is Tela on a dedicated Cloud VPS under your xCloud login, a Tela cloud of your own at your domain, separate from the maintainer's hosted telawiki.com. TELA_PUBLIC_BASE_URL must stay the exact public HTTPS address or sign-in silently does nothing.

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.