Tenzu Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Tenzu hosting and give your team kanban boards on your own domain. xCloud runs Tenzu v3.1.2 with a private PostgreSQL database, a private Redis service and a background worker, creates the first account from the email you enter with a generated password, mounts persistent volumes and publishes the web app, API and live updates over HTTPS from a single domain.

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

What is Tenzu?

Tenzu is an open-source tool for launching digital projects. Its stated aim is to help everyone on a project team, from techs and product people to designers and leaders, share knowledge and make informed decisions.

The current release gives you project spaces organised by workspace, unlimited kanban boards with custom statuses, live collaborative editing of tickets, a dark theme and multiple languages. Upstream lists Scrum and issue tracking as coming in 2026, so they are not part of this release.

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

A Tenzu stack normally means an API server, a web app, a worker, PostgreSQL, Redis, a gateway, a domain and a certificate before the first story. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

  1. Step 01

    Sign Up

    Create your xCloud account and pick Tenzu from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, then enter the email address for the first account.

  2. Step 02

    We Deploy It For You

    One click. We bring up the Tenzu server and web app images pinned by immutable digest, with PostgreSQL 17, Redis and a background worker kept off the public internet, mount the tenzu_db and tenzu_media volumes, generate the password and keys, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.

  3. Step 03

    Create Your First Project

    Save the generated password from the protected installation credentials, wait one to two minutes for the first start, then open your HTTPS Tenzu URL and sign in. Create a workspace and a project, then add stories on the kanban board.

Everything Tenzu Does, On Your Own Server

Tenzu runs in full here: workspaces, kanban boards and live collaboration on your own domain, backed by a database you own.

  • Workspaces And Projects

    Organise work into workspaces, each holding multiple project spaces.

  • Kanban With Custom Statuses

    Each project gets unlimited kanban boards with statuses you define, and stories you move between them.

  • Live Collaborative Editing

    See what others are typing in a ticket and other changes as they happen, over the same domain.

  • Dark Theme And Languages

    Upstream ships a dark theme and a multi-language interface.

  • Closed Sign-Up By Default

    Tenzu v3.1 has no setting to disable sign-up, so the template closes the sign-up endpoint at the gateway and only people you add can use the instance.

  • Files On A Persistent Volume

    Uploaded files and project logos live on the tenzu_media volume, and attachments are only delivered through the authenticated API.

Everything You Need To Run Your Project Board 24/7

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

  • Tenzu v3.1.2 deployed instantly
  • Official images pinned by digest
  • First account and passwords generated for you
  • Database and Redis kept private
  • Free SSL certificate
  • Server backups and snapshots
  • Server security updates included
  • 30+ server locations
  • Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Tenzu

  • Run a team's work on kanban boards

    Give each project its own board and custom statuses, and move stories across as work progresses.

  • Plan together in real time

    Several people can edit a ticket at once and see each other's changes as they happen.

  • Keep project data on your own server

    Projects, stories and uploaded files stay on the database and media volumes of a server you control.

  • Limit access to the people you add

    Public sign-up is closed, so only accounts you create or invite can use the instance.

Tenzu Screenshots

A Tenzu project board on a self-hosted instance
A Tenzu kanban board with a story in a status column

Tenzu vs Alternatives

Taiga
Tenzu's FAQ describes a Taiga project import, and says it does not yet cover the full Taiga scope.
Trello
Trello is a hosted kanban service; Tenzu is AGPLv3 and runs on a server you control.
Jira
Jira is a hosted issue tracker; Tenzu currently offers kanban boards, with Scrum and issue tracking planned upstream.
Plane
Also open source and also available on xCloud as a OneClick app.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Most popular

Kanban boards for one team's projects.

$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 if Tenzu sits alongside other team tools.

$59.99per month

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

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. Tenzu's source code is licensed by its maintainers under AGPLv3.

Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

Connect any x86-64 VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy Tenzu 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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

How do I sign in?

Use the email you entered at install and the generated password from the protected installation credentials. Change the password inside Tenzu after the first sign-in.

Can anyone register on my instance?

No. Tenzu v3.1 has no setting for it, so the template closes the sign-up endpoint at the gateway and only people you add can use the instance.

Why can't I invite someone who has no account?

Because sign-up is closed at the gateway, inviting an email address with no account is not possible unless you reopen sign-up. Invitations to people who already have an account work.

What runs alongside Tenzu?

A PostgreSQL database, a Redis service for live updates and a background worker, all private. One domain serves the web app, API and WebSocket through xCloud-managed HTTPS.

Does Tenzu send email?

Not by default. SMTP is not configured, so emailed invitations and password resets need SMTP settings in the site environment.

Can I use the Django admin site?

The admin site needs a superuser, and the first account is a regular account. Upstream v3.1.x cannot open projects for a superuser in the web app, so promote a second account only if you need the admin site.

What should I back up?

The tenzu_db volume (projects and stories) and the tenzu_media volume (uploaded files and project logos), together with the secret key values in the site environment. Replacing the secret key or token signing key signs everyone out.

What survives a restart?

Data on the tenzu_db and tenzu_media volumes. In QA a story created before an xCloud Restart was still on the board afterwards. Allow about 90 seconds for the containers to become healthy again.

Does it run on ARM servers?

No. The Tenzu images are published for x86-64 (amd64) only, so the template cannot run on arm64 servers.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Tenzu?

No. The template pins Tenzu v3.1.2 and web app v3.1.0 by immutable digest; existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable image tags and digests together on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

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

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 768 MB of RAM and 5 GB of disk; memory use in QA measured about 443 MiB. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, with real headroom above that baseline.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Tenzu?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the Tenzu project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source Tenzu project; the Tenzu name and logo remain trademarks of their owner.

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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