Tuwunel Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Tuwunel hosting for your own Matrix chat server — a Rust homeserver on your domain. xCloud brings up the pinned Tuwunel v1.9.3 image behind managed HTTPS, with federation discovery, a generated registration token and persistent storage handled for you.

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

From Sign-Up to a Live Tuwunel Homeserver In 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting a Matrix homeserver normally means a container host, a domain, a certificate, discovery endpoints and a registration token to generate and protect. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

  1. Step 01

    Sign Up

    Create your xCloud account and pick Tuwunel from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and a server. The domain becomes your permanent Matrix server name, so choose it carefully.

  2. Step 02

    We Deploy It For You

    One click. We bring up the pinned Tuwunel v1.9.3 image, publish the Matrix API over HTTPS on your domain and generate the registration token for you.

  3. Step 03

    Register And Create Your Room

    Save the registration token from the protected credentials, point Element or another Matrix client at your homeserver URL and register first. The first account becomes the server administrator.

Everything Tuwunel Does, On Your Own Server

Tuwunel runs in full here — a federated Matrix homeserver for your team or community, on infrastructure you control.

  • Your Own Matrix Server

    Run team or community chat on a Matrix homeserver you control, instead of relying on a hosted provider.

  • Any Matrix Client

    Connect Element or any other Matrix client, bridge or bot to your homeserver over HTTPS.

  • Federation Built In

    Client and server discovery are served from your domain on standard HTTPS port 443, so you can message people on other Matrix servers.

  • Lightweight Footprint

    A single container with an embedded RocksDB database, so there is no separate database server to run.

  • Registration Closed By Default

    Public sign-up is off. New accounts need the generated registration token, which you control.

  • Survives A Restart

    Rooms, messages, accounts and access tokens all survive an xCloud Restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Matrix Server 24/7

Managed hosting for Tuwunel, so the parts that keep your homeserver online are not your problem.

  • Tuwunel v1.9.3 deployed instantly
  • You register the first admin account
  • Free SSL certificate
  • Persistent tuwunel_data volume
  • Token-gated registration
  • 30+ server locations
  • Unused balance refunded

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Most popular

One Tuwunel homeserver on a dedicated Cloud VPS.

$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 room for a busier homeserver with more users.

$59.99per month

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

Tuwunel 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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Tuwunel is free and open source under Apache 2.0; this is the managed server it runs on. The template manifest asks for 1 CPU core, 256 MB of RAM and 4 GB of disk. This page sells the 6 GB tier. Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore.

Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

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

Free

Start your journey without cost.

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  • 1 server
  • 10 sites
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Starter

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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.

Ready To Host Your Own Matrix Server?

Tuwunel on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own your conversations. Stay in control.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

What makes Tuwunel different from Synapse?

Tuwunel is written entirely in Rust and runs as a single lightweight process with an embedded database. It is positioned upstream as a scalable, low-cost alternative to Synapse that implements the Matrix specification for all but the most niche uses.

How do I sign in the first time?

There is no default account. In any Matrix client, set the homeserver to your Tuwunel URL, choose Register and paste the registration token from the xCloud credentials panel. The first account you create is the server admin.

Can my users talk to people on other Matrix servers?

Yes. Federation is enabled and discovery is served from your domain over HTTPS, so users can join rooms and message people on other Matrix homeservers such as matrix.org.

Does it include a web chat interface or voice calls?

No. Tuwunel is the server. Connect with Element or any other Matrix client. Element Web and TURN for voice and video calls are not included.

What should I back up?

The tuwunel_data volume, which holds the database, signing keys, local media and account state. Keep it tied to the same domain, and back it up together with the stable environment values.

How do I rotate the registration token?

Edit TUWUNEL_REGISTRATION_TOKEN in the xCloud environment editor and redeploy. Existing accounts and in-app password changes are not affected. Treat the token like a password, because anyone who has it can create an account.

Can I change my domain later?

Not without starting again. The Matrix server name is fixed to the install domain on first start and cannot be changed later without wiping the database. Never restore the data volume onto a different domain.

How do I upgrade Tuwunel?

Upgrades are manual. Read the upstream release notes, take a volume backup, then bump the readable tag and the image digest together. The image is pinned by immutable digest, so Tuwunel does not upgrade itself.

What are the server requirements?

The template manifest asks for 1 CPU core, 256 MB of RAM and 4 GB of disk. Measured idle use on QA was about 55 MiB. This page sells the 6 GB tier, which leaves ample headroom above that floor.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Tuwunel?

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

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