Typecho Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Typecho hosting and launch a Markdown-ready blog with no setup wizard to finish. xCloud creates the administrator account on first start, mounts persistent storage for the application and its SQLite database, and serves the whole site over HTTPS with an HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect. You can write your first post from the admin area minutes after install, then change the password.

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What is Typecho?

Typecho is PHP-based blog software that needs PHP 7.4 or higher and a database. Upstream lists support for Markdown, plugins, themes, custom fields and custom pages, and it runs on MariaDB, MySQL, SQLite or PostgreSQL. A self-hosted Typecho is the alternative to a hosted blogging platform and is released under the GNU General Public License 2.0.

On xCloud it is Typecho 1.3.0 on PHP 8.2 and Apache, the image published by Typecho maintainer joyqi, pinned by digest, installed automatically on first start with SQLite, a single container with no separate database. The typecho_app volume holds configuration, themes, plugins and uploads, and typecho_db holds the SQLite database. The installer prints the generated admin password in the container logs, so change it after your first login.

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

Self-hosting Typecho normally means a container, a database, a generated admin account, a domain, a certificate and a web installer before your first post exists. This is the same result without assembling any of it by hand.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Typecho from the OneClick catalog. Set the administrator username and email; the password is generated for you if left blank.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Typecho 1.3.0 image by immutable digest, create the administrator account on first start, mount typecho_app and typecho_db for persistence, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Write Your First Post
Open the HTTPS Typecho URL and sign in at /admin/ with the administrator password from your xCloud credentials panel. Change the password under Profile > Password, then write your first post.

Everything Typecho Does, On Your Own Server

Typecho runs in full here — the same Markdown writing, themes and plugins as any self-hosted install, already installed and served over HTTPS.

Markdown Writing
Write posts, custom pages and custom fields in Markdown, the way Typecho has always worked.
Themes And Plugins
Extend Typecho from the admin area with themes and plugins, without touching the server yourself.
Installed Automatically
The administrator account is created on first start, so the public web installer is never left open for anyone to find.
Personal Or Team Blog
Run it as a single-author blog or bring in other writers through Typecho's own user management.
Small Footprint
A lightweight PHP app that leaves plenty of room for other work on the same server.
Everything Persists
Posts, settings, themes, plugins and uploads all survive an xCloud Restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Blogging CMS 24/7

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

Typecho 1.3.0 deployed instantly
Official pinned image digest
Generated administrator password
Container bound to localhost
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Typecho

Start a personal blog quickly
Install, sign in at /admin/ and publish a first post written in Markdown, without finishing a setup wizard.
Customise the look and add features
Install themes and plugins from within the admin area, and add custom fields and custom pages for content that is not a post.
Keep a blog on a small server
Run a lightweight PHP blog in one container that upstream pairs with a database of your choice, here SQLite.
Own the content outright
Hold posts, uploads and the database on volumes you control, rather than inside a hosted platform's account.

Typecho vs Alternatives

Hosted blogging platforms: A hosted platform keeps your posts and readers' data on a vendor's servers. Self-hosted Typecho keeps them in SQLite and a file volume on your own Cloud VPS.
Ghost: Ghost has its own OneClick page as a publishing platform with newsletters and memberships. Typecho is a Markdown-first blog engine with plugins, themes and custom fields.
Halo: Halo has its own OneClick page as a modern publishing platform deployed with PostgreSQL. Typecho runs in one container with embedded SQLite.
Grav: Grav has its own OneClick page as a flat-file CMS. Typecho stores posts in a database and adds themes, plugins and custom fields.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom for traffic, themes and plugins as the blog grows.

$59.99per month

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

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Typecho alongside a whole self-hosted publishing stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 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. Typecho itself is free and open source under the GPL-2.0 license.

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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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Ready To Own Your Blog?

Typecho hosting 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.

Can you self-host Typecho with Docker?

Yes. Typecho is PHP software that upstream says needs PHP 7.4 or higher and a database, and this template is Typecho Docker hosting already assembled: the maintainer-published 1.3.0 image on PHP 8.2 and Apache pinned by digest, two volumes and HTTPS. It is your own Typecho cloud blog.

How much RAM does Typecho need?

The xCloud template asks for 256 MB of RAM, 1 vCPU and 4 GB of disk. Our starting plan is 6 GB, which leaves ample room for a small PHP blog to grow and for uploads, with only a modest amount of disk used by SQLite.

Is Typecho free?

Yes, GPL-2.0 open source with no software fee. The Cloud VPS is billed, and it can be cancelled any time. Posts and uploads stay on volumes you control, ready to copy out at any time without an export step.

How do I sign in to Typecho?

Open /admin/ on your domain with the administrator username and generated password from the installation credentials. The first-run installer also prints the password in the container logs, so change it after your first login under Profile, Password.

Which database does Typecho use?

SQLite, stored in its own typecho_db volume. Upstream also supports MariaDB, MySQL and PostgreSQL, but this template ships SQLite, so there is no separate database service to manage and nothing to configure at install. The database file sits outside the web root.

Does Typecho support Markdown?

Yes. Upstream lists Markdown support alongside plugins, themes, custom fields and custom pages. Write posts in Markdown from the admin area, and extend the blog with themes and plugins you add yourself to the app volume.

Can I change the Typecho site URL or password later?

Not through the environment: the TYPECHO_* values are read only on first install. Change the site URL, username, email or password afterwards from inside the Typecho admin area. Editing the environment later will not change the existing site.

How do I back up Typecho?

Back up both volumes: typecho_app holds configuration, themes, plugins and uploads, and typecho_db holds the SQLite database. Stop the container for a consistent database copy, and keep the administrator details. Test a restore on a spare install first.

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How do I upgrade Typecho?

The install stays on pinned 1.3.0 until you adopt a newer template version. Core files in the app volume are copied from the image only when missing, so an upgrade must replace them deliberately. Back up both volumes and go through upstream's release notes first.

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.