Wakapi Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Wakapi hosting on xCloud lets you deploy Wakapi, a minimalist, self-hosted coding time tracker that works with WakaTime's open-source client tools, on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned official image with its SQLite database on a persistent volume, generates the password salt and publishes it over HTTPS. The first account you create becomes the administrator, so register right away and then close sign-up.

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What is Wakapi?

Wakapi is a minimalist, self-hosted backend for coding statistics, compatible with WakaTime's open-source client tools. It shows time by project, language, editor, host and operating system, adds badges, weekly email reports, a REST API with Swagger documentation, Prometheus metrics and a configurable leaderboard, and can import history from WakaTime. Upstream calls it a smaller subset of WakaTime. A self-hosted Wakapi is a WakaTime compatible backend that you run yourself. It is MIT licensed.

On xCloud it is Wakapi 2.17.5, the official image pinned by digest, as one non-root container with SQLite in the wakapi_data volume. xCloud generates a 48-character password salt that you must keep stable. The first account you create becomes the administrator. Upstream also runs a hosted wakapi.dev, which is separate from this install.

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

A Wakapi install normally means a container, a data volume, a password salt, a domain and a certificate before the first heartbeat. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Wakapi from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and a server; the install form has no extra fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the official Wakapi image pinned by digest with SQLite on the wakapi_data volume, generate the 48-character password salt and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Register, Then Close Sign-Up
Open your HTTPS address and create the first account, which becomes the administrator. Set WAKAPI_ALLOW_SIGNUP to false and redeploy, then copy your API key into your editor's WakaTime configuration.

Everything Wakapi Does, On Your Own Server

Wakapi runs here as a private coding statistics backend: heartbeats from your editors, reports on your own server.

Works With WakaTime Clients
Point wakatime-cli at your Wakapi address by setting api_url and api_key in its configuration, and your editor plugins report to your server.
Statistics By Project And Language
See coding time broken down by project, language, editor, host and operating system, so you can see where your hours actually go.
Badges And Weekly Reports
Generate badges for a repository and receive weekly email reports, with email needing mail settings in the Environment editor.
REST API And Metrics
Use the REST API, documented with Swagger, and the Prometheus metrics export, which this template keeps unexposed by default.
SQLite On A Volume
Data lives in one SQLite database on the wakapi_data volume, so there is no database server to run, patch or secure.
Private By Default
Secure HTTPS cookies and authenticated leaderboards are set by the template, and registration can be closed once your account exists.

Everything You Need To Run Your Coding Stats 24/7

Managed hosting for Wakapi, so the server that collects your coding statistics is not your problem.

Wakapi 2.17.5 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
WakaTime client compatible
Generated password salt
Free SSL certificate
SQLite on a persistent volume
Server backups and snapshots
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Wakapi

Know where your coding hours go
Collect heartbeats from your editors and read time by project and language, so you can see which work took the week without keeping a timesheet.
A WakaTime compatible backend of your own
Point wakatime-cli at your server, or run it beside WakaTime and relay heartbeats, so your editor plugins keep working while the data is yours.
Share progress with a badge
Add a Wakapi badge to a repository readme or profile, so visitors see how much time a project has taken.
Feed coding stats into your dashboards
Turn on the Prometheus metrics export in the Environment editor, which this template leaves off, or call the REST API, so coding time can sit beside your other metrics in the tools you already use.

Wakapi vs Alternatives

WakaTime: WakaTime is the hosted service whose client tools Wakapi works with. Upstream calls Wakapi a smaller subset with fewer features, so check the features you rely on, such as organisations.
Hackatime: Hackatime is a separate project for tracking coding time. Wakapi is the one packaged here, with its own statistics, badges and API; check Hackatime's own documentation for how it differs.
solidtime: solidtime has its own OneClick page. It tracks billable time against clients and projects manually, while Wakapi records coding activity automatically from your editors.
Kimai: Kimai has its own OneClick page. It is a time tracker you start and stop yourself; Wakapi collects heartbeats from editor plugins and reports statistics from them.

Ready To Track Your Own Coding Time?

Wakapi on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Your heartbeats and statistics stay on a server you 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 Wakapi need?

Wakapi needs just 512 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 2 GB of disk per its template, as one small Go container with SQLite. The 6 GB plan is far above that, and the database grows slowly with heartbeats.

Can you self-host Wakapi with Docker?

Yes, and this template is wakapi docker hosting without the setup: the official image pinned by digest, SQLite on the wakapi_data volume, a generated password salt, secure cookies and HTTPS on your own domain, with no database container.

Is Wakapi compatible with WakaTime plugins?

Partly. Upstream says it works with WakaTime's open-source client tools, configured through api_url and api_key in the wakatime configuration file. It is a subset of WakaTime, so test your editor plugins against it. Check your editor plugin first.

How do I connect my editor to Wakapi?

Copy the API key from Wakapi Settings, then set api_url to your HTTPS address and api_key in your wakatime configuration file. You can also run WakaTime in parallel or relay heartbeats to it from Settings, Integrations.

Which database does Wakapi use?

This template uses Wakapi's supported SQLite default, stored in the wakapi_data volume. Upstream also supports MySQL, MariaDB and Postgres, but none is installed here, so there is no database server to maintain. Migration to another database is a manual job.

Can anyone register on my Wakapi?

Until you close it. The first account becomes the administrator, so create it at once. Then set WAKAPI_ALLOW_SIGNUP to false in the Environment editor and redeploy, so nobody else can register. Existing accounts keep working after you close it.

Is Wakapi an alternative to WakaTime?

For personal coding statistics, yes, though upstream calls it a smaller subset with fewer features. You keep the data on your own server and run backups yourself. The hosted wakapi.dev is a separate service. Import history from WakaTime if you want it.

Is Wakapi free?

Yes. Wakapi carries the MIT licence and has no fee of its own. Only the Cloud VPS is billed, so this Wakapi cloud install is yours alone, apart from the hosted wakapi.dev that upstream also runs.

How do I back up Wakapi?

Back up the complete wakapi_data volume, which holds the SQLite database with all your heartbeats, before upgrades. Keep the password salt too, because changing it invalidates existing password hashes. Test a restore before relying on it.

Backup and restore Docker apps

How do I upgrade Wakapi?

This install holds on its pinned 2.17.5 image until a newer template version is adopted. Copy the data volume beforehand and check the release notes. No upgrade runs automatically, and redeploying keeps your history. Keep the password salt unchanged.

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.