Workout Challenge Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Workout Challenge hosting and run your own fitness competitions with friends, family or colleagues: goal-based points, live leaderboards and optional Strava import, on a server you control. xCloud runs the pinned 0.12.4 image with a private PostgreSQL database, generates the secret key and database credentials, mounts two persistent volumes and publishes it over HTTPS. Registration is open by default.

Deploy your Workout Challenge

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What is Workout Challenge?

Workout Challenge is a web app that lets friends and co-workers compete across devices, such as Apple, Android or Garmin, using the metrics they choose. Upstream describes creating a competition or joining one by invitation link, entering workouts manually or importing them from Strava daily, and following dashboards, leaderboards and personal streaks, with weekly emails. Goals can use time, count, distance, calories or kilojoules per day, week, month or competition, with limits. Self-hosted Workout Challenge replaces a hosted challenge app, under the SSPL-1.0 licence.

On xCloud it is Workout Challenge 0.12.4, pinned by digest, with a private PostgreSQL 15 database, on the workout_challenge_data and workout_challenge_db volumes. The Server Side Public License is not a permissive licence, so read section 13 before offering it to others as a service. Registration is open, there is no preset admin, and emails and Strava are off until you configure them.

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

Self-hosting Workout Challenge normally means wiring up Docker, a PostgreSQL database, a reverse proxy and a TLS certificate before your first competition can start. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Workout Challenge from the OneClick catalog. Optionally set your time zone for competition dates and weekly emails — xCloud generates the database and secret key values.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Workout Challenge 0.12.4 image alongside a private PostgreSQL 15.14, mount both persistent volumes, run the database migrations, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Start Using It
Open the HTTPS URL and register your account — there's no preset login. Create your first competition, set its goals and share the invitation link.

Everything Workout Challenge Does, On Your Own Server

Workout Challenge runs in full here — the open-source edition is complete, and your workout and competition data sits on infrastructure you control.

Create Or Join A Competition
Start a competition yourself, or join one through a friend's invitation link — no public sign-up list to manage.
Custom Goals, Fairly Scored
Set goals by time, workouts, distance, calories or kilojoules per day, week, month or the whole competition, with points earned per 1% of progress toward the goal.
Personal And Competition Dashboards
Personal stats and streaks sit next to competition leaderboards, in a responsive light- and dark-mode interface.
Manual Entry Or Strava Import
Log workouts by hand, or connect your own Strava API application for automatic import.
Backed By Two Volumes
The PostgreSQL database and the generated app data both live on persistent named volumes that survive a restart.
Background Workers Included
The app image bundles its own background workers alongside the web interface, so nothing extra needs scheduling.

Everything You Need To Run Your Fitness Competitions 24/7

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

Workout Challenge 0.12.4 deployed instantly
Goal-based points and live leaderboards
Optional Strava import
Private PostgreSQL database
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Workout Challenge

Run a step challenge at work
Create a competition for colleagues, set a goal such as steps or minutes per week, and watch a leaderboard fill as people log workouts.
Compete fairly across fitness levels
Score by percentage progress toward goals you define, with optional caps and floors, so beginners and athletes can share a board.
Import workouts automatically
Link Strava so workouts are imported daily at 4 AM, and add the rest by hand.
Keep a family competition private
Invite people by link, then add Basic Auth or an IP allow-list so only your group can reach the site.

Workout Challenge vs Alternatives

Hosted fitness challenge apps: A hosted app keeps participants' workouts and Strava links on a vendor's servers. Self-hosted Workout Challenge stores them in PostgreSQL on your own Cloud VPS.
wger: wger has its own OneClick page as a self-hosted workout and fitness manager. Workout Challenge is built for competitions between people, with leaderboards and goals.
Endurain: Endurain has its own OneClick page for tracking your own activities. Workout Challenge compares several people's workouts inside a shared competition.
FitTrackee: FitTrackee has its own OneClick page as a self-hosted workout tracker. Workout Challenge adds invitation links, goal-based points and weekly leaderboard emails.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Workout Challenge and its private PostgreSQL database. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Workplaces and clubs with larger, overlapping challenges.

$59.99per month

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6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Workout Challenge 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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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.

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Ready To Run Your Own Fitness Challenge?

Workout Challenge 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 you self-host Workout Challenge with Docker?

Yes. Upstream's quick try is a single docker run, with a Compose file for production, and this template is Workout Challenge Docker hosting already set up: the 0.12.4 image pinned by digest, a private PostgreSQL, two volumes and HTTPS. It is your own Workout Challenge cloud.

How much RAM does Workout Challenge need?

Workout Challenge declares 1024 MB RAM, one core and 5 GB of storage; idle use on QA was about 730 MiB, since the image bundles its background workers. We start at 6 GB here, with room for a growing group.

Is Workout Challenge free?

There is no licence fee, but the Server Side Public License v1 is not permissive, so read section 13 before offering it to others as a service. The Cloud VPS is the one bill, cancellable any time.

How are points scored in Workout Challenge?

Points come from percentage progress toward goals you define, so people of different fitness levels can compete fairly, with optional caps and floors. Goals can use time, count, distance, calories or kilojoules, per day, week, month or the whole competition.

How do I sign in to Workout Challenge?

Register on the site; there is no preset account and the first sign-up is an ordinary user. Share your competition's invitation link with the people you want. The Django admin login is optional and is created with a command, as the installation message shows.

Does Workout Challenge import from Strava?

Upstream lists automatic Strava import, daily at 4 AM, alongside manual entry. Strava needs your own API application settings, such as STRAVA_CLIENT_ID, added in the Environment editor; leave optional numeric keys unset rather than present but empty.

Can I keep Workout Challenge private?

Registration is open by default, so anyone who reaches the URL could join. Add Basic Auth or an IP allow-list for a private group, and share competition invitation links only with the people you want to take part.

How do I create a Workout Challenge administrator?

Sign-up accounts are never administrators. Create the Django admin login for /admin/ with the createsuperuser command shown in the installation message. The admin area is optional, so skip it if you do not need to manage users directly.

Do Workout Challenge emails work out of the box?

No. Welcome, password-reset and weekly leaderboard emails stay off until you add EMAIL_HOST and related settings in the Environment editor and redeploy. Leave optional numeric keys such as EMAIL_PORT unset rather than present but empty.

How do I back up Workout Challenge?

Back up both volumes together: workout_challenge_db for the PostgreSQL database and workout_challenge_data for app data, plus the generated secret key and database password. Use a PostgreSQL-consistent method, and test a restore on a spare install first.

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How do I upgrade Workout Challenge?

The install stays on pinned 0.12.4 until you adopt a newer template version. Back up both volumes, scan upstream's release notes, then redeploy and check sign-in and a competition. Existing sites are never upgraded automatically.

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.