Book a demo
Book a demo
Login

Ziit Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Ziit hosting on xCloud lets you deploy Ziit, an open-source, self-hostable alternative to WakaTime for tracking coding time, on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned official image with a private TimescaleDB database on a persistent volume, generates the secrets and an admin key and publishes it over HTTPS. Registration is open until you close it, so create your account at once.

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

What is Ziit?

Ziit is an open-source, self-hostable alternative to WakaTime for code time tracking. It records coding time by project, language, editor, file, git branch and operating system, shows a minimal dashboard with time-range filters inspired by Plausible Analytics, supports GitHub or email sign-in, imports data from WakaTime or a WakAPI instance and offers badges, a public stats page and a leaderboard. A self-hosted Ziit is a coding time tracker on your own server. It is AGPL-3.0 licensed.

On xCloud it is Ziit v1.1.3, the official image pinned by digest, with the TimescaleDB-HA PostgreSQL 17 image, because Ziit's migrations need the timescaledb and dblink extensions. The ziit_db volume holds the data. Ziit has no administrator role: a generated admin key opens the admin dashboard, and registration stays open until you disable it.

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

Self-hosting Ziit normally means wiring up TimescaleDB, running migrations and standing up a reverse proxy before you can log a single heartbeat. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

  1. Step 01

    Sign Up

    Create your xCloud account and pick Ziit from the OneClick catalog. There are no extra fields — xCloud generates the credentials for you.

  2. Step 02

    We Deploy It For You

    One click. We bring up the pinned Ziit v1.1.3 image alongside a TimescaleDB-enabled PostgreSQL database, run the migrations, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.

  3. Step 03

    Start Using It

    Open your HTTPS Ziit URL and register your account. Create an API key in Settings, point your editor extension at your Ziit URL, and start coding.

Everything Ziit Does, On Your Own Server

Ziit runs in full here — a self-hosted coding-time tracker, on infrastructure you control.

  • Coding-Time Dashboard

    Time-range filtering across projects, languages, editors, operating systems and branches, from one clean dashboard.

  • Import Your WakaTime History

    Bring existing history across from WakaTime or a WakAPI instance instead of starting from zero.

  • Badges, Public Stats And Leaderboards

    Embeddable README badges, a public stats page and a leaderboard for teams or communities.

  • TimescaleDB Wired In

    The TimescaleDB-enabled PostgreSQL that Ziit's migrations require ships with the template — no manual database setup.

  • Your Own Heartbeat Endpoint

    Editor extensions send heartbeats to your own domain with your own API key, instead of a third party's servers.

  • Backed By A Persistent Volume

    Accounts, API keys and recorded coding time live on the ziit_db volume, which survives an xCloud Restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Coding-Time Tracking 24/7

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

  • Ziit 1.1.3 deployed instantly
  • TimescaleDB database included
  • Admin key generated for the user list
  • Stable session signing key
  • Free SSL certificate
  • Scheduled Docker backups
  • Server security updates included
  • 30+ server locations
  • Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Ziit

  • See where your coding time goes

    Collect heartbeats from VS Code or JetBrains and read time by project, language and editor, so you can see what a week of work was spent on.

  • Move your history from WakaTime

    Import data from WakaTime or a WakAPI instance, so switching to your own server does not start your statistics from zero.

  • Share a leaderboard with friends or a team

    Turn on the public leaderboard and stats page, so colleagues compare coding time without handing their data to a third party.

  • Keep coding data on your own server

    Store heartbeats in your own TimescaleDB database, so records of when and what you code stay on infrastructure you control.

Ziit vs Alternatives

WakaTime
WakaTime is the hosted service Ziit positions itself against. Ziit can import data from WakaTime, and a self-hosted install keeps every heartbeat in your own database.
Wakapi
Wakapi has its own OneClick page. In a Ziit vs Wakapi comparison, both collect editor heartbeats; Ziit pairs a dashboard inspired by Plausible Analytics with TimescaleDB storage and can import history from a WakAPI instance.
solidtime
solidtime has its own OneClick page. It tracks billable time against clients and projects by hand, while Ziit records coding time automatically from your editor plugins.
Kimai
Kimai has its own OneClick page. It is a timesheet you start and stop yourself; Ziit collects heartbeats from VS Code and JetBrains and reports statistics from them.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Most popular

Solo developers tracking their own coding time.

$24.99per month

  • 6 GB RAM
  • 4 vCPU cores
  • 100 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
Get started

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Small teams and leaderboards with more history.

$59.99per month

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

Cloud VPS 24 GB

Ziit alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

  • 24 GB RAM
  • 8 vCPU cores
  • 300 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.

Docker hosting

Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy Ziit 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
Get started

Professional

The same platform, discounted at 6–10 servers.

$4per server / month

  • 6–10 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
Get started

Agency

The same platform, discounted at 11+ servers.

$3per server / month

  • 11+ servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
Get started

Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Own Your Coding Data?

Ziit on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Keep your coding statistics private. Stay in control.

Hear what people are saying about us

See why agencies, developers, startups, and growing businesses choose xCloud to power their projects.

xCloud works really well, I am surprised by its performance being this the release version, I have tried many paid platforms such as runcloud, cloudpages or serveravatar, as well as free platforms such as CyberPanel, CloudPanel or Hestia Control Panel and direct competitors such as SpinupWP and FlyWP. Of all those that I have tried, the platform that works best for WordPress is SpinupWP and I believe that xCloud can reach and surpass that development, its roadmap is promising. Congratulations to the xCloud team, I hope they become the leading platform in the segment, it has all the potential to achieve it!
Brian Geovanny
I've been with runcloud for the last 3 years. However, after trying xcloud for the last month, I'm switching over. They are on a roll with their setup.
Kevin Pineda
I'm moving my servers to xCloud, a cloud control panel by M Asif Rahman and the WPDeveloper team. Their roadmap looks interesting and no, there are no team mates nor API limits with xCloud! #xCloud #wordpress #hosting
Leo Koo
How Cloud Nine Web Elevated Client Experience While Streamlining Hosting Operations using xCloud
Ed Ellingham
xCloud is like having an expert server team on call — without the big agency costs. It's given me back my time and given my clients peace of mind. Highly recommended for freelancers and small teams who want reliable performance and security.
Dumitru Butucel
xCloud isn't just a solution. It's like one of that friend who got your back when you screw things up pretty bad.
Waqar Ahmed
Trust me when I say, once people explore the potential of xCloud they gonna switch from other panels, just keep delivering the best tech, lots of love for the team 😍😍
Rahul Singh
So far my experience has been smooth like silk. I didn't imagine that configuring and managing a VPS would be so easy. As of today, I have deployed 8 sites. The support is good, and they treat users with respect, even if they ask stupid questions (myself included). For the future, I hope for greater flexibility in scheduled backups and more comprehensive and consistent documentation. I'm sure that within a few months, xCloud will become the leader in its segment. This community is amazing, and the Staff here is super helpful.
Massimo Villa
Came from cloudways then to runcloud then to xcloud. Looks like I'm staying here.
Gerson El
I've recently taken all of my Vultr-hosted sites and gotten rid of cPanel for them to substitute it with xCloud. I have to say, I'm really impressed with xCloud so far! The interface is definitely the standout feature for me.
Tony Lewis
I came from Cloudways and won't go back. Highly impressed with xCloud. Glad I gave them a chance.
Jared McDowell
I like xCloud better than RunCloud, but one thing I'll point out is that some years ago RunCloud was hungry for business, the support was outstanding, and the community was active and helped each other. Maybe it was sold, there was a change in management, or they stopped being hungry, but the quality of the RunCloud offering declined and it hasn't been moving forward quickly. My point is that currently the xCloud team has the edge and it is theirs to keep or lose
David McCan
How Kevin Heinrichs Cut Hosting Costs by 84% While Running WooCommerce & Node.js Sites Efficiently
Kevin Heinrichs
I had 150 sites on cloudways and am in the process of moving them to xcloud. Much faster and better priced.
Dan Spinoza
Dear xCloud Team, I have been using xCloud for some time now and am genuinely impressed with its capabilities and the flexibility it offers by allowing users to bring their own VPS for management. It's a fantastic service, and my experience so far has been very positive. Successful migrated 5 sites on a single server. Xcloud migration tool worked great. There were few hiccups with security plugin like MalCare but disabling the plugin prior to migration worked just fine.
Rahil Maknojia
Came from runcloud. Tried xcloud and never came back.
Karl Fanega
How Advanced Web Strategies Saved Over $2,000 & Recovered 56 Hours per Month Managing 70+ Client Websites
Gary Moody
xCloud gave me what no other hosting platform could: the flexibility of a VPS with the convenience of managed WordPress. As a solo founder running an entire business on one server, that combination is an important unfair advantage.
Jorge de los Reyes Martínez
I use Server Avatar and xCloud and I'll sooner use xCloud than Server Avatar personally.
Jay Pagano
How Newman Web Solutions Ensured Perfect Uptime and Seamless Scaling For 120+ WordPress Sites with xCloud
Lori Newman
I too have moved over to xCloud. It's pretty sweet. One click n8n and uptime Kuma apps
John Aperture
I went from Cloudways to xCloud. No intention on switching in the foreseeable future.
Blaine Moore

Frequently Asked Questions

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

How much RAM does Ziit need?

The template floor is 2048 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 10 GB of disk, because it runs the app and a TimescaleDB database. The 6 GB plan clears it, and your heartbeat history is what grows the disk.

Can you self-host Ziit with Docker?

Yes, and this template is ziit docker hosting without the setup: the official image and TimescaleDB-HA pinned by digest, the ziit_db volume, generated secrets and an admin key, and HTTPS on your own domain. Plain PostgreSQL would not work.

Which editors does Ziit support?

Upstream lists VS Code, including forks, and JetBrains IDEs. Install the plugin, point it at your Ziit address with your API key, and heartbeats start arriving on the dashboard. Check upstream for other editors. Install the plugin and add your key.

Can I import my WakaTime data into Ziit?

Yes. Upstream imports data from WakaTime or a WakAPI instance. Run the import from inside the app after you sign in, and compare a few totals against the original before you stop using the old service.

Can anyone register on my Ziit?

Yes, until you close it. Registration is open to anyone who can reach the site, so register your own account first, then add NUXT_DISABLE_REGISTRATION set to true in the Environment editor and redeploy. Ziit has no administrator role.

Is Ziit an alternative to WakaTime?

Yes, and it describes itself that way. It records coding time by project, language and editor and imports WakaTime data. Upstream publishes no feature comparison, and you run the server, database and backups yourself. Test the import first.

Is Ziit free?

Yes. Ziit is AGPL-3.0 software with no licence charge. Only the Cloud VPS is billed, giving you a Ziit cloud install of your own, apart from the hosted ziit.app that upstream also runs. No per-seat fees apply.

How do I back up Ziit?

Back up the ziit_db volume, which holds the TimescaleDB data with all your heartbeats, and keep the generated secrets with it. Changing PASETO_SECRET signs every user out. Keep a copy off the server and test a restore.

Backup and restore Docker apps

How do I upgrade Ziit?

Ziit stays on its pinned v1.1.3 image until a newer template version is adopted. Copy the database volume first and check the release notes. Migrations run at every start, and no upgrade is automatic. Keep the generated secrets 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.

Related resources

How backups, firewalls and HTTPS work on xCloud, so your coding-time data stays safe and private.

More Developer Tools apps in one click

Browse all Developer Tools apps →Browse all one-click apps →

Ready to Own Your Coding Data?

Your heartbeats, your server, your rules — live in a few minutes. Log your first coding session today.

Deploy Ziit now