ZipCaptions Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Run your own live-captioning web app behind xCloud-managed HTTPS, with no database, no accounts and nothing to maintain. xCloud configures the pinned ZipCaptions 0.3.4 develop build in minutes.

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

From Sign-Up to Live Captions In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting a captioning app normally means standing up a static site and HTTPS before a single caption appears on screen. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

  1. Step 01

    Sign Up

    Create your xCloud account, pick ZipCaptions from the OneClick catalog, and choose a domain. There are no extra fields and no credentials to generate.

  2. Step 02

    We Deploy It For You

    One click. We bring up the pinned ZipCaptions develop build in a single nginx container and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.

  3. Step 03

    Start Captioning

    Open the HTTPS ZipCaptions URL in Chrome or Edge, accept the cookie notice, start a captioning session and allow microphone access when the browser asks.

Everything ZipCaptions Does, On Your Own Server

ZipCaptions runs in full here — the same live-captioning tooling as any hosted captioning service, on infrastructure you control.

  • Live Speech-To-Caption

    Turn speech from a microphone into on-screen captions for talks, meetings and events.

  • Full-Screen Presentation Mode

    Captions can be shown full-screen so an audience can follow along from a distance.

  • Multiple Caption Languages

    Choose a caption language in Settings to match your audience.

  • Free And Open Source

    GPL-3.0 licensed, built with an accessibility-first approach for presenters and event organisers.

  • A Tiny Static Footprint

    Served by nginx with about 6 MiB of RAM idle on QA and no server-side data to manage.

  • Nothing Lost On Restart

    Nothing is stored on the server, so an xCloud Restart loses nothing — the app came back healthy in about 5 seconds in QA.

Everything You Need To Run Your Captions, Any Time

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

  • ZipCaptions 0.3.4 develop build deployed instantly
  • Free SSL certificate
  • Server backups and snapshots
  • Server security updates included
  • 30+ server locations
  • Unused balance refunded

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Most popular

Live captions for a single room or stream.

$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 concurrent sessions and events.

$59.99per month

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

ZipCaptions 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. ZipCaptions itself is free and GPL-3.0 licensed.

Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy ZipCaptions 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

Most popular

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 Own Your Live Captions?

ZipCaptions on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

What is ZipCaptions?

ZipCaptions is a free, open-source, browser-based live closed-caption generator for presentations, meetings and events. Upstream publishes no release tags; this template deploys the develop build (0.3.4, 2025-05-20).

Is ZipCaptions free?

Yes. ZipCaptions is GPL-3.0 licensed, per the upstream LICENSE file. What you pay xCloud for is the dedicated server it runs on, separate from the software itself.

What runs alongside ZipCaptions?

Nothing — it is a single nginx container serving a static site, with no database.

What does xCloud configure automatically?

HTTPS on your domain. There is nothing else to configure: the app has no settings and no credentials.

How do I sign in?

You don't — there is no login by design, so anyone who knows the address can open the app.

Which browsers work, and is my audio sent anywhere?

Chrome and Edge, over HTTPS; Firefox does not support the required speech recognition. Chrome and Edge send microphone audio to their own vendor's cloud speech service to generate captions — that is not an xCloud or ZipCaptions server.

Does any data leave my server?

The sharing, sign-in and broadcast features in this build call the upstream project's own hosted service (next-api.zipcaptions.app), fixed at build time, so that data goes to the upstream maintainer rather than your server. Local captioning on one screen does not depend on it.

What should I back up?

Nothing on the server. Captions, settings and saved transcripts live only in each visitor's own browser storage, not in anything xCloud manages.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update ZipCaptions?

There is nothing to back up, since no data is stored server-side. The template pins the develop build by immutable digest, which may lag the current upstream source; to upgrade, change the pinned image digest after checking upstream.

What are the server requirements?

The template manifest asks for 1 CPU, 128 MB of RAM and 1 GB of disk as a floor. This page sells the 6 GB tier, comfortable headroom above that floor.

Was live microphone captioning tested?

The live microphone-captioning flow was not exercised in QA; the template was accepted without a human run of that specific flow, which this page discloses rather than claims as verified.

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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