Application hosting

Hosting Memos

A self-hosted workspace for short notes and Markdown content. A single container can keep the application, SQLite database and local attachments together.

Min vCPU
Not specified
Min memory
Not specified
Min storage
Not specified

Understand the setup

Check runtime, storage and installation requirements before choosing a server.

See requirements

Budget your resources

Allow room for the operating system, database and your actual workload.

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Build your shortlist

Compare plan details and review which requirements still need checking.

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Must have

Installation requirements

  • A supported container runtime and image architecture.
  • Persistent writable storage mounted at /var/opt/memos.

Recommended

Planning guidance

No further general recommendations are published for this version.

Capacity depends on your workload

No universal CPU, RAM or disk minimum is specified in this installation guide. Storage needs depend on notes and attachments.

We only compare what providers publish. A RAM figure alone can't confirm compatibility or production capacity.

Deploy with

Supported paths

  • Docker container
  • Docker Compose

The host must provide

Runtime

SQLite
Default database; external MySQL or PostgreSQL can be configured

Storage

Persistent data

Keep the database and local assets on persistent storage. External databases do not remove the need to preserve local attachments.

Step by step

Plan a Memos deployment

  1. Choose an image

    Use stable or a pinned release rather than the development-oriented latest tag.

    Official instructions
  2. Configure access

    Set the external URL and review the instance access policy; changing a URL does not change an existing policy.

    Official instructions

Security

Before you go public

  • Protect database connection secrets.
  • Keep backups before replacing containers.

Cost

Beyond the server price

  • Include persistent storage and backups in hosting costs.

Matching plans

Explore hosting options

Amazon Web Services

Amazon Lightsail · 2 vCPU / 2 GB

2 vCPU
2 GB RAM
60 GB Storage
3 TB Transfer
  • Burstable vCPU
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • A supported container runtime and image architecture.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent writable storage mounted at /var/opt/memos.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Amazon Web Services

Amazon Lightsail · 2 vCPU / 4 GB

2 vCPU
4 GB RAM
80 GB Storage
4 TB Transfer
  • Burstable vCPU
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • A supported container runtime and image architecture.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent writable storage mounted at /var/opt/memos.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Contabo

Contabo Cloud VPS 12

12 vCPU
48 GB RAM
400 GB Storage
— Transfer
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • A supported container runtime and image architecture.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent writable storage mounted at /var/opt/memos.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Contabo

Contabo Cloud VPS 16

16 vCPU
64 GB RAM
500 GB Storage
— Transfer
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • A supported container runtime and image architecture.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent writable storage mounted at /var/opt/memos.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Contabo

Contabo Cloud VPS 18

18 vCPU
96 GB RAM
600 GB Storage
— Transfer
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • A supported container runtime and image architecture.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent writable storage mounted at /var/opt/memos.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Contabo

Contabo Cloud VPS 4

4 vCPU
8 GB RAM
100 GB Storage
— Transfer
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • A supported container runtime and image architecture.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent writable storage mounted at /var/opt/memos.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Contabo

Contabo Cloud VPS 6

6 vCPU
12 GB RAM
200 GB Storage
— Transfer
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • A supported container runtime and image architecture.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent writable storage mounted at /var/opt/memos.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Contabo

Contabo Cloud VPS 8

8 vCPU
24 GB RAM
300 GB Storage
— Transfer
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • A supported container runtime and image architecture.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent writable storage mounted at /var/opt/memos.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
DigitalOcean

Basic Droplet · 1 vCPU / 1 GB (Intel)

1 vCPU
1 GB RAM
25 GB Storage
1 TB Transfer
  • Shared vCPU (Intel Xeon)
  • Standard SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • A supported container runtime and image architecture.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent writable storage mounted at /var/opt/memos.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
DigitalOcean

Basic Droplet · 1 vCPU / 2 GB (Intel)

1 vCPU
2 GB RAM
50 GB Storage
2 TB Transfer
  • Shared vCPU (Intel Xeon)
  • Standard SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • A supported container runtime and image architecture.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent writable storage mounted at /var/opt/memos.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
DigitalOcean

Basic Regular Droplet · 2 vCPU / 4 GiB

2 vCPU
4 GiB RAM
80 GiB Storage
4 TB Transfer
  • Shared CPU
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • A supported container runtime and image architecture.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent writable storage mounted at /var/opt/memos.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
DigitalOcean

Basic Regular Droplet · 4 vCPU / 8 GiB

4 vCPU
8 GiB RAM
160 GiB Storage
5 TB Transfer
  • Shared CPU
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • A supported container runtime and image architecture.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent writable storage mounted at /var/opt/memos.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.

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