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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.

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Min vCPU
Not specified
Min memory
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Min storage
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Understand the setup

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

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Budget your resources

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

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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

DigitalOcean

CPU-Optimized Regular Droplet · 2 vCPU / 4 GiB

2 vCPU
4 GiB RAM
25 GiB Storage
4 TB Transfer
  • Dedicated 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

General Purpose Droplet · 2 Dedicated vCPU / 8 GB

2 vCPU
8 GB RAM
25 GB Storage
4 TB Transfer
  • Dedicated vCPU (100% allocatio...
  • NVMe 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.
FastComet

Starter

1 Websites
10 GB Storage
1 cores Shared CPU
1 GB Shared RAM
  • NVMe
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.
Google Cloud

Compute Engine e2-medium · 2 vCPU / 4 GB

2 vCPU
4 GB RAM
— Storage
— Transfer
  • Shared vCPU (1.00 sustained)
  • Persistent Disk (billed separa...
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.
Google Cloud

Compute Engine e2-small · 2 vCPU / 2 GB

2 vCPU
2 GB RAM
— Storage
— Transfer
  • Shared vCPU (0.50 sustained)
  • Persistent Disk (billed separa...
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.
Hetzner Cloud

Hetzner Cloud CCX13 (Germany and Finland)

2 vCPU
8 GB RAM
80 GB Storage
20 TB Transfer
  • Dedicated AMD vCPU
  • NVMe 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.
Hetzner Cloud

Hetzner Cloud CCX23 (Germany and Finland)

4 vCPU
16 GB RAM
160 GB Storage
20 TB Transfer
  • Dedicated AMD vCPU
  • NVMe 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.
Hetzner Cloud

Hetzner Cloud CCX33 (Germany and Finland)

8 vCPU
32 GB RAM
240 GB Storage
30 TB Transfer
  • Dedicated AMD vCPU
  • NVMe 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.
Hetzner Cloud

Hetzner Cloud CCX43 (Germany and Finland)

16 vCPU
64 GB RAM
360 GB Storage
40 TB Transfer
  • Dedicated AMD vCPU
  • NVMe 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.
Hetzner Cloud

Hetzner Cloud CCX53 (Germany and Finland)

32 vCPU
128 GB RAM
600 GB Storage
50 TB Transfer
  • Dedicated AMD vCPU
  • NVMe 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.
Hetzner Cloud

Hetzner Cloud CCX63 (Germany and Finland)

48 vCPU
192 GB RAM
960 GB Storage
60 TB Transfer
  • Dedicated AMD vCPU
  • NVMe 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.
Hetzner Cloud

Hetzner Cloud CPX11 (US locations)

2 vCPU
2 GB RAM
40 GB Storage
1 TB Transfer
  • Shared AMD vCPU
  • NVMe 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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