What's new in Selfhost.dev.

1. Nov 12
   • New AI

     The MCP server grows to 269 tools across 39 modules, adding project stop and start, private registry logins, Docker Compose stacks, Duplicate Sync, client TLS on four engines, the Kafka Schema Registry toggle, turning PITR off, invoices and coupons.

     MCP server

2. Nov 1
   • New AI

     The MCP server grows to 239 tools across 37 modules, adding read-only SQL, Index Advisor, project scale-ups, restoring deleted projects, app upgrades, support tickets and Kafka.

     MCP server

In short: Talk to Database, SQL editor, Index Advisor, scale bounds, one-click app upgrades, restoring deleted projects, support queries in the console and Ask AI.

1. Oct 30
   • New One-click apps

     listmonk, a newsletter and mailing list manager, is a one-click app.

     listmonk

   • Improved AI

     Ask AI knows October's new screens and points you to the SQL editor, Index Advisor, Scaling, app updates and Deleted projects.

     Ask AI

   • Fixed Databases

     Database users you create now carry over through a failover, a resize or a scale.

     Managed databases

2. Oct 28
   • Improved Projects

     A project's passwords and environment variable values now arrive hidden. Owners and admins reveal one when they need it.

     Hidden secrets

   • Improved Projects

     Save a build setting that only applies on the next deploy and the console offers Redeploy now, so the change never sits unapplied.

     When a deploy fails

3. Oct 27
   • New Databases

     Index Advisor reads the query statistics of a managed PostgreSQL database and suggests indexes for you to review and run. It is on by default for new databases.

     Index Advisor

   • New Projects

     Deleted projects: a project deleted because its credit ran out can be restored from the Projects page while its copy lasts, 14 days on a paying account and 3 days for a free project that went live.

     Restoring a project

4. Oct 26
   • Improved One-click apps

     GitLab 19.5.1 and Uptime Kuma 2.5.7 are ready to upgrade to from the console.

     GitLab Uptime Kuma

5. Oct 25
   • Improved One-click apps

     Stalwart now completes its own first-run setup.

     Stalwart

6. Oct 23
   • New Projects

     Each app now charts its own requests per second, 5xx error rate and p95 latency. A project database says when it is down or its metrics cannot be read.

     Per-app charts

7. Oct 22
   • Fixed Databases

     Smaller fixes for managed databases.

     • A database waiting on AWS capacity says so and stops trying after about 90 seconds.
     • Deleting a database while it is still being set up stops its server.
     • Follow live works again on database logs.
     • SQL completion puts a name in quotes where SQL needs them.

     Managed databases

   • Improved Projects

     A project stopped because its credit ran out now shows when it will be deleted.

     If your balance runs out

8. Oct 20
   • Improved Support

     Support tells you when we reply: a count on the Support item in the sidebar and an email with our answer.

     Support

9. Oct 18
   • New Databases

     The SQL tab comes to managed ClickHouse. The editor gains completion from your tables, highlighting, underlined errors and export to CSV or JSON.

     SQL editor ClickHouse

10. Oct 17
    • New Databases

      Owners and admins can run read-only SQL on a managed PostgreSQL database from its new SQL tab.

      SQL editor

    • New Projects

      Scale bounds: a project server that runs hot moves up one size inside the bounds you set, with an email before its short stop.

      Scaling

    • New One-click apps

      Any one-click app can be upgraded from the console once we ship a newer release of it.

      App upgrades

    • New One-click apps

      Keycloak and Uptime Kuma join the one-click catalog.

      Keycloak Uptime Kuma

    • Improved Projects

      A crash-looping app from GitHub is emailed with its likely cause, such as a binary built for another CPU. The email repeats once a day while the loop lasts.

      When a deploy fails

    • Improved Projects

      A root domain now connects with an A record pointing at your server.

      Custom domains

11. Oct 16
    • New Projects

      Scale a project server up from Project Settings. The console shows the downtime and both prices before you confirm and keeps a history of every move.

      Scaling

    • New Databases

      MySQL and ClickHouse get a TLS switch in the console, with the server certificate on show.

      MySQL ClickHouse

    • Improved Billing

      A single top-up can now be as large as $10,000.

      Pricing

    • Improved Projects

      Creating a project now preselects the cheapest machine in stock.

      Server sizes

12. Oct 15
    • Fixed Projects

      Laravel and other PHP apps from GitHub are detected, built and started correctly.

      Deploy Laravel

13. Oct 13
    • New One-click apps

      Evolution API, a WhatsApp messaging API, is a one-click app.

      Evolution API

14. Oct 12
    • New One-click apps

      Each one-click app shows the release it runs. When a newer one ships its panel says Update available; a security release says Security update and lists its CVEs.

      App upgrades

    • Improved Projects

      A failed deploy now shows as failed in the deploy panel and the activity feed, with its reason.

      When a deploy fails

15. Oct 11
    • Improved Billing

      A paying account now keeps running for 5 days after its balance reaches zero.

      If your balance runs out

16. Oct 10
    • New Support

      Support lives in the console: raise a query from the sidebar, read our replies, confirm when it is resolved or reopen it within 48 hours.

      Support

    • Improved Databases

      Linking your own AWS account (BYOC) now checks its permissions first and shows the policy it needs.

      Managed databases

17. Oct 9
    • New AI

      Talk to Database: owners and admins ask a managed PostgreSQL database a question and get a sentence, a chart, a table and the SQL. The AI only picks from table and column names you approved, our code writes the SQL and rows never reach the AI.

      Talk to Database

    • Improved Databases

      Only owners and admins can see a database's master password or manage its users.

      Security

18. Oct 6
    • Fixed Projects

      Smaller fixes for apps and deploys.

      • A one-click app added while its server is still starting now installs with it.
      • GitHub deploys no longer fail on an empty variable.
      • An environment variable you remove is removed from the running app too.

      Projects

19. Oct 4
    • New AI

      Ask AI arrives in the console: type what you want and it shows you the screen that does it. It guides and never acts on its own.

      Ask AI

20. Oct 2
    • New One-click apps

      Sentinel dVPN is a one-click app: bring the recovery phrase of a wallet that already holds DVPN.

      Sentinel dVPN

In short: managed Kafka for everyone, ten new one-click apps and auto-recharge.

1. Sep 30
   • Improved Projects

     Crash-loop alerts send one email per crash loop and another when the app is running again.

     When a deploy fails

2. Sep 29
   • Improved Databases

     Deleting a database offers a final backup suited to its engine.

     Managed databases

3. Sep 27
   • New Databases

     Managed Kafka is open to everyone in the console, with broker logs, consumer lag and start and stop schedules.

     Kafka

   • Improved Databases

     New OpenSearch databases run 3.8 by default, with 2.19 still on offer.

     OpenSearch

   • New One-click apps

     Cannot find an app? Request it from the console or the catalog and tell us what you need.

     Request an app

4. Sep 25
   • New One-click apps

     Ten one-click apps join the catalog: Jupyter Data Science, Jupyter with TensorFlow, Jupyter with PyTorch, Langflow, Vaultwarden, Qdrant, BookStack, Caddy, Discourse and AdGuard Home.

     One-click apps

5. Sep 24
   • New One-click apps

     Two new one-click apps: code-server and JupyterLab.

     code-server JupyterLab

6. Sep 22
   • Improved Projects

     A failed deploy emails the organisation's owners and says why, down to a build made for the wrong CPU.

     When a deploy fails

   • New Projects

     Every organisation gets default CPU, memory and disk alerts that email the owner.

     Metrics and alerts

7. Sep 20
   • New Projects

     Deploy your own Docker Compose file inside a project. The machine picker marks which sizes are Arm64 and which are x86.

     Docker Compose

   • New One-click apps

     Nginx, WireGuard and URnetwork join the one-click catalog.

     WireGuard Nginx URnetwork

8. Sep 18
   • New Projects

     Take a named snapshot of a project server whenever you like, then restore it from the Backups tab.

     Backups

9. Sep 16
   • New AI

     The MCP server grows to 216 tools across 32 modules.

     MCP server

10. Sep 14
    • New Databases

      Managed OpenSearch can be created from the console.

      OpenSearch

    • Improved Databases

      New ClickHouse databases run 26.8 LTS.

      ClickHouse

11. Sep 5
    • Improved Databases

      Each database node shows whether it is the primary or a standby. A standby refuses changes up front and names its primary.

      Managed databases

12. Sep 2
    • New Billing

      Save a card during any top-up, then top up in one tap or turn on auto-recharge: opt-in, capped per charge and per month, with an email receipt for every charge.

      Pricing

13. Sep 1
    • New Billing

      New accounts start with $5 in free credit, no card needed.

      Pricing