Self-host

Free for your family. Forever.

Every feature. No gates. One install per household. The home-server crowd gets the best version of Kinhold.

One-click on Upsun

Easiest path. Upsun handles the database, Redis, and TLS. Auto-deploys when you push to main.

Docker compose

Three commands. Works on a Raspberry Pi, a NAS, or that mini-PC under the TV.

git clone https://github.com/gregqualls/kinhold
cd kinhold
./setup-simple.sh

Full self-host guide

Tiny footprint

Runs on a Pi 4 with 2 GB RAM. SQLite mode for single-server setups.

Auto-updating

Watchtower or Upsun's auto-deploy. Set it once, forget it.

Bring your own AI key

Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama. Plug it in via env var. No middleman.

About the "one family" rule

Self-hosted Kinhold is free for a single household. The Elastic License 2.0 prevents reselling Kinhold as a multi-tenant SaaS, which protects the project and the hosted version. We don't police your install. Your in-laws and your aunt are welcome on it. We just don't want someone reselling it as their own product.