Your server, your rules
Install Risved on any VPS in one command. You get the full product, dashboard, auto-HTTPS, framework detection, deploy previews, rollback, everything. Free, open source, forever.
Install
curl -fsSL https://risved.org/install | shThat's it. The script checks your system, installs dependencies, and starts Risved. Open the URL it prints and set up your admin account.
Requirements
- OS: Debian 13 (Ubuntu also works)
- RAM: 2 GB minimum, 4 GB recommended
- Disk: 20 GB minimum free space
- Ports: 80 and 443 available
- Access: Root or sudo
Docker is installed automatically if it's not already present. Deno is installed automatically if it's not already present.
What you get
Everything. The same product as Risved Cloud with nothing held back.
- Dashboard – manage projects, domains, env vars, cron jobs from the browser
- Auto-HTTPS – Caddy provisions and renews SSL certificates automatically
- Framework detection – SvelteKit, Astro, Next.js, Nuxt, Hono, Fresh, Lume, SolidStart, TanStack
- Git push deploys – connect any provider with a webhook, or use the GitHub App
- Deploy previews – every PR gets a live URL
- Rollback – restore any previous deployment in one click
- Scheduled tasks – HTTP cron jobs from the dashboard
- Container networking – your apps talk to each other by name
- One-click updates – update Risved from the dashboard
Works anywhere
Risved runs on any Linux server with root access, anywhere in the world. These are providers we've tested and recommend, but any VPS with Ubuntu and 2 GB RAM will work.
Don't want to manage a server?
Risved Cloud gives you a dedicated European VPS with Risved pre-installed. From €9/month.
European
Recommended for GDPR.
- Hetzner – German. Data centres in Germany and Finland.
- UpCloud – Finnish. Data centres across Europe.
- Scaleway – French. Data centres in Paris and Amsterdam.
- OVHcloud – French. Large European provider.
Global
- DigitalOcean – Data centres in the US, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
- Vultr – Data centres across 32 locations worldwide.
- Linode – Data centres in the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
Step-by-step guides for each provider
Updating
Update Risved from the dashboard in one click. Or from the terminal:
risved updateSee what's new before you install. Release notes are shown in the dashboard and in the CLI.
Backups
Risved backs up its own configuration automatically, projects, domains, environment variables, cron jobs, deployment history. For your app data (databases, uploaded files), use your database's native backup tools or a Risved scheduled task to automate it.
Getting help
Open source
Risved is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Read the code, open an issue, submit a PR. The entire product is open source, what you install is what Cloud customers run.