PdfDing Hosting

1. Open your pod URL and click Sign Up to create your PdfDing account.
2. Complete email verification if your instance requires it, then upload your first PDF and organize it in your library.
3. If this is a private instance, set DISABLE_USER_SIGNUP to TRUE in the pod's environment settings after the intended users have registered.

The project's PikaPods guide covers account creation and closing registration. Creating a normal account does not automatically make it an administrator.

No. PikaPods sets up and runs PdfDing for you, including OS and app updates and HTTPS. You won't touch Docker or a server. Your files and database stay accessible if you ever want to move them elsewhere.

Open the same pod URL in a browser on your phone, tablet or computer and sign in to the same account. PdfDing's browser-based reader remembers your reading position across devices, so no separate reader client is required. The project overview describes its multi-device reading and annotation features.

Email delivery is configurable. Upstream enables email verification by default, but its default CONSOLE email backend writes account messages to application logs rather than sending them. If signup asks for verification and no message arrives, check the configured email backend and your pod's logs.

To send verification and password-reset messages to an inbox, configure an SMTP server and sender address using the email settings. Your mail provider may require an account or charge separately. The general settings explain the verification and signup controls.

Set up incremental backups to S3 in your pod settings for automatic nightly snapshots, or download your files and database yourself. We keep whole-server backups for server failures, but they aren't a per-pod restore service, so your own backup is what protects your data.

You can use PdfDing instead of Adobe Acrobat and Readwise Reader. PikaPods runs it for you, and you can move your files and database elsewhere.

Adobe Acrobat is a broad PDF suite with editing, conversion and e-signature tools. PdfDing focuses on keeping a library you can read from any device, with annotations and shareable links. Use it for reading and organizing, and keep a separate tool for converting or restructuring PDFs.

No. You add prepaid credit and your pods are billed by the hour from that balance, rounded up to full hours. There are no contracts or minimum terms: delete a pod anytime and billing stops. Optional automatic top-ups keep your pods running without manual payments.

You do. And you're in full control. If you ever want to download, migrate, edit or delete your data, just enable file and database access for your pod and it will be right there.

Yes. PdfDing is part of our Green Heart program, so part of the revenue from every deployed pod goes to the project.