The software is open source and free to self-host; they also sell a hosted CMS. Self-hosting shifts the cost from a subscription to your own server, your own time, and your own responsibility for updates and backups — which is a good trade for some businesses and a bad one for others.

Can Xibo display our exchange rates?

It can display a web page, so it can display a rate board page — including ours. What it does not give you is a rates data model: somewhere to enter your buy and sell numbers per currency and have every screen and your website follow. That is the part we provide.

Do you have an open-source or self-hosted version?

No. The product is hosted only, and the embed script is served from our domain. If self-hosting is a hard requirement, Xibo is the better fit and we would rather say so than waste your time.

OPEN-SOURCE DIGITAL SIGNAGE

Exchange Rate Management vs Xibo

Xibo is open source and can be self-hosted, which makes it the strongest option here if control and cost-at-scale matter more to you than setup time. The trade is that you become the person who runs it.

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WHAT XIBO IS

First, a fair description

Xibo is an open-source digital signage system with a CMS and players for Android, Windows, Linux and webOS. You can self-host the CMS or buy their hosted service.

Self-hosting means the software is free, your content stays on infrastructure you control, and you can modify it — a real advantage if you have data-residency requirements or in-house IT.

It is a mature project with layouts, scheduling, playlists and a module system.

WHICH ONE FITS

Pick the Right Tool, Not the Loudest One

Choose Xiboif…

You want to self-host and keep everything on your own infrastructure, for cost, control or compliance reasons.
You have someone who can run a server — updates, backups, TLS certificates, player provisioning — or you are happy to be that someone.
You want to modify or extend the software rather than accept a hosted product's limits.
You are running many screens and want the per-screen cost to approach zero.

Choose us if…

You do not want to run a server. Ever. There is nothing to host, patch or back up.
You want buy/sell rate columns out of the box rather than building a module that produces them.
You want the website widget and the TV board from the same rates, which is not something a signage CMS sets out to do.
Your time is worth more than the licence saving. Self-hosting is free in money and not free in hours.

SIDE BY SIDE

Xibo vs a Dedicated Rate Board

	Xibo	Exchange Rate Management
Hosting	Self-host or their cloud	Hosted only
Source code	Open source	Closed
Who maintains it	You, if self-hosted	We do
Buy and sell columns	Build it yourself	Built in
Website widget	No	Yes
Cost shape	Free software, your infrastructure and time	Free tier, then US$9.99/month or US$99.99/year
Setup effort	Server, players, layouts	Sign up, type rates, open a URL

Rates on our side are set by hand — there is no automatic market feed — and every board and widget re-fetches every 5 minutes. We would rather you know that before signing up than after.

THE VERDICT

If We're Being Honest

Xibo is the honest recommendation for anyone with technical capacity and a preference for owning their stack — it is a serious project and self-hosting is a legitimate strategy, not a compromise. But an exchange office choosing Xibo is choosing to build a rate board, not to buy one. If nobody in the business wants to own a CMS, that project quietly becomes technical debt with your rates on it.

If a rate board is what you actually need, see how it works on any TV screen and as an exchange rate widget for your website. For the wider category question, read digital signage vs. a dedicated rate board.

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