Free VPS for Open Source Developers

msatt

Free VPS for Open Source Developers

Now that the Black Friday Frenzy is over settle down with a Free **Open Source Software Virtual Private Server.

Absolutely FREE, no catches, no credits, no price bumps.
Server locations and end dates are always on our website at https://fossvps.org and are currently :-

• UK Fareham courtesy of Onlyservers till 25th January 2026
• US Buffalo Courtesy of MSATT till 22nd November 2026
• Romania Bucharest courtesy of Hosteroid till 6th March 2026
• Moldova Chisinau courtesy of Alexhost till 30th January 2026

Rules for a free VPS

Free and open source software developers only.
White hat only, Not for commercial use, No service level agreement but we are good. Ephemeral. Could disappear at any moment! Don't be a dick rules, No excessive high cpu, disk or bandwidth
Clueless™ Administrator!

If you would like a VPS, just complete this form asking what you are developing and preferably some links to your previous developments.
Warnings

• Multiple registrations will get you banned
• Good reputation on this forum (no history, no server - sorry)
• Failing to accept the verification email will lock you out from re-applying
• Email address (purely for admin emails), don't make a request if you wish to be anonymous

Acceptance will give you 2 VCPU, 4GiB Ram, 64GiB hdd and provide NAT + IPv6 /96 access with either Ubuntu, Debian or Alpine in your preferred location. The servers won't last forever (check website) but we will always give you as much notice as possible, it all depends on our fantastic donors.

We are genuinely doing this to help you so please no abuse as it messes it up for everyone.

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mizzik

https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/10104/free-vps-for-open-source-developers-with-fossvps#latest

msatt

We genuinely want to support the community, so want to hear your views as to what we could be doing better.

This is a great opportunity for anyone not experienced with IPv6 to start playing. Don't worry you still have NAT IPv4 so have access to the server.

For my use, I install zerotier inside the vm which gives it a v4 address on my private network. Then all the vms at other locations are able to communicate with each other securely. They could of course be doing this using v6 but its all about creating secure networks etc.

I am also considering building a FOSSVPS reverse proxy to map to your vm port 80 / 443.
Also considering providing free domain name mapped to vm.

But without your support and feedback none of this is going to happen and our great donors will also lose interest.

My key point anyone registering needs to trust us and we need to trust you so this is not an anonymous service.