Free VPS for Open Source Developers
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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.
If you develop Open Source Software we can give you a free VM
Comments
https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/10104/free-vps-for-open-source-developers-with-fossvps#latest
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.
If you develop Open Source Software we can give you a free VM
Been having some 'internal' discussions and interested in your views.
Thanks for your time, your comments will shape how we move forward.
Mike
If you develop Open Source Software we can give you a free VM
How can we trust —
Ephemeral. Could disappear at any moment! Clueless™ Administrator!
Give routed /64 or /56, so that Docker containers can have their own IPv6 address.
IPv4 NAT is sufficient for accessing GitHub — who is at top of the shame list.
Snapshots are useful before running a big upgrade.
When we performed the Debian 12 => 13 upgrade last month, we started with a machine with snapshots, so that we can detect any problems in the procedure.
It is good to have one snapshot that is retained for 24 hours; snapshots aren't needed at other times.
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Ephemeral is more to do with the donors than us - we will be around. I think ephemeral should go.
Great points thanks.
Ephemeral. Could disappear at any moment! Clueless™ Administrator!
As far a Clueless™ Administrator! that was Tom's comments. He is certainly not clueless and hopefully nor am I, so agreed that should also go.
Routed /64 /56 that is up to our donors and they have given us /64 which we need to distribute. I think routed /96 is perfectly adequate but likely on your hall of fame.
So having an automated daily snapshot could be beneficial.
If you develop Open Source Software we can give you a free VM
Sorry I disagree - This is free and I / we have no interest in your data other than to email VM details or important updates.
Fair point about Cloudflare although NAT is working very well with port forwards.
Agreed about snapshots but I would like the users to feel that in an emergency there is some solution.
If you develop Open Source Software we can give you a free VM