Free VPS for Open Source Developers

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Free VPS for Open Source Developers

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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.

Get your FREE VPS if you develop Open Source software

Comments

  • mizzikmizzik

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

  • msattmsatt Hosting ProviderOG

    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.

    Get your FREE VPS if you develop Open Source software

  • msattmsatt Hosting ProviderOG

    Been having some 'internal' discussions and interested in your views.

    1. Is trust an issue when registering with us (we want your email address) or do you consider paying a business more trustworthy?
    2. Is a static IPv4 really important - we provide NAT and full IPv6 / 96
    3. How important are 'snapshots' - we are pretty stable.

    Thanks for your time, your comments will shape how we move forward.
    Mike

    Get your FREE VPS if you develop Open Source software

  • yoursunnyyoursunny OG
    edited December 13

    @msatt said:
    Is trust an issue when registering with us (we want your email address) or do you consider paying a business more trustworthy?

    How can we trust —
    Ephemeral. Could disappear at any moment! Clueless™ Administrator!

    Is a static IPv4 really important - we provide NAT and full IPv6 / 96

    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.

    How important are 'snapshots' - we are pretty stable.

    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.

    Thanked by (1)msatt

    No hostname available. affbrr

  • somiksomik OG

    @msatt said:
    Been having some 'internal' discussions and interested in your views.

    1. Is trust an issue when registering with us (we want your email address) or do you consider paying a business more trustworthy?
    2. Is a static IPv4 really important - we provide NAT and full IPv6 / 96
    3. How important are 'snapshots' - we are pretty stable.

    Thanks for your time, your comments will shape how we move forward.
    Mike

    1. There is nothing free. You either pay with money or with your data.
    2. With cloudflare giving https proxy, IPv4 is no longer compulsory, but rather dependent on use-case.
    3. Snapshots (or backups) are not hosts responsibility. It is the users responsibility to keep snapshots and backups of their data.
    Thanked by (1)msatt

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  • msattmsatt Hosting ProviderOG

    @yoursunny
    Great points thanks.
    Ephemeral. Could disappear at any moment! Clueless™ Administrator!
    :) Ephemeral is more to do with the donors than us - we will be around. I think ephemeral should go.
    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.

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  • msattmsatt Hosting ProviderOG

    @somik said: There is nothing free. You either pay with money or with your data.With cloudflare giving https proxy, IPv4 is no longer compulsory, but rather dependent on use-case. Snapshots (or backups) are not hosts responsibility. It is the users responsibility to keep snapshots and backups of their data.

    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.

    Thanked by (1)IAmNix

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  • msattmsatt Hosting ProviderOG

    I have been busy and wanted to say, we are getting into alpha testing of a big new feature at FOSSVPS giving our NAT users some great benefits.... Won't say more apart from you should have it 'soon' (New Year or earlier).
    Happy Christmas / Holidays everyone.
    Mike

    Thanked by (1)jcn50

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  • msattmsatt Hosting ProviderOG

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    What a great Christmas present !!!!

    Thanks to Alexhost

    They have very kindly extended their Moldova server until 31st January 2027

    We still have space available for a free VPS for Open Source Developers.

    Community comments have been positive but people were concerned about longevity. Well I (msatt) have spent my own money providing our US server for a year and with Alexhost's very kind extension FOSSVPS is really worth using. After all what have you got to lose?
    Our uptime is better than 99.9% and (so far) has only been affected by our rebuilding systems to use Proxmox.

    FOSSVPS is entirely community driven, we want Open Source to continue to grow and want you to support our very generous sponsors by raising awareness of their generous donations.

    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 :-

    • Moldova Chisinau courtesy of Alexhost till 31th January 2027
    • US Buffalo Courtesy of MSATT till 22nd November 2026

    • UK Fareham courtesy of Onlyservers till 25th January 2026

    • Romania Bucharest courtesy of Hosteroid till 6th March 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.
    Don't be a dick rules
    No excessive high cpu, disk or bandwidth

    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.

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

    Get your FREE VPS if you develop Open Source software

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