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msatt
Member, Host Rep
Free server for Open Source Developers
Hosteroid have kindly donated a fantastic six month server extension in Bucharest (buc2) which we will use to replace our buc1 server (ends 17th April 2026).
This is extremely generous and has been made available because they, like us, want to help the Open Source community.
All new registrations will be built on buc2.
For those interested in figures, it is an Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz (2 Sockets) Processor with 256GiB RAM and 3.5TB DIsk. So we have lots of capacity available 
We also have space available on our other European and US servers. Absolutely FREE, no catches, no credits, no price bumps.
Server locations and end dates are always on our website at https://fossvps.org and currently are :-
DE Frankfurt (de11) courtesy of ST-Hosting till 1st Feb 2028
Moldova Chisinau (mol1) courtesy of Alexhost till 30th January 2027
Romania Bucharest (buc1) courtesy of Hosteroid till 17th April 2026
Romania Bucharest (buc2) courtesy of Hosteroid till 17th October 2026
US Buffalo (us1) Courtesy of MSATT till 22nd November 2026
US Buffalo (us1a) Courtesy of JetNode till 30th January 2027
US Los Angeles (us2) Courtesy of MSATT till 21st December 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
Warnings - be honest !!!
- Multiple registrations will get you banned
- Good reputation on this forum (no history, no server - sorry)
- Email address (purely for admin emails), don't make a request if you wish to be anonymous
- Failing to accept the verification email will lock you out from re-applying
If you would like a VPS, just complete this form asking what you are developing and links to previous developments.
Acceptance will give you 2 VCPU, 4GiB Ram, 64GiB disk with NAT + IPv6 /96 access on Ubuntu, Debian or Alpine in your preferred location.
For those concerned about using NAT we have our in house Open Source version of NPM. Which provides a reverse proxy so your websites are fully accessible.
We are genuinely doing this to help, so please, no abuse as it messes it up for everyone. FOSSVPS has no income and is a team of 6 volunteers. Apart from a free VPS there are no other rewards. This is driven by the community and is for the community.
Mike
Comments
lol
LFG!
great, FOSSVPS has more vps.
thanks
...ahh cool
You should give some more OS options !!!!!
Happy to. But no one including you have said what !!!!!
Building a safe template and thoroughly testing does take time and this is completely free. It is my time so I would only be adding a small amount if anyone asks.
NPM for DE Frankfurt (de11)?
@FunFap ?
https://npm.de1.fossvps.org/
Ah, thanks. Cuz i think use de11 not de1.
Hello,
Iām trying to register for a free VPS for the first time to host and experiment with an** open-source AI project.**
When I submitted the registration form, I received a message** saying my account already exists, but this is actually my first attempt.**
Could someone please help me resolve this so I can complete the registration?
Thank you for your time and support!
You aren't even eligible.
open-source AI project.
here we go again
We say 'Be honest' - you said your website was https://example.com so rejected automatically,
As @Obelous says, you are not eligible because of your profile on let.
The rules are (I believe clear). sorry.
PS - you got a duplicate IP message not an account existed, which was because you had already failed the registration (tried again).