Blinkenshell

blinkenshell.org · 2 records in Compute, Storage · JSON

Records 2

fails: identityBlinkenshell
Computefree tieridentity any-phoneno cardlimit write-gatedevidence documentedstale on 2026-11-24
fails: quotablinkenshell / sdf / free shell accounts (the 'tilde' route)
Storageidentity email?card?evidence reportedstale on 2026-11-05

Blinkenshell

Compute

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Free allowance: 100 MB disk quota, 128 MB memory limit, SSH and SFTP, detached screen or tmux; listening on a custom TCP or UDP port is a supporter-only feature
Verdict: fails: identitythe identity required is not reachable without it
Cost: free tier
Identity: any-phoneno card, phone required
Binding limit: write-gatedlistening on a TCP or UDP port requires a supporter account from EUR 3 a month
Evidence: documented5 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-24checked 2026-10-24 (live); stale on 2026-11-24

Free tier	100 MB disk quota, 128 MB memory limit, SSH and SFTP, detached screen or tmux; listening on a custom TCP or UDP port is a supporter-only feature unit MB; metered on stored-bytes; the free column of the account table marks 'Listen TCP/UDP port (custom server)' blank and supporter-only
Price	none stated
Limits	volume-quota 100 MB disk quota on the free account source request-rate 128 MB memory limit per free account source write-gated (binding) listening on a TCP or UDP port requires a supporter account from EUR 3 a month source the port-22 assumption is what hid this class: the host answers on 2222
Binding	write-gated the port allowance is the feature that would make it a machine, and it is behind the paid tier; the disk quota is secondary.
Identity	any-phone five steps, and step five is 'IRL Verification. Enter your personal cell/mobile phone number to receive an SMS with a verification code.' Before that: email verification, a 20-question quiz, an IRC NickServ registration, and two existing users must vouch for you, which cannot happen within one hour of creating the signup account. No card.
Egress	not published on the pages read
Retention	no expiry is published for an active account; the signup process warns that you are expected to visit the IRC channel once in a while after you get your account
Interface	rest, cli SSH on port 2222
Tooling	SSH, screen or tmux, 2 background processes
Composes with	a screen host with no inbound port and a 128 MB memory ceiling
Reliability	no reliability event recorded
Notes	The cleanest rejection: a mobile number and two human vouches, for 100 MB. A supporter account at EUR 3 a month skips the queue but still requires the SMS step, per the same page.
Evidence note	documented all five steps and the account table are quoted from Blinkenshell's own pages read.
Parsed numbers	price USD 0 10 hours a day / month price USD 0 / month has-free-tier 1 volume-quota 100 MB request-rate 128 MB

Evidence 5

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-22	probe: `blinkenshell.org:2222`	TCP connect to port 2222 timed out at 16.4 s and again at 30 s from this host, so reachability is not established from here
2026-10-06	blinkenshell.org/docs/resource-limits/	the Free column caps memory at 128 MB, processes at 100, SSH sessions at 6 and background processes at 2
2026-10-24	blinkenshell.org/docs/signup-process/	quoted: '5. IRL Verification. Enter your personal cell/mobile phone number to receive an SMS with a verification code.'
2026-10-24	blinkenshell.org/docs/signup-process/	quoted: '4. Get two registered users to vouch (approve) you.' and 'It will take atleast 1 hour before your free account can be activated.'
2026-10-24	blinkenshell.org/	quoted: 'Disk Quota 100 MB', 'Memory limit 128 MB', and 'Listen TCP/UDP port (custom server)' checked only in the Supporter column

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shape	`{"vcpu": null,"ram_gib": null,"disk_gib": 100,"gpu_class": null,"gpu_count": null}`
billing model	free
granularity	`{"min_billed_s": null,"rounding_s": null}`
session cap	`{"wall_clock_min": null,"idle_reap_s": null,"restart_required": false,"note": "no session cap published; detach with screen or tmux is allowed"}`
keep rate	`{"value": 0.0,"basis": "a free account costs nothing","source": "https://blinkenshell.org/"}`
persistent storage	`{"included_gib": null,"price_gib_month": "not offered","durability": "home directory","survives_stop": true,"survives_destroy": false,"max_retention": "while active"}`
network out	`{"allow_outbound": true,"allow_inbound_listen": false,"ports": "supporter only","static_ip": null,"ipv6": true,"per_session_bytes": null}`
free tier kind	always-free
m10h usd	0.0
m24h usd	0.0
probe result	port 2222 timed out twice
shape note	100 MB and a 128 MB memory limit, both in the vendor's MB
term	indefinite while active
price arithmetic	no charge for the free account; supporter is from EUR 3 a month

Unknown values 3

egress metered: egress metering was not published
per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed

blinkenshell / sdf / free shell accounts (the 'tilde' route)

Storage

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Free allowance: Free SSH shell accounts exist and are charming, but the disk is 100 MB (Blinkenshell 'Disk Quota 100 MB', x4 on Supporter at EUR 3/mo).
Verdict: fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
Cost: not stated
Identity: email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit: noneno named constraint binds
Evidence: reported2 sources; a third party said so
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05

Free tier	Free SSH shell accounts exist and are charming, but the disk is 100 MB (Blinkenshell 'Disk Quota 100 MB', x4 on Supporter at EUR 3/mo). SDF's MetaARPA tier gives '20GB OS images' but… unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Egress	not recorded
Interface	unknown
Tooling	not recorded

Evidence 2

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	blinkenshell.org/	the text of Free tier, above
2026-10-21	sdf.org/?join	cited as the basis of the rejection: Free SSH shell accounts exist and are charming, but the disk is 100 MB (Blinkenshell 'Disk Quota 100 MB', x4 on Supporter at EUR 3/mo). SDF's MetaARPA tier gives '20GB OS images' but require

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dead end	`{"failure_class": "quota","why": "Free SSH shell accounts exist and are charming, but the disk is 100 MB (Blinkenshell 'Disk Quota 100 MB', x4 on Supporter at EUR 3/mo). SDF's MetaARPA tier gives '20GB OS images' but…","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"}`

Unknown values 7

chaining: no value was recorded for this field
egress terms: no value was recorded for this field
interface: the access interface was not established
per object cap notes: no value was recorded for this field
per object cap stated: no value was recorded for this field
retention stated: no value was recorded for this field
tooling: no value was recorded for this field