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FOSSVPS / ST-Hosting — free VPS for open-source developers (Frankfurt, Buffalo, LA, Chisinau)

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Free allowance
Free VPSs on donated hardware; the Frankfurt node is an AMD EPYC 7402P, 128 GiB RAM, 1 TB SSD donated by ST-Hosting for at least two years.
Verdict
fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
Cost
free tier
Identity
emailno card, no phone
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 tierFree VPSs on donated hardware; the Frankfurt node is an AMD EPYC 7402P, 128 GiB RAM, 1 TB SSD donated by ST-Hosting for at least two years. Per-VM disk is small (the node is large, the slices are not).
unit TB; metered on unstated
Pricenone stated
Identityemail email
EgressNode-level 1 Gbps; per-VM transfer not published. Unverified.
Per-object capnot stated
Retentionnot stated
Interfacesftp, rsync, ssh sftp
ToolingRoot VPS — SSH/SFTP/rsync.
ReliabilityDonated capacity with published sunset dates and a public status page. Structurally temporary even when the VM is free.
Parsed numbers
  • has-free-tier 1
Evidence 2
datesourcewhat it proved
2026-10-21lowendspirit.com/discussion/10506/st-hosting-free-vps'an AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core Processor with 128GiB RAM and 1TB SSD'; 'Free and open source software developers only … No excessive high cpu, disk or bandwidth'; node end dates to 2026/2027
2026-10-21fossvps.org/probe: GET -> HTTP 200
More fields 1
dead end{"failure_class": "quota","why": "Free VPSs on donated hardware; the Frankfurt node is an AMD EPYC 7402P, 128 GiB RAM, 1 TB SSD donated by ST-Hosting for at least two years. Per-VM disk is small (the node is large, the slices are not).","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"}
Unknown values 4
  • per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
  • per object cap stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
  • retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
  • retention stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read