BoxyBSD

#BoxyBSD is a non-profit VM & service provider for the open-source community with a focus on BSD based Systems like #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD and #NetBSD. BoxyBSD also provides additional services like webhosting, git, email and DNS solutions for #opensource projects to give valuable things back to the community.  BoxyBSD is a project of https://gyptazy.com (gyptazy (npub1d9w…aerg)).

Website:: https://boxybsd.com

Last Notes

2026-03-23 18:07:09 UTC

Dear community,
this is not an easy message to write.
After many years of running BoxyBSD, the time has come to officially shut the project down.
BoxyBSD started with a simple and clear mission: to provide an accessible platform for learners and beginners to explore BSD-based systems without the need for spare hardware, prior knowledge, or complex setup. It was meant to be a place where anyone could spin up real virtual machines, work with fixed and static IPs, and benefit from globally distributed locations for low latency testing. A playground, a lab, and a learning environment all in one.
From day one, BoxyBSD has been a one-person project, operated and maintained solely by gyptazy. Over the years, the platform has provisioned more than 2000 VPS instances completely free of charge. At no point did we ask for donations, and in fact, we never received a single penny. This was always intentional.
The goal was never to monetize, but to give back to the community.
Unfortunately, the situation has now changed. At least from the operational point of view. We are currently facing a major hardware issue affecting the core platform, specifically the control, monitoring, and management infrastructure. While the distributed clusters themselves remain unaffected, the central systems required to operate BoxyBSD reliably are no longer in a sustainable state.
Resolving this would not only require a significant investment of time, but also personal financial resources for new hardware. Given current market conditions, I have made the difficult decision that I am no longer willing to continue investing both at the level required to keep the project running.
As many of you know from my other projects, I have never asked for financial support, and I do not intend to start now.
As a result, and after careful consideration, I have decided to close down BoxyBSD.
This project has been an incredible journey. I sincerely hope that BoxyBSD helped some of you take your first steps into the world of BSD, and perhaps even Solaris. Seeing people learn, experiment, and grow with the platform has always been the most rewarding part.
Thank you to everyone who used BoxyBSD, supported it, and made it what it was. Current users with boxes please check your email, Discord or Matrix! All boxes will be terminated by the 1st of May 2026.
It has been a great time!
Thanks,
@npub1d9w…aerg

2026-01-22 15:13:33 UTC

Advertisement: We are happy to welcome our new sponsor at #BoxyBSD: ST-Hosting.com
ST-Hosting.com stands for performance, stability, and pragmatic solutions and hosting like:
- LXC & KVM servers on AMD EPYC, Ryzen, Intel Xeon systems
- Fair pricing and direct support from Germany
- Hosting made in Germany
We’re excited to have https://st-hosting.com on board! You can immediately start to provision your BSD based boxes (like #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD,...) at BoxyBSD in our new location in Germany, Nuremberg. Also, stay tuned for #Fosdem ;) Thanks a lot!
cc: @npub1d9w…aerg
#RUNBSD #BSD #OpenSource #Hosting
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2025-08-05 17:38:16 UTC

Did you notice? The registration was temporary open today and we welcome all new users! 🥳
While we still have a plenty of free resources, we might switch from an open registration model to a recommendation / mentor model where already present users can invite new users.
This is not yet fix but a possibility to avoid misusage and abuse where our primary goal is still to provide resources for people interested into BSD based systems. Maybe also closer integrations with BSD communities like the BSD Cafe (@npub1ef5…gcpc) could be an approach.
#freevps #free #education #ipv6 #hosting #bhyve #proxmox #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #runbsd #boxybsd @npub107n…gtam

2025-01-29 17:09:35 UTC

Get your #BoxyBSD stickers at the #FOSDEM!
Poke @npub107n…gtam to get them :)
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2024-12-24 11:02:57 UTC

Have a great offline time - enjoy the moments with your families!
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2024-12-15 13:06:03 UTC

Happy to provide you all slowly your #BSD based free Boxes (VPS instances) after a pause of one week again :)
The small amount of boxes has been provisioned, offering #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD, #DragonFlyBSD, #MidnightBSD and many more - including #illumos for our #Solaris friends!
Provisioning is #Matrix only and is done by our new Bot. @npub107n…gtam took the time to write and adjust all the things in a great way - #RUNBSD
#hosting #ipv6 #opensource #community #homelab #lab #dev #testing
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2024-12-12 08:14:18 UTC

The past few days have been very turbulent for this project and also for @npub107n…gtam!
In addition to reaching the milestone of over 500 VPS instances, we have been mentioned on numerous platforms - unfortunately, some of them fundamentally contradict the philosophy of the project.
Within just one day, over 800 requests were sent to our support email (which is not the appropriate channel in the first place). Since we now handle inquiries exclusively through the Matrix bot, the situation has calmed down somewhat. However, it seems the barrier to entry is still not high enough. As a result, a challenge-response system (initially static) has now been integrated via GitHub. People coming from a bsd.cafe Matrix account are whitelisted and can immediately request a box without the GitHub verification part.
Details can be found here: https://boxybsd.com/matrix-bot/.
Unfortunately, this is not an ideal solution, but some balance must be struck between accommodating genuine users and creating a barrier for those who want to run coin miners, bots, spam, and similar activities. There were also some other ideas like post-card/letter verification but I think this is even more challenging and will be the next step if this doesn’t work out.

2024-11-02 13:47:21 UTC

BoxyBSD already provides you completely free VPS with any BSD based OS of your choice - and in December something big is coming! Can you already guess what...?
Thanks to Moritz & @npub107n…gtam !
#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD
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2024-08-09 06:07:32 UTC

Free VPS?! #BoxyBSD did it for you - the opensource community and BSD fans!
Recently, we also started to provide #ARM64 based VPS, just next to the typical #AMD64 ones. Unfortunately, we reached today our limit for the ARM64 ones and can only provision amd64 ones.
I’m already looking to solve this quickly. Also to mention, we still have a very limited #RISCV64 alpha. But this one is really limited because there’s still no H flagged board available, which means #RV64 users run on a dedicated Vision Five 2 board.
Hope this update finds you well! Have a nice weekend!
Cheers,
@npub1m4x…afap