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The site states 'No surprises and completel...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":0},"record":{"topic":"compute","slug":"boxybsd","provider":"BoxyBSD","url":"https://www.boxybsd.com/","category":"cloud VM","free_tier":{"stated":"Quoted from the Personal plan card: 'Personal — For learning BSD — €0/mo — 1 vCPU — 1 GB RAM — 10 GB SSD — IPv6'. The site states 'No surprises and completely free with IPv6!' and 'IPv6 by default, with an additional /64 subnet.' A second plan, 'Project — For open-source projects — €0/mo — 4 vCPU — 16 GB RAM — 100 GB SSD — IPv6', is marked 'Out of stock'.","unit":"GB","metered_on":"stored-bytes","source_url":"https://www.boxybsd.com/","read_on":"2026-10-24","notes":"the vendor writes GB and does not say whether decimal or binary; kept as stated"},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable: the unit is a virtual machine, not an object"},"retention":{"stated":"Quoted: 'BoxyBSD reserves the right to terminate its services at any time, without prior notice.","source_url":"https://www.boxybsd.com/tos","notes":"a termination right, not a retention rule; the account has no stated expiry"},"egress":{"terms":"Quoted: 'Traffic is needed and you should do what you need to do but please do not generate unnecessary traffic. ... This is currently stated as \"fair use\" traffic but may change at any time. The host nodes are connected with multiple Gbit interfaces but each VM is limited to 100 Mbit.' No volume is published.","metered":false,"free_allowance":"unstated (fair use)","source_url":"https://www.boxybsd.com/"},"interface":["ssh","rest","cli"],"interface_detail":"inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed","tooling":"Root SSH, a web console, VNC, ISOs for self-install, an API with Terraform examples, PTR records, DN42 peering. Nothing about the interface blocks for a user.","chaining":"A persistent daemon host - cron, an indexer, a poller, a mail server with a static PTR - which a free serverless tier cannot be, and the free shared load balancer puts an IPv4 front end on 80/443 in front of it, so the IPv6-only default does not stop it serving. The break: the load balancer terminates TLS, so certificates live on shared infrastructure.","limits":[{"kind":"volume-quota","value":"1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB SSD on the Personal plan","source":"https://www.boxybsd.com/"},{"kind":"per-ip-shaping","value":"each VM is limited to 100 Mbit, with traffic on a 'fair use' basis and no volume stated","source":"https://www.boxybsd.com/"},{"kind":"write-gated","value":"verification requires a public GitHub or Codeberg repository named boxybsd_verification containing a specified string","source":"https://www.boxybsd.com/user-verification"},{"kind":"write-gated","value":"the registration form marks the Invitation code field as required, while the FAQ describes invitation mode as conditional ('we might apply the invitation mode')","source":"https://www.boxybsd.com/register"}],"limits_note":"The box is provisioned for 90 days and is deleted when that lifetime expires unless the extend button is pressed in the control panel, so an unattended box dies at day 90, and the provider publishes an explicit 'can be destroyed at any time for no reason' clause beside it.","binding":"write-gated","binding_note":"two gates stack: a public GitHub or Codeberg account with a verification repository, and an invitation code that the form requires but the FAQ describes as conditional","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"No card, no hold, no phone, no ID. Verification is quoted as 'We only ask for a username and an email address (used for notifications)' and 'No additional personal data is required. No phone verification or ID upload.' The GitHub or Codeberg account is proven by publishing a file, not by OAuth. The invitation code is a second gate the form requires.","country":null},"reliability_note":"no reliability event observed the operator states 'While BoxyBSD strives to provide uninterrupted service, we make no guarantee regarding the availability or continuity of our services'","confidence":"documented","evidence":[{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"both EUR 0 tiers with exact specs, Project marked 'Out of stock', the IPv4 add-on being billed, and twelve locations (Toronto, Paris, Roubaix, Frankfurt, Limburg, Milan, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Eygelshoven, Kyiv, New York, Singapore); probe 200, 37730 bytes, sha256 1734b93ba83c5e85b65b68c22e4cff8f82f0cef92b44f7fb24f36a1ea547936a, server header 'GyptazyDelivery'"},{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'Once a new Box is provisioned, it runs for 90 days... You can extend the period for additional 90 days by clicking the extend button in the control panel. If a Box doesn't get extended, the box gets deleted as soon as its lifetime expired. Note: There is no guarantee to keep a box and it can be destroyed at any time for no reason!', quoted"},{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'Do you make backups? No! BoxyBSD is a learning platform providing short-living free VPS instances and is not meant for production services' and 'Boxes can die at any time', quoted"},{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'each VM is limited to 100 Mbit' and traffic is 'currently stated as fair use traffic but may change at any time', quoted; no byte allowance is published anywhere on the site"},{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/register","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the register form has four required inputs - username, github_username, email, invitation - plus a tos_accept checkbox, read from the served HTML"},{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/user-verification","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'No additional personal data is required. No phone verification or ID upload.', and the check is a public repo named boxybsd_verification holding verification.txt, quoted"},{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/tos","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'BoxyBSD reserves the right to terminate its services at any time, without prior notice' and 'The VM and the account may be terminated at any time without notice', quoted"},{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/status","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"live status page: Website Green, Portal Green, Services Yellow; PoP utilisation Toronto 100%, Roubaix 100%, Milan 100%, Tokyo 100%, Kyiv 100%, Frankfurt 13%, Limburg 9%, Amsterdam 20%, Eygelshoven 12%, New York 43%, Singapore 32%, read 2026-10-22 09:57 UTC"},{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/register","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the served HTML contains an input named 'invitation' carrying the attribute 'required' and the placeholder 'boxybsd-82195431245', quoted from the form"},{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'we might apply the invitation mode. This means, you can still sign up and get a box but only if you have a sponsor who provides you an invitation code. Each user that singsup has one code to share with friends or within the community. Please do not mail us for codes', quoted"},{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20251217071332/https://boxybsd.com/register?provider=wayback","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the same four-field form including the invitation field was already served on 2025-12-17, so the gate is not a new change"},{"url":"https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@BoxyBSD/117437125625304970","date":"2026-10-13","proved":"the project account posted that 'the registration at BoxyBSD was open and we welcomed several new members who can now access their free VPS instance', quoted; the gate opens in windows"},{"url":"https://www.nodeloc.com/t/topic/112374","date":"2026-10-05","proved":"a user posted asking for an invitation code, writing that the GitHub verification was already prepared and he would create the boxybsd_verification repo after registering; no code answer appears on page 1"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=boxybsd_verification","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"96 public verification repositories exist, with creation counts of 12 in 2025-11, 9 in 2026-01, 12 in 2026-06, 10 in 2026-08, 10 in 2026-09 and 5 in 2026-10, so roughly 8 to 12 new verified accounts a month are being created despite the gate"},{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"quoted: 'Once a new Box is provisioned, it runs for 90 days ... If a Box does not get extended, the box gets deleted as soon as its lifetime expired'; 'There is no guarantee to keep a box and it can be destroyed at any time for no reason!'; 'BoxyBSD does not accept any donations.'"},{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"twelve locations listed today: Toronto, Paris, Roubaix, Frankfurt, Limburg, Milan, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Eygelshoven, Kyiv, New York, Singapore; multiple NAT64 gateways offered"},{"url":"https://nostr.at/nevent1qqsy0rhaeqmysfgm9u6qmlwse36p40pd74cqjfxp53j900x40nhghsgzyr0stxvm4ksd6w83r5u8pw49x4v274luzwdznlwwgetn5rt5z5pz62zns5q","date":"2026-05-04","proved":"'Happy to share that #BoxyBSD remains up! ... Several things could finally be clarified to continue this service ... We could also get some more new resources and locations to scale', post header dated 2026-05-04 08:21 CEST, quoted"},{"url":"https://dbohdan.com/boxybsd","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"a user who ran a box from 2025-06 to 2026-03 writes 'an anonymous parcel from Norway resolved the hardware issue and made it possible for BoxyBSD to go on in its existing state. Whether it is going to shut down remains uncertain.'"},{"url":"https://dbohdan.com/boxybsd","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the same user reports losing the box through the 90-day reaper: 'I forgot to renew my VPS and seemingly lost it at the end of the grace period. I didn't receive the intended email notification seven days before or on the day the VM expired', quoted, restored manually after asking on Matrix"},{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the sponsor section names Nerdscave Hosting, gyptazy, MacArne, Servermanagementpanel and ST-Hosting as suppliers of 'compute, networking, and traffic capacity that keep services online', and the FAQ answers 'How can I donate? ... BoxyBSD does not accept any donations.', quoted"},{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'Personal For learning BSD EUR 0/mo - 1 vCPU - 1 GB RAM - 10 GB SSD - IPv6' and 'Project For open-source projects EUR 0/mo - 4 vCPU - 16 GB RAM - 100 GB SSD - IPv6', with the Project tier marked 'Out of stock'; 'IPv4 addresses incur additional costs'; locations listed as Toronto, Paris, Roubaix, Frankfurt, Limburg, Milan, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Eygelshoven, Kyiv, New York and Singapore; probed 200, 37730 bytes, sha256 1734b93ba83c5e85b65b68c22e4cff8f82f0cef92b44f7fb24f36a1ea547936a"},{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/user-verification","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"verification requires only a GitHub or Codeberg username and a public repository named 'boxybsd_verification' containing a stated string in 'verification.txt': 'No emails, phone numbers, or personal data are required anymore', quoted"},{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'If you didn't renew your instance within the last 90 days, your box automatically gets deleted'; 'NAT64: Multiple NAT64 gateways to reach IPv4-only resources'; 'Dual-Stack Load Balancer'; 'IPv6 Subnets: Additional /64 or even /48', quoted"},{"url":"https://boxybsd.com/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"an invitation mode exists: 'we might apply the invitation mode ... you can still sign up and get a box but only if you have a sponsor who provides you an invitation code', quoted; this is the gate that could block a new signup on the day it is read"},{"url":"https://dbohdan.com/boxybsd","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"quoted: 'an anonymous parcel from Norway resolved the hardware issue and made it possible for BoxyBSD to go on in its existing state. Whether it is going to shut down remains uncertain.' The author reports 98.9 per cent uptime over 271 days on one box. [re-read 2026-10-22]"},{"url":"https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsxyehlhhl578rl2texrjgpvn0r6jll49xnnfg5ws0t6h3zpdphltcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qygqw7smq9r6jntxnh6t90jkgydy6l75lvzq484xm6p8jv0rtmdfcaqvv2v7m","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'the time has come to officially shut the project down... All boxes will be terminated by the 1st of May 2026', post timestamp Monday 23 March 2026; also 'the platform has provisioned more than 2000 VPS instances completely free of charge' and 'we never received a single penny', quoted [re-read 2026-10-22]"},{"url":"https://www.boxybsd.com/","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'Personal — For learning BSD — €0/mo — 1 vCPU — 1 GB RAM — 10 GB SSD — IPv6' and 'IPv6 by default, with an additional /64 subnet.' and 'each VM is limited to 100 Mbit'"},{"url":"https://www.boxybsd.com/","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'BoxyBSD is a non-profit project by gyptazy.com' and the node list 'Canada, Toronto; France, Paris; France, Roubaix; Germany, Frankfurt; Germany, Limburg; Italy, Milan; Japan, Tokyo; Netherlands, Amsterdam; Netherlands, Eygelshoven; Ukraine, Kyiv; USA, New York; Singapore, Singapore'"},{"url":"https://www.boxybsd.com/register","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"the served markup: inputs named username, github_username, email and invitation, each carrying the required attribute, plus a tos_accept checkbox; labels 'Username', 'GitHub/Codeberg Username', 'Email address', 'Invitation code'"},{"url":"https://www.boxybsd.com/user-verification","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'We only ask for a username and an email address (used for notifications).' and 'No additional personal data is required. No phone verification or ID upload.' and the boxybsd_verification repository procedure"},{"url":"https://www.boxybsd.com/","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted from the FAQ: 'Sometimes, we need to slow down the amount of new users signing up for new VPS instances. Also we don't have unlimited ressources and therefore, we might apply the invitation mode.'"},{"url":"https://www.boxybsd.com/tos","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'BoxyBSD reserves the right to terminate its services at any time, without prior notice.'"}],"verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","verified_at":"2026-10-24T06:27:00.000Z","notes":"Not in dossier/compute before this record. The vendor's own material is internally ambiguous about whether an invitation is currently needed: the FAQ says invitation mode is something they 'might apply', while the register form served today marks the invitation input required. Both are quoted and neither is treated as the answer. What could not be established: whether an account can be created without a code today, and whether any box is actually in stock at the Personal tier (only the Project tier is labelled out of stock). What would settle them: submitting the form, which requires creating an account and was not done. IPv4 is a paid add-on: 'IPv4 addresses incur additional costs that we need to cover.'","extras":{"wave2":{"class":"perpetual-vps","free_tier_kind":"perpetual-90-day-renewable","shape":{"vcpu":1,"ram_gib":1,"disk_gib":10,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":0}},"shape":{"vcpu":1,"ram_gib":1,"disk_gib":10,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":null},"billing_model":"free","term":"perpetual","m10h_usd":0,"m24h_usd":0,"price_arithmetic":"no price: the Personal plan card reads '€0/mo'","free_tier_kind":"perpetual","network_out":{"allow_outbound":true,"allow_inbound_listen":true,"ports":"IPv6, any port; IPv4 is a paid add-on; a NAT64 gateway is provided for IPv4-only destinations","static_ip":true,"ipv6":true,"per_session_bytes":null},"session_cap":{"wall_clock_min":null,"idle_reap_s":null,"restart_required":false,"note":"none published"},"second_plan":{"name":"Project","spec":"4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD, IPv6","state_as_read":"Out of stock"},"images":"FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and other BSD or Solaris systems; custom ISO installation over VNC is offered","ipv4_cost":"IPv4 addresses incur additional costs that we need to cover"},"tier":"Personal","confidence_note":"the plan, the verification procedure, the required form fields and the traffic term are all quoted from first-party pages read today; no account was created and no invitation code was obtained, so whether registration completes could not be tested"},"claims":[{"path":"$.extras.m10h_usd","kind":"price","num":0,"unit":null,"per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":0,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.extras.m24h_usd","kind":"price","num":0,"unit":null,"per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":0,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":1,"unit":"GB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:volume-quota","num":1,"unit":"GB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[1].value","kind":"limit:per-ip-shaping","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[2].value","kind":"limit:write-gated","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[3].value","kind":"limit:write-gated","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[],"history":[],"drift":[]}