{"rid":"compute/psifactor-free","card":{"rid":"compute/psifactor-free","eid":"psifactor","topic":"compute","slug":"psifactor-free","provider":"Psifactor","url":"https://psifactor.pl/?go=vps","domain":"psifactor.pl","category":"LXC-VPS","tier":"Darmowy VPS","verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","vorder":1,"grp":"usable","confidence":"documented","binding":"write-gated","identity_kind":"card","identity_basis":"stated","needs_card":1,"needs_phone":0,"needs_id":0,"needs_institution":0,"country":null,"crypto":null,"interfaces":"ssh,rest","egress_metered":0,"per_object_bytes":null,"retention_days":null,"verified_at":"2026-10-24T04:12:03.000Z","verified_basis":"live","checked_on":"2026-10-25","stale_on":"2026-11-24","n_evidence":5,"usd_month":null,"usd_per_tb_month":null,"summary":"Quoted: 'kontener LXC zarządzany przez Incus', 'do 2 GB RAM', 'do 10 GB limitu dysku (quota)', 'prawa root w VPS', 'dystrybucja Linuksa wybrana przez Ciebie'...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":0},"record":{"topic":"compute","slug":"psifactor-free","provider":"Psifactor","url":"https://psifactor.pl/?go=vps","category":"LXC-VPS","tier":"Darmowy VPS","free_tier":{"stated":"Quoted: 'kontener LXC zarządzany przez Incus', 'do 2 GB RAM', 'do 10 GB limitu dysku (quota)', 'prawa root w VPS', 'dystrybucja Linuksa wybrana przez Ciebie'. Each container gets 'stały publiczny adres IPv6, nazwę hosta i rekord PTR', and incoming IPv4 arrives through forwarded ports on the host address. A shell account with 41 GB of quota plus 5 GB NextCloud and 5 GB Immich comes with it, and the quotas sum.","unit":"none","metered_on":"none","source_url":"https://psifactor.pl/?go=vps","read_on":"2026-10-24"},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"quoted: 'możliwość podmontowania zasobów konta shell w kontenerze' with the note that the shell quota and the VPS quota 'może być efektywnie zsumowana'. The VPS page states no per-account server count."},"retention":{"stated":"Quoted: 'Nie można posiadać VPS, o którym tu mowa, bez konta shell. Utrata konta shell, np. z powodu nieaktywności, jest równoznaczna z utratą VPS.' The terms also reserve the administrator's right to delete an account at any time without warning. No idle timeout is quantified for the VPS itself."},"egress":{"terms":"quoted for the shell host: '1 Gbps bez limitu danych w Niemczech' (1 Gbit/s, no data limit, in Germany). No separate allowance is stated for the container.","metered":false,"free_allowance":"no data limit stated","source_url":"https://psifactor.pl/?go=account"},"interface":["ssh","rest"],"interface_detail":"root in an Incus-managed LXC container, reachable over a static public IPv6 with a PTR record; IPv4 inbound through agreed port forwards from the host address; HTTP/HTTPS reverse proxy from host to container; SSH to the shell account with optional TOTP 2FA","tooling":"any SSH client; Incus on the vendor side","chaining":"The only free row that gives root and a public IPv6 with reverse DNS on a 1 Gbit/s unmetered link, which is what a WireGuard node or an IPv6-reachable monitor actually needs.","limits":[{"kind":"volume-quota","value":"2 GB RAM and 10 GB disk per container; 41 GB plus 10 GB of side services on the shell account","source":"https://psifactor.pl/?go=vps"},{"kind":"write-gated","value":"a shell account is a precondition, and the administrator decides whether a VPS is created at all","source":"https://psifactor.pl/?go=regulamin"},{"kind":"retention-clamped","value":"losing the shell account, including through inactivity, loses the VPS","source":"https://psifactor.pl/?go=regulamin"}],"binding":"write-gated","binding_note":"Two human gates stand in front of the container: the shell account is manually approved, and the terms state that the administrator alone decides whether a VPS is created, and only for users 'z dłuższym stażem'.","identity_cost":{"kind":"card","detail":"a one-off irreversible payment of PLN 0.01 as an identity check: the signup form carries 'Akceptuję to, że założenie konta wymaga bezzwrotnej wpłaty 0,01 PLN jako elementu weryfikacji tożsamości'. The form also asks first and last name, email, a login, and an IRC nick on #wtw, and the terms require presence on that channel. No card hold beyond the PLN 0.01, no phone, no document.","country":null},"reliability_note":"No reliability event observed. The project states it is hobbyist and non-commercial and that it 'nie zapewniają jakości usług porównywalnych z ofertami komercyjnymi'.","confidence":"documented","confidence_note":"Shape, the root statement, the IPv6 arrangement, the PLN 0.01 gate and the two-stage approval are quoted from the project's own pages read today. Whether a VPS is granted in practice, and how long it takes, is not established: the terms make it discretionary and cannot register.","evidence":[{"url":"https://psifactor.pl/?go=vps","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'kontener LXC zarządzany przez Incus', 'do 2 GB RAM', 'do 10 GB limitu dysku (quota)', 'prawa root w VPS', 'każdy kontener otrzymuje stały publiczny adres IPv6, nazwę hosta i rekord PTR', 'dostęp przychodzący po IPv4 odbywa się przez przekierowanie uzgodnionych portów'; page 'Ostatnia modyfikacja: 01.08.2026'"},{"url":"https://psifactor.pl/?go=account","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'Limit (quota): 41 GB + 5 GB (NextCloud) + 5 GB (Immich) [do negocjacji]'; '1 Gbps bez limitu danych w Niemczech, i7-8700, 64 GB RAM'; 'VPS w postaci kontenera typu LXC od Incus dla użytkowników z dłuższym stażem'; page 'Ostatnia modyfikacja: 17.09.2026'"},{"url":"https://psifactor.pl/?go=newaccount","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'Akceptuję to, że założenie konta wymaga bezzwrotnej wpłaty 0,01 PLN jako elementu weryfikacji tożsamości. Wpłata nie gwarantuje założenia konta.' Form fields: 'Imię i nazwisko', 'Mój email', 'Login', 'Nick na #wtw', 'Cel korzystania', 'Potrzebne usługi'"},{"url":"https://psifactor.pl/?go=regulamin","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'VPS jest dedykowany Użytkownikom z dłuższym stażem, którzy posiadają już konto shell. O utworzeniu VPS decyduje administrator.'; 'obecność na kanale IRC' is a basic condition; 'Administrator może również w każdym momencie ... bez ostrzeżenia, usunąć konto shell lub VPS'; page 'Ostatnia modyfikacja: 24.08.2026'"},{"url":"https://psifactor.pl/?go=vps","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted footer: 'psifactor.pl 2014-2026' and a link to a live status page at psifactor.pl/status/. The project has been running under that name since 2014"}],"verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","verified_at":"2026-10-24T04:12:03.000Z","price_per_tb_month":null,"notes":"The best shape and the most conditional: a root LXC container with up to 2 GB of RAM, 10 GB of disk, a static public IPv6 with a PTR record, agreed IPv4 port forwards, and a 1 Gbit/s unmetered German uplink, for a one-off PLN 0.01 identity payment. What it costs is patience and a human: the shell account is manually approved, the container is granted only to users with standing, presence on an IRC channel is a stated condition, and the administrator may delete the account at any time without warning. The PLN 0.01 is a real payment, so the identity kind is card rather than email, but it is not a hold and not a subscription. Cannot register, so 'the administrator grants it' is the one link in the chain not observed. Recorded as reported-by-the-project, not as delivered.","extras":{"shape":{"vcpu":null,"ram_gib":2,"disk_gib":10,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":null},"billing_model":"free","term":"indefinite while the shell account is active","m10h_usd":0,"m24h_usd":0,"price_arithmetic":"PLN 0.01 once, for identity verification; the container itself is PLN 0.00 with no recurring charge and no published rate to multiply","free_tier_kind":"free-forever-with-quota","network_out":{"allow_outbound":true,"allow_inbound_listen":true,"ports":"agreed ports forwarded from the host IPv4, plus a full public IPv6 per container","static_ip":true,"ipv6":true,"per_session_bytes":null},"session_cap":{"wall_clock_min":null,"idle_reap_s":null,"restart_required":false,"note":"no idle kill published for the container; the shell account carries an inactivity rule that is not quantified on the pages read"}}},"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":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":2,"unit":"GB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:volume-quota","num":2,"unit":"GB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[1].value","kind":"limit:write-gated","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[2].value","kind":"limit:retention-clamped","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[],"history":[],"drift":[]}