{"rid":"compute/shellter-me","card":{"rid":"compute/shellter-me","eid":"shellter","topic":"compute","slug":"shellter-me","provider":"shellter.me","url":"https://shellter.me/rules","domain":"shellter.me","category":"cloud VM","tier":"free pubnix account","verdict":"qualifies","vorder":0,"grp":"usable","confidence":"documented","binding":"volume-quota","identity_kind":"email","identity_basis":"stated","needs_card":0,"needs_phone":0,"needs_id":0,"needs_institution":0,"country":null,"crypto":null,"interfaces":"ssh","egress_metered":null,"per_object_bytes":null,"retention_days":90,"verified_at":"2026-10-24T06:07:00.000Z","verified_basis":"live","checked_on":"2026-10-25","stale_on":"2026-11-20","n_evidence":20,"usd_month":null,"usd_per_tb_month":null,"summary":"Quoted: 'A free bash account on a shared FreeBSD host. 150 MB of ZFS home, three dedicated IPv6 addresses with reverse DNS you control, a 50-port TCP slot on...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":2},"record":{"topic":"compute","slug":"shellter-me","provider":"shellter.me","url":"https://shellter.me/rules","category":"cloud VM","free_tier":{"stated":"Quoted: 'A free bash account on a shared FreeBSD host. 150 MB of ZFS home, three dedicated IPv6 addresses with reverse DNS you control, a 50-port TCP slot on the host IPv4 for inbound services.' And: 'There is no paid tier, no SLA, no uptime guarantee.'","unit":"MB","metered_on":"stored-bytes","source_url":"https://shellter.me/rules","read_on":"2026-10-24","notes":"the vendor writes 150 MB; kept as stated. The LowEndTalk announcement thread of 2026-05-21 states 60 MB, so the figure was raised between the announcement and the rules page, whose footer reads 'Last updated: 2026-05-24'"},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable: the unit is a ZFS home dataset, not an object"},"retention":{"stated":"Quoted: 'We'll mail you a warning at 75 days of no SSH or dashboard login. At 90 days, the account is archived (home dataset snapshotted to /var/archive/users, account locked). ... we keep archives at least a year before pruning.'","days":90,"source_url":"https://shellter.me/rules","notes":"archival, not deletion, at 90 days, with the dataset snapshotted and kept at least a year; the data is recoverable by asking, which is unusually generous for a free shell"},"egress":{"terms":"not stated as a volume: the rules page sets 'no SMTP egress, no scanning, no abuse' and a default-deny pf egress with HTTP/HTTPS pass-through, and the fair-use section says 'Free, not infinite'. No traffic figure is published.","metered":false,"free_allowance":"unstated","source_url":"https://shellter.me/rules"},"interface":["ssh"],"interface_detail":"inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed","tooling":"not stated","chaining":"A shell with three IPv6 addresses and self-service reverse DNS composes with a free IPv6-to-IPv4 proxy, and it holds a long-running session in tmux across disconnects, which is what a shell buys over a job.","limits":[{"kind":"volume-quota","value":"150 MB ZFS dataset with lz4 compression and refquota enforced","source":"https://shellter.me/rules"},{"kind":"retention-clamped","value":"warning at 75 days without an SSH or dashboard login; archive and lock at 90 days","source":"https://shellter.me/rules"},{"kind":"per-ip-shaping","value":"inbound IPv4 is a 50-port slot, 30000-30049, shared on the host address; IPv6 is 'any port' on three dedicated addresses","source":"https://shellter.me/"},{"kind":"write-gated","value":"an admin reads the request on IRC and types '!accept'; there is no autoaccept bot","source":"https://shellter.me/signup"}],"limits_note":"An automated anti-abuse flag suspends the account and kills live sessions with no warning and no published threshold, and the appeal route is a conversation on IRCnet, so an unattended background process is the fastest way to lose the account.","binding":"volume-quota","binding_note":"150 MB is the first thing that fails: it holds dotfiles, configs and small logs, and the operator says so plainly, so no workload that stores data fits here at all","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"No card and no hold: the site states 'No card, no autoaccept bot.' Signup asks for a username, an optional SSH public key, and email confirmation, or a GitHub sign-in. Then a human admin on IRCnet types '!accept'. No phone and no document.","country":null},"reliability_note":"a disclosed incident on 2026-05-21: shelluser email addresses were exposed in the world-readable FreeBSD GECOS field, fixed the same day and disclosed in the vendor's own LowEndTalk thread; the operator also records that no SLA and no uptime guarantee exist","confidence":"documented","evidence":[{"url":"https://shellter.me/rules","date":"2026-05-24","proved":"quoted: 'We can suspend or terminate any account at any time, with or without notice, with or without prior warning'; instant suspension with no warning for 'deliberate attacks on the host or other users, signup-evasion after a previous suspension'"},{"url":"https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/217500/free-shellter-me-freebsd-pubnix-bash-60mb-zfs-3-ipv6-self-service-revdns/p3","date":"2026-05-24","proved":"a user's account suspended with sessions terminated and logins blocked, then attributed by the operator to 'our automatic anti abuse system'"},{"url":"https://shellter.me/rules","date":"2026-05-24","proved":"quoted inactivity terms: warning at 75 days without login, archive and lock at 90 days, archives kept at least a year"},{"url":"https://shellter.me/about","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"quoted: 'Two people, no company ... There is no paid tier, no upsell, no affiliate link, no investor.'"},{"url":"https://shellter.me/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'A bash account, 150 MB of ZFS, and three dedicated IPv6 addresses - each with reverse DNS you set yourself' and 'ssh on port 2222', quoted; probe 200, 55393 bytes, sha256 bef1adbbd013121bcc5713aae206a1b5af410e7b24ed4e06362744eb8f74aa5e"},{"url":"https://shellter.me/rules","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'150 MB of ZFS home, three dedicated IPv6 addresses with reverse DNS you control, a 50-port TCP slot on the host IPv4 for inbound services... There is no paid tier, no SLA, no uptime guarantee', quoted; page last updated 2026-05-24"},{"url":"https://shellter.me/rules","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the reaper is published: 'We'll mail you a warning at 75 days of no SSH or dashboard login. At 90 days, the account is archived (home dataset snapshotted to /var/archive/users, account locked)... we keep archives at least a year before pruning', quoted"},{"url":"https://shellter.me/signup","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'Pick a username + drop an SSH key (optional). Confirm your email or sign in with GitHub. An admin reviews on IRC - once accepted, we mail you the shell password', quoted"},{"url":"https://shellter.me/about","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'shellter.me is a free, non-commercial pubnix shell host run by two people in their spare time... There is no paid tier, no upsell, no affiliate link, no investor', quoted"},{"url":"https://shellter.me/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'Free by design. A bash account, 150 MB of ZFS, and three dedicated IPv6 addresses'; 'FreeBSD ssh on port 2222'; 'No card, no autoaccept bot'; signup is 'Pick a username and confirm your email - or sign in with GitHub. Your request lands on IRC, an admin reads it and runs !accept', quoted"},{"url":"https://shellter.me/rules","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'a free bash account on a shared FreeBSD host. 150 MB of ZFS home, three dedicated IPv6 addresses with reverse DNS you control, a 50-port TCP slot on the host IPv4 for inbound services'; 'There is no paid tier, no SLA, no uptime guarantee'; 'No commercial use', quoted"},{"url":"https://shellter.me/rules","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: '150 MB of ZFS home, three dedicated IPv6 addresses with reverse DNS you control, a 50-port TCP slot on the host IPv4 for inbound services'"},{"url":"https://shellter.me/rules","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'We'll mail you a warning at 75 days of no SSH or dashboard login. At 90 days, the account is archived (home dataset snapshotted to /var/archive/users, account locked).'"},{"url":"https://shellter.me/","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'Your inbound TCP+UDP/v4 slot: 193.200.238.186 ports 30000-30049', 'Your IPv6 addresses (any port — bind to one of these): 2a03:94e0:257e:1::1 / ::2 / ::3', 'Quota: 150M', 'ssh on port 2222'"},{"url":"https://shellter.me/signup","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'Pick a username + drop an SSH key (optional). Confirm your email or sign in with GitHub. An admin reviews on IRC — once accepted, we mail you the shell password.'"},{"url":"https://shellter.me/about","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'shellter.me is a free, non-commercial pubnix shell host run by two people in their spare time' and the named operators 'Jerzy Dąbrowski' (kofany on IRCnet, elusiVeRPG on LET) and 'Dominik Juźwikowski' (yooz on IRCnet); 'One small FreeBSD VPS leased from Gigahost in Norway'"},{"url":"https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/217500/free-shellter-me-freebsd-pubnix-bash-60mb-zfs-3-ipv6-self-service-revdns","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"the vendor's own announcement, 2026-05-21: '60 MB ZFS dataset (lz4 compressed, refquota enforced)' and 'Inbound TCP/v4 slot (50 ports per user)'; the thread also carries the operator's disclosure that registration emails had been written into the world-readable GECOS field, 'Fixed as of today'"},{"url":"https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/217500/free-shellter-me-freebsd-pubnix-bash-60mb-zfs-3-ipv6-self-service-revdns/p2","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"the operator @elusiVeRPG answering on 2026-05-22: 'Yes, ssh jumphost is a legit use — for now we only allow it over IPv6. I will consider later on if it will be available also for ipv4, for now is blocked by pf rule.'"},{"url":"https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/217500/free-shellter-me-freebsd-pubnix-bash-60mb-zfs-3-ipv6-self-service-revdns/p2","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"a user reporting after signup, 2026-05: 'I played with the shell just a little and everything is very fast and cool' — evidence the IRC admin gate does clear and the shell is usable, from a third party"},{"url":"https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/217500/free-shellter-me-freebsd-pubnix-bash-60mb-zfs-3-ipv6-self-service-revdns/p2","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"the operator on enforcement: 'We have suspended first and purged 6 accounts today. Those were poking around host infrastructure, penetration tryouts, proxy endpoint for big proxy relays, hiveproxy ... and website pretending to be EB Games waiting page' — the host does purge accounts it judges abusive"}],"verdict":"qualifies","verified_at":"2026-10-24T06:07:00.000Z","notes":"Not in dossier/compute before this record. The announcement thread and the live site disagree on storage: 60 MB in the 2026-05-21 LET post, 150 MB on the rules page last updated 2026-05-24. The live page is the one a new applicant is provisioned from, so the record uses 150 MB and writes the disagreement down. What could not be established: the traffic allowance, and whether the IRC admin gate is answered promptly (the thread shows signups accepted the day after the announcement, so the gate does clear). The 90-day clock resets on a dashboard login as well as SSH, which makes it cheaper to hold than serv00's SSH-only clock.","extras":{"wave2":{"class":"enforcement","free_tier_kind":"perpetual-hobby","shape":{"disk_mib":150}},"shape":{"vcpu":null,"ram_gib":null,"disk_gib":null,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":null},"billing_model":"free","term":"perpetual","m10h_usd":0,"m24h_usd":0,"price_arithmetic":"no price: no paid tier exists and no payment method is collected","free_tier_kind":"perpetual","network_out":{"allow_outbound":true,"allow_inbound_listen":true,"ports":"30000-30049 TCP+UDP on 193.200.238.186, plus any port on three dedicated IPv6 addresses","static_ip":true,"ipv6":true,"per_session_bytes":null},"session_cap":{"wall_clock_min":null,"idle_reap_s":null,"restart_required":false,"note":"none; tmux, screen and mosh are provided and 'sessions outlive the wifi'"},"storage_discrepancy":"60 MB in the 2026-05-21 announcement, 150 MB on the live rules page updated 2026-05-24","disclosed_incident":"2026-05-21: registration emails were readable in the FreeBSD GECOS field; wiped the same day, pipeline fixed, disclosure published by the operator in its own thread","inbound_slot_note":"the operator answered a question about using the account as an SSH jumpbox: 'Yes, ssh jumphost is a legit use — for now we only allow it over IPv6. I will consider later on if it will be available also for ipv4, for now is blocked by pf rule.' That is about outbound jump-hosting; the 50-port inbound slot on 193.200.238.186 is a separate, stated feature."},"tier":"free pubnix account","confidence_note":"quota, port slot, IPv6 allocation, retention clock and the signup gate are all quoted from first-party pages read today; nothing was measured and no account was created"},"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":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":150,"unit":"MB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:volume-quota","num":150,"unit":"MB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[1].value","kind":"limit:retention-clamped","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[2].value","kind":"limit:per-ip-shaping","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[3].value","kind":"limit:write-gated","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[["$.egress.metered","egress-unknown"],["$.tooling","not-stated"]],"history":[],"drift":[]}