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blinkenshell.org · Compute, Storage · 2 records · JSON

Blinkenshell Computefails: identityany-phoneno cardphoneDwrite-gated
blinkenshell / sdf / free shell accounts (the 'tilde' route) Storagefails: quotaemail?card?R

Blinkenshell Compute

fails: identityany-phoneno cardphoneDwrite-gated

blinkenshell.org/docs/signup-process/ · shared shell · compute/blinkenshell · JSON · compare

Free tier	100 MB disk quota, 128 MB memory limit, SSH and SFTP, detached screen or tmux; listening on a custom TCP or UDP port is a supporter-only feature unit MB; metered on stored-bytes; the free column of the account table marks 'Listen TCP/UDP port (custom server)' blank and supporter-only
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not applicable
Retention	no expiry is published for an active account; the signup process warns that you are expected to visit the IRC channel once in a while after you get your account
Egress	not published on the pages read
Identity	any-phone five steps, and step five is 'IRL Verification. Enter your personal cell/mobile phone number to receive an SMS with a verification code.' Before that: email verification, a 20-question quiz, an IRC NickServ registration, and two existing users must vouch for you, which cannot happen within one hour of creating the signup account. No card.
Limits	volume-quota 100 MB disk quota on the free account source request-rate 128 MB memory limit per free account source write-gated listening on a TCP or UDP port requires a supporter account from EUR 3 a month source the port-22 assumption is what hid this class: the host answers on 2222
Binding	write-gated the port allowance is the feature that would make it a machine, and it is behind the paid tier; the disk quota is secondary.
Interface	rest, cli SSH on port 2222
Tooling	SSH, screen or tmux, 2 background processes
Composes with	a screen host with no inbound port and a 128 MB memory ceiling
Reliability	no reliability event recorded
Notes	The cleanest rejection: a mobile number and two human vouches, for 100 MB. A supporter account at EUR 3 a month skips the queue but still requires the SMS step, per the same page.
Evidence rung	documented all five steps and the account table are quoted from Blinkenshell's own pages read today.
Checked	2026-10-25 (live); stale on 2026-11-24
Parsed numbers	`$.extras.m10h_usd` price USD0.0 / month `$.extras.m24h_usd` price USD0.0 / month `$.limits[0].value` limit:volume-quota 100.0 MB `$.limits[1].value` limit:request-rate 128.0 MB

Evidence (5)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-22	probe:blinkenshell.org:2222	TCP connect to port 2222 timed out at 16.4 s and again at 30 s from this host, so reachability is not established from here
2026-10-06	blinkenshell.org/docs/resource-limits/	the Free column caps memory at 128 MB, processes at 100, SSH sessions at 6 and background processes at 2
2026-10-24	blinkenshell.org/docs/signup-process/	quoted: '5. IRL Verification. Enter your personal cell/mobile phone number to receive an SMS with a verification code.'
2026-10-24	blinkenshell.org/docs/signup-process/	quoted: '4. Get two registered users to vouch (approve) you.' and 'It will take atleast 1 hour before your free account can be activated.'
2026-10-24	blinkenshell.org/	quoted: 'Disk Quota 100 MB', 'Memory limit 128 MB', and 'Listen TCP/UDP port (custom server)' checked only in the Supporter column

More fields (15)

{
 "shape": {
  "vcpu": null,
  "ram_gib": null,
  "disk_gib": 100,
  "gpu_class": null,
  "gpu_count": null
 },
 "billing_model": "free",
 "granularity": {
  "min_billed_s": null,
  "rounding_s": null
 },
 "session_cap": {
  "wall_clock_min": null,
  "idle_reap_s": null,
  "restart_required": false,
  "note": "no session cap published; detach with screen or tmux is allowed"
 },
 "keep_rate": {
  "value": 0.0,
  "basis": "a free account costs nothing",
  "source": "https://blinkenshell.org/"
 },
 "persistent_storage": {
  "included_gib": null,
  "price_gib_month": "not offered",
  "durability": "home directory",
  "survives_stop": true,
  "survives_destroy": false,
  "max_retention": "while active"
 },
 "network_out": {
  "allow_outbound": true,
  "allow_inbound_listen": false,
  "ports": "supporter only",
  "static_ip": null,
  "ipv6": true,
  "per_session_bytes": null
 },
 "free_tier_kind": "always-free",
 "m10h_usd": 0.0,
 "m24h_usd": 0.0,
 "probe_result": "port 2222 timed out twice",
 "census_rows": [
  "blinkenshell"
 ],
 "shape_note": "100 MB and a 128 MB memory limit, both in the vendor's MB",
 "term": "indefinite while active",
 "price_arithmetic": "no charge for the free account; supporter is from EUR 3 a month"
}

Unknown or withheld values (3)

$.egress.metered egress-unknown
$.per_object_cap.stated not-applicable
$.reliability_note none-observed

blinkenshell / sdf / free shell accounts (the 'tilde' route) Storage

fails: quotaemail?card?R

blinkenshell.org/ · rejected-provider · storage/blinkenshell-sdf-free-shell-accounts · JSON · compare

Free tier	Free SSH shell accounts exist and are charming, but the disk is 100 MB (Blinkenshell 'Disk Quota 100 MB', x4 on Supporter at EUR 3/mo). SDF's MetaARPA tier gives '20GB OS images' but require unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not recorded
Retention	not recorded
Egress	not recorded
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Binding	none no constraint of a named kind was recorded; the verdict rests on the quota sentence rather than on a named limit
Interface	unknown
Tooling	not recorded
Composes with	not recorded
Reliability	Free SSH shell accounts exist and are charming, but the disk is 100 MB (Blinkenshell 'Disk Quota 100 MB', x4 on Supporter at EUR 3/mo). SDF's MetaARPA tier gives '20GB OS images' but require
Notes	Free SSH shell accounts exist and are charming, but the disk is 100 MB (Blinkenshell 'Disk Quota 100 MB', x4 on Supporter at EUR 3/mo). SDF's MetaARPA tier gives '20GB OS images' but require
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (2)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	blinkenshell.org/	Free SSH shell accounts exist and are charming, but the disk is 100 MB (Blinkenshell 'Disk Quota 100 MB', x4 on Supporter at EUR 3/mo). SDF's MetaARPA tier gives '20GB OS images' but require
2026-10-21	sdf.org/?join	cited as the basis of the rejection: Free SSH shell accounts exist and are charming, but the disk is 100 MB (Blinkenshell 'Disk Quota 100 MB', x4 on Supporter at EUR 3/mo). SDF's MetaARPA tier gives '20GB OS images' but require

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "Free SSH shell accounts exist and are charming, but the disk is 100 MB (Blinkenshell 'Disk Quota 100 MB', x4 on Supporter at EUR 3/mo). SDF's MetaARPA tier gives '20GB OS images' but require",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (15)

$.chaining not-recorded
$.confidence_note withheld
$.egress.terms not-recorded
$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.identity_cost.detail defaulted
$.identity_cost.kind identity-defaulted
$.interface interface-unknown
$.interface_detail withheld
$.limits_note process
$.per_object_cap.notes not-recorded
$.per_object_cap.stated not-recorded
$.retention.notes process
$.retention.stated not-recorded
$.tooling not-recorded