Going to do more testing over the weekend, but I might have found a ~$4/year VPS that can run #OpenBSD #FreeBSD or #NetBSD
- 512MB RAM
- 5GB SSD
- 1vCPU
Caveats: it’s NAT VPS, so TLS needs to terminate at their edge.
Check out stats hosted here: https://obsd.btxx.org/
You could also go even cheaper if you configured less RAM or storage!
Brad Taunt :openbsd: :netbsd:
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2026-08-07 17:57:03 UTC
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