# Tor-friendly free shells for a small onion-service backup?

**URL:** <https://community.start9.com/t/tor-friendly-free-shells-for-a-small-onion-service-backup/5818>\
**Category:** Discussion\
**Created:** [October 7, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/tor-friendly-free-shells-for-a-small-onion-service-backup/5818 "2026-10-07T00:09:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![novabak](https://community.start9.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@novabak](https://community.start9.com/u/novabak)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/tor-friendly-free-shells-for-a-small-onion-service-backup/5818/1 "2026-10-07T00:09:19Z")

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Hi! I’m into sovereign computing and Tor. I run a tiny static onion site (personal learning project, very low bandwidth) on a free shell box, and I’m looking for a second free (or very cheap) shell/pubnix provider that tolerates a small Tor hidden-service daemon (not a relay or exit) as a backup.

Which hosts are known to be Tor-friendly? Any to avoid? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Rexter](https://community.start9.com/user_avatar/community.start9.com/rexter/32/371_2.png) [@Rexter](https://community.start9.com/u/Rexter)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/tor-friendly-free-shells-for-a-small-onion-service-backup/5818/2 "2026-10-07T12:56:27Z")

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Are you running StartOS on this free shellbox? I’m curious as to where you found a free VPS, and what the specs, and conditions are?