A real Linux box, and a domain to call your own.
Pick a name and get your own container on the network — a full Ubuntu environment you SSH into, plus a public site at <name>.4evr.sh. Run your IRC client in tmux, host a page, build a bot, learn the command line.
Modest by design. Enough to be genuinely useful.
Shells run on shared machines, so resources are fair-shared rather than guaranteed. Plenty for a client, a few scripts and some learning.
| What you get | Details |
|---|---|
| Access | SSH by public key as <you>@<you>.sh.ircforever.org · SFTP |
| Your container | A dedicated Incus container — Ubuntu 24.04, isolated, your own userland |
| Your domain | Pick a name — your site lives at <name>.4evr.sh |
| Web hosting | nginx, served over HTTPS at https://<name>.4evr.sh |
| Toolchain | Go · PHP · git · compilers · tmux & screen |
| IRC tooling | irssi · WeeChat · eggdrop, scaffolded with the mkbot helper |
| Resources | 512 MB+ RAM per container · fair-share disk |
| Uptime | Best-effort, provided as-is — keep your own backups |
Pick a starting point.
Always-on IRC, the DIY way
Run WeeChat or irssi inside tmux and you get bouncer-like persistence with full control: your config, your scripts, your logs. Detach, walk away, reattach later — it's all still there.
Request a shell in chat.
Each shell is a real container, so there's a light human check — one per person — and accounts go to real people who'll use them.
Ask in #IRCForever
Hop into #IRCForever and ask the ops for a shell — one per person.
Pick a name + key
Choose your name (your site becomes <name>.4evr.sh) and share your SSH public key.
SSH in
Once provisioned: ssh <you>@<you>.sh.ircforever.org — your container, ready to go.