Invite-only Unix shell accounts

ShadowShells is a real Unix shell hosting service: SSH accounts on a properly maintained box, invite-only. Most people here run IRC bots, bouncers, or just want a shell that isn't going anywhere. No unlimited-everything nonsense — resource plans, like it used to be done.

ShadowShells - invite-only unix shells, eggdrop and bouncer hosting, shell.shadowsquad.org

What you get

  • Real shell access over SSH, not a walled-off web terminal
  • eggdrop, ZNC, psyBNC, shroudBNC and EnergyMech — one command builds any of them into your home directory
  • Classic tools: irssi, ZNC, mutt, alpine, lynx, w3m, links2, newsboat, screen, tmux, build-essential, tcl-dev, vim, nano
  • Build helpers that handle the fiddly parts: ss-build-znc, ss-build-eggdrop, ss-build-psybnc, ss-build-sbnc, ss-build-energymech
  • Optional small website and database on Standard and Power plans
  • Incoming ports assigned by the system from the control panel — you don't pick the number
  • Resource limits scoped to your plan: foreground and background process caps, memory, disk, bot slots, port slots

Requirements

  • An invite from an existing user — there is no open signup
  • Willingness to actually read /rules before you start
  • Bots and bouncers behave on other networks too, not just this one
  • No waitlist. Invite or nothing.

Getting an account

There is no signup form. Find someone who already has a ShadowShells account and ask them to vouch for you. They generate an invite from their control panel. The link is single-use — once it's redeemed, it's dead.

Server

Host
shell.shadowsquad.org
Access
SSH (key or password)
Web panel
/dashboard
Plans
Newbie / Basic / Standard / Power