Private self-hosting · No KYC

Self-host your own private cloud — no KYC

A private cloud VPS with no KYC is a plain Linux server you fully control, rented without an identity check and paid in Monero. Run your own mail, your own password vault, your own file cloud — on hardware the hosting company can't tie to your name. You don't exist. We don't ask.

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Full control of the box
0 ID·
No verification step
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Paid privately
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IPv4 + IPv6 included
Why self-host at all

Your data, your metal, your rules

Self-hosting means moving the services you rely on — email, files, passwords, notes — off someone else's cloud and onto a server you administer. A private self-hosting VPS gives you the raw machine to do it: full root, a real public IP, and no vendor reading your data to fund an ad business.

Most guides stop there, but they skip a detail that matters for privacy people. When you self-host on a mainstream provider, you hand that provider your name, your card, and a billing address. Your data is off the ad-tech cloud, yet the box holding it is still stapled to your legal identity. That is a strange place to store your mail spool and your password vault.

HushVPS closes that gap. The server is anonymous at the hosting layer — no KYC, no card, Monero on the invoice — so the machine running your private cloud isn't linked back to you through a payment record. You get privacy on both ends of the stack: the software you control, and the host that can't identify you. If you want the wider tour first, start with our anonymous VPS overview; this page is specifically about what self-hosters put on the box.

The self-hosting stack

What people actually run on a private VPS

Four common workloads, one anonymous box. Each replaces a service that would otherwise read your data — and each is more private when the host beneath it doesn't know your name.

Your own mail server

Run a full mail stack — Mailcow, Mail-in-a-Box, or a hand-rolled Postfix and Dovecot setup — and stop routing your correspondence through a provider that scans it. Full root plus IPv4 and IPv6 give you everything the software needs. The one thing that makes or breaks delivery is IP reputation: a fresh, clean IP with no spam history lets your SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and reverse DNS records earn trust instead of fighting a blocklist. Ask us for a clean allocation, and read our walkthrough on running self-hosted email on a clean IP before you send the first message.

Your own password manager

Vaultwarden is a lightweight, Bitwarden-compatible server that runs comfortably on the smallest plan and keeps your vault on hardware you own. Your most sensitive data — every login you have — lives on a box you administer rather than a company's cluster. On an anonymous host, that vault isn't tied to your identity at the hosting layer either. Keep it patched, turn on backups, and put it behind a reverse proxy or VPN. Our guide to self-hosting Bitwarden on an anonymous VPS covers hardening it properly.

A private file cloud

Sync calendars, contacts, and files across your devices without a third party in the middle. A private cloud — Nextcloud is the usual pick — turns the VPS into your personal replacement for the mainstream file-sync services, with the storage sitting on NVMe you rent anonymously. Pick a plan with the disk you need and scale up as your library grows; nothing about the storage touches your legal name.

A drop box for journalists

SecureDrop and similar tip-line setups let sources reach reporters without exposing either side. Hosting that submission system on a server with no identity trail back to a newsroom or a byline is not a nice-to-have — it's the threat model. An anonymous, Monero-paid VPS is a natural fit for a drop box, an onion research host, or any scratch server that must not be linkable to the person running it.

Want a secure tunnel into any of these instead of exposing them to the open internet? Pair the box with our no-logs WireGuard VPS setup and reach your services over an encrypted link.

The extra layer

Why anonymity under the stack matters

Self-hosting is a privacy win on its own. Doing it on an anonymous host is a second, independent layer — and layers are the whole idea.

Think about what a mainstream provider knows when you self-host with them. Even if they never read a byte of your Nextcloud, their billing system still records the name on the card, the address it belongs to, and every renewal. That record is exactly what a data breach exposes, a subpoena compels, and a data broker would love to buy. The privacy of your self-hosted software is only as strong as the identity trail sitting underneath it.

Removing that trail is the point of a no-KYC, Monero-only host. There is no name to leak, no card to correlate, and no address to hand over — because none of it was ever collected. Your mail spool and your password vault live on a machine that the hosting company genuinely cannot connect to you. That is defence in depth: even if the software layer had a bad day, the hosting layer holds nothing that identifies you. If keeping the network quiet as well as the billing is your concern, the no-logs VPS page goes deeper on retention.

Choose a ghost

Private self-hosting plans, paid in Monero

Every plan is the same anonymous, no-KYC, Monero-only deal with full root and IPv4 + IPv6. Pick by how much you're hosting — a single vault, a full mail-and-cloud stack, or a household of services.

Phantom
$14/mo

Perfect for one small service — a Vaultwarden vault, a personal site, or a lightweight private endpoint.

  • 1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM
  • 30 GB NVMe storage
  • 2 TB bandwidth
  • Full root · IPv4 + IPv6
Spectre
Most popular
$34/mo

The self-hosting sweet spot — room for a mail server or a private cloud with real files and users.

  • 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM
  • 80 GB NVMe storage
  • 4 TB bandwidth
  • Full root · IPv4 + IPv6
Wraith
$64/mo

For several services at once — mail, cloud, and a vault sharing one hardened host with headroom to spare.

  • 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM
  • 160 GB NVMe storage
  • 8 TB bandwidth
  • Full root · IPv4 + IPv6
Revenant
$119/mo

Our biggest ghost — a whole self-hosted platform, dense containers, or storage-heavy cloud for many users.

  • 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM
  • 320 GB NVMe storage
  • 16 TB bandwidth
  • Full root · IPv4 + IPv6

Prices are shown in USD and charged in Monero at the rate locked on your invoice. Compare billing cycles and specs on the full pricing page.

Why HushVPS

A host built for the self-hoster's threat model

The features that matter when the box holds your mail, your files, and your passwords — not marketing, just what the workload needs.

Full root, no interference

It's your server. Install any package, open any port your AUP-legal service needs, run Docker or bare-metal daemons, and rebuild from scratch whenever you like. We provision the machine and stay out of the operating system.

Clean IPs for mail

Self-hosted email lives or dies on IP reputation. We can allocate a clean IP with no prior spam history so your fresh mail server starts trusted, not fighting to climb off a blocklist. Ask before you deploy.

No identity beneath the stack

No KYC, no card, Monero on the invoice. The machine storing your vault and your files isn't tied to your legal name at the hosting layer, so a billing record can never link the box back to you.

Privacy, within the rules

Everything a normal self-hoster runs is welcome. Our acceptable-use policy still forbids CSAM, malware, spam, and network attacks. Anonymity removes needless data collection — it doesn't suspend the law.

Straight answers

Private self-hosting VPS FAQ

What is a private self-hosting VPS?
It's a plain Linux server, with full root, that you use to run your own services instead of a big provider's. On HushVPS that server is also anonymous: there's no identity check, no card, and Monero settles the invoice. So you self-host mail, a password vault, or a private cloud, and the hosting company beneath it never learns who you are.
Can I run my own mail server on it?
Yes. You get full root and both IPv4 and IPv6, which is what a stack like Mailcow or Mail-in-a-Box needs. The one thing that decides delivery is IP reputation, so ask us for a clean IP with no prior spam history before you set up SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and reverse DNS. Our guide on self-hosted email on a clean IP covers the whole flow.
Is self-hosting Bitwarden or Vaultwarden a good idea?
For many people, yes. Vaultwarden is a lightweight, Bitwarden-compatible server that runs comfortably on the smallest plan and keeps your vault on hardware you control. On an anonymous host, the machine holding your most sensitive data isn't tied to your identity at the hosting layer. Keep it patched, enable backups, and follow our Bitwarden hardening guide.
Why host these on an anonymous VPS instead of a normal one?
Self-hosting already moves your data off a surveillance-funded cloud. An anonymous host closes the last gap: the provider running the metal doesn't hold your name, card, or address, so the server storing your mail and passwords can't be linked back to you through a billing record. Privacy on both ends of the stack, not just the software.
Which plan should a self-hoster pick?
A single service like Vaultwarden or a small WireGuard endpoint is happy on Phantom. Spectre is the usual choice once you add a mail server or a private cloud with real files. Wraith and Revenant are for stacks running several services at once, heavier storage, or a household of users. Start small and move up — the no-KYC deal never changes.
Do you place any limits on what I self-host?
You have full root to run whatever legitimate service you like — mail, cloud, vault, VPN, a personal site. Our acceptable-use policy still applies: no CSAM, malware, spam, or network attacks such as DDoS. Privacy is the point; lawlessness is not. Everything a normal self-hoster wants to run is squarely within the rules.
Deploy a ghost

Your mail, your cloud, your vault — off the grid

Spin up a private server in Monero and self-host on hardware nobody can tie to your name, or read how the rest of the anonymity holds together first.