Free, low-overhead Minecraft hosting.

JohnHost is a small independent host providing Minecraft servers at no cost — no payment model, no trial window, no hidden fees. Instances run on shared physical nodes in three regions.

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Free of charge
DDoS mitigation included
1 port per instance
Daily backups

JOHNHOST — STATUS IDLE

Network Operational

Protected DDoS mitigation

Capacity used 4 / 6 slots

Region headroom 4 regions

Node fleet

Hardware

Instances are provisioned on the fleet below. Node assignment depends on capacity available at application time.

Node specifications. Germany and India are currently at capacity.
Node	Region	Processor	Memory	Storage	Status
Wisconsin	US	i5-4570T / 2C 4T	8 GB DDR3	256 GB SATA SSD	Available
Tennessee	US	i5-4690S / 4C 4T	16 GB DDR3	256 GB SATA SSD	Available
Germany	EU	Ryzen 5 5600X / 6C 12T	24 GB DDR4	256 GB GEN4 NVMe	Out of stock
India	IN	Ryzen 7 9800X3D / 8C 16T	64 GB DDR5	256 GB GEN5 NVMe	Out of stock

Each server instance is allocated 1 core, 6 GB of RAM (more can be requested when available), 64 GB of storage, and 2 backups. These limits keep shared node resources fair for everyone — they are the same on every node regardless of the underlying hardware listed above.

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Capacity is intentionally limited and issued on a first-come, first-served basis as availability permits. Apply when slots are shown as available.

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No instances are currently available. Applications reopen when a slot frees up.