1984 Hosting
Icelandic hosting for projects that care about privacy, speech, and independent infrastructure.
What Makes It FOSS-Friendly
1984 Hosting is an Icelandic provider with a long-running privacy and civil-liberties posture. It is not a generic hyperscale cloud; it is a smaller operator aimed at people who care about jurisdiction, transparency, and practical control.
For FOSS projects, the appeal is straightforward: Linux-first infrastructure, root access, and a provider culture that understands why open infrastructure and privacy-preserving defaults matter.
Iceland is often chosen by journalists, civil society groups, and privacy-conscious projects because its legal culture is comparatively speech- and privacy-friendly.
Best Fit
1984 is strongest when values matter as much as raw benchmark numbers. It suits public-interest websites, small FOSS services, static publishing, VPN gateways, and projects that want a provider outside the largest US/EU cloud platforms.
- Privacy-conscious publishing
- Small community services
- EU-adjacent data residency
- Projects that value human support over cloud features
Caveats
Expect a smaller product surface than a hyperscale provider. You are choosing jurisdiction and operator values, not managed databases, global edge networks, or one-click enterprise integrations. Bring your own deployment, monitoring, and backup practices.
Pricing Tiers
Web Hosting
~€5/moShared hosting, cPanel-like, email included
Best for: Static sites, small blogs, email hosting
VPS Small
~€10/mo1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB SSD
Best for: Personal services, VPN, lightweight apps
VPS Medium
~€20/mo2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD
Best for: Web apps, Docker, team tools
Verdict
Recommended if…
You value privacy jurisdiction above raw performance, run public-interest or civil society projects, want independent European hosting outside the largest cloud platforms, or need Icelandic data protection.
Avoid if…
You need the cheapest possible compute, require global CDN/edge infrastructure, want managed databases and load balancers, or operate latency-sensitive global services.