Linux boxes via SSH: suspended when disconected
created: Jan. 15, 2026, 8:20 p.m. | updated: Jan. 16, 2026, 12:34 a.m.
███████ ██ ██ ███████ ██ ██ ██████ ██████ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ███████ ███████ █████ ██ ██ ██████ ██ ██ ███ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ███████ ██ ██ ███████ ███████ ███████ ██████ ██████ ██ ██$ ssh shellbox.devLightweight instances: 2 vCPUs, 4GB RAM, 50GB SSDPure SSH access: no special clients or browser plugins requiredPersistent state: boxes pause on disconnect and resume where you left offUsage-based billing: $0.05/hr while running, $0.005/hr while stoppedAutomatic cost control: boxes stop when balance falls below $5HTTPS endpoints: every box gets a public URL with automatic TLSFull SSH support including port forwarding and scpPrepaid balance with refunds available for unused funds$ ssh shellbox.dev create dev1Creating box...
Box 'dev1' created successfully URL: https://dev1-a1b2c3d4.shellbox.dev Connect with: ssh -t shellbox.dev connect dev1$ ssh -t shellbox.dev connect dev1Starting box...
root@dev1:~# _$ ssh shellbox.dev listNAME STATE URL ----------------------------------------------------------------- dev1 running https://dev1-a1b2c3d4.shellbox.dev myapp stopped https://myapp-a1b2c3d4.shellbox.dev$ ssh shellbox.dev billingAccount Balance ============================== Funds added: $30.00 Funds refunded: $10.00 Usage costs: $1.50 ------------------------------ Current balance: $18.50 Remaining hours at current rates: Running boxes: ~370 hours Idle boxes: ~3700 hours$ ssh shellbox.dev funds 10Add $10.00 to your account ======================================== █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀███▀████▀█▀▀▀██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █▀▀▀█ █ ▄▄██▄ ▄▄ ▄▀ █ █▀▀▀█ █ █ █ █ █▀ ▀█ ██ ▄▀▀███ █ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀ █ █ █ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▀█ ▀▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀█▀██▀▀▄█▄ ▀█ ██▄▄▄██▀▀▀█▀▀██ █▄▄ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▄█ ▄▄█ ▄▀ █ ██ ▀▀▄█ ██ ▄█▀▀▀▄ ▄ ▄ █▄█▀▄▀▀▀▀▄▄▀▄ ▀█ █▄ █▀▄▀▀█ ▀ █▀▀▄▀ ▀▄▀ █▄█▀▀▀▀█ ██▀▀ ▀ ▄█▀▄▀ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▀▄▀█▄█ ██ █▀▄▀▄▀█▀▄██▄▀ █▀█▄█▄█▀▀ █▄█▀ █ █▀██▀█ ▀█ █▄▀▀ █▄█▄▀▀ ▀▀█▀▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ ▄█▄▀██ ▀▄ █▀█ █▄ ▄█ █ █▀▀▀█ ██▀▄█▀▄██▄▀▄█ ▀▀▀ ▄▄█▄█ █ █ █ █▄▄ ▄ █▄██▀▀ █▀▄█ ▄▀█ █ ▀▀▀▀▀ █ ██▀ ▀ ▀█ ██▀ ██ ██ ███████████████████████████████ https://pay.paddle.com/... Scan QR code or visit URL to complete payment.
Your account will be credited automatically.
$ ssh shellbox.dev helpCommand Description create <name> Create a new box list List your boxes with status and URLs connect <name> Connect to a box (use ssh -t) delete <name> Permanently remove a box billing Show balance and usage funds <amount> Add funds to your account refund <amount> Refund unused balance payments Show payment history$ # file transfer:$ scp -O file.txt shellbox.dev:dev1:/root/
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