Your personal sovereign mini-cloud
A Shard is your personal mini-cloud from Freeshard. A place for apps, data, and identity. No passwords, no sync, digital sovereignty without the tech stress.
Your Personal Cloud
Your Shard is your mini-cloud. Choose and install apps from our app store – secure, private, and accessible only to you.
Private Photo Management
All your photos and videos securely in one place. Automatically backed up from your phone and easily shared with friends and family – without Google or Apple.
Powerful, local image indexing and facial recognition directly on your Shard. Full control over your metadata.
Digital Document Archive
Stop searching. Simply scan documents with your phone. Automatic text recognition finds every invoice in seconds – perfect for tax season.
Professional document management with OCR. Searchable PDFs, automatic tagging rules, and workflow automation.
Secure Password Safe
Never remember a password again. All your logins are encrypted on your Shard and synced across all your devices. Generate strong, unique passwords with one click.
End-to-end encrypted password management. Strong password generation, biometric unlock, and your passwords are encrypted before they ever leave your device.
Digital Recipe Collection
Never forget an ingredient again. The shared shopping list syncs instantly. Import recipes from popular sites with one click.
Modern recipe management with native apps for iOS and Android. Smart parsing engine for imports and automatic ingredient scaling.
Personal Finance Cockpit
Keep full control over your income and expenses. Plan budgets and understand where your money goes.
Envelope budgeting system for realistic planning. Track multiple accounts, generate custom reports, and see your net worth at a glance.
Quick Notes & Ideas
Capture thoughts and ideas quickly and easily. Your personal digital notebook for everything important to you.
Lightweight note-taking service with Markdown support. Perfect for quick thoughts, code snippets, and to-do lists.
Own Audiobook Library
Manage and listen to your audiobooks and podcasts on all your devices. Your personal audiobook streaming service.
Self-hosted audiobook server with app support. Remembers progress across devices and supports podcasts.
Secure File Exchange
Your personal alternative to Dropbox. Access your files from anywhere and share them securely with friends and family.
Web-based file manager. Allows uploads, downloads, and sharing directly via the browser without client installation.
And much more...
The world of self-hosted applications is huge. We find and install the right solution for your individual needs.
Your Shard is based on Docker. We can deploy and maintain almost any containerized application for you.
Legal Notice: Freeshard is an independent hosting provider. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the project teams of Immich, Paperless-ngx, Vaultwarden, or other applications mentioned here. All trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners.
Your Benefits
Less friction, more control. Your Shard is your digital center.
Digital Sovereignty
Your data, your rules. No platform that reads along or ties you down.
One Identity Instead of Many
Your Shard is your access. No flood of passwords, no account silos.
No Friction
Backups, updates, and security run automatically in the background.
One Place, All Devices
Install apps once, use them everywhere. No sync, no export.
Files Belong to You
A real file system instead of app silos. Data stays with you.
Apps at No Extra Cost
All apps are free. You only pay for your Shard.
Price Calculator
Subscriptions are coming soon. The calculator below gives you a feel for what a Shard might cost.
Try Freeshard free for 24 hours →Our Recommendations
Basic
1 vCore, 2 GB RAM
Perfect for getting started. Ideal for securely managing your photos and documents.
Standard
2 vCores, 4 GB RAM
The all-rounder. Enough power to make your apps run smoothly and be fun.
Pro
4 vCores, 8 GB RAM
For families & heavy users. When multiple people access the Shard at the same time.
Premium
4 vCores, 16 GB RAM
For demanding workloads and multiple concurrent users.
Expert
8 vCores, 32 GB RAM
Maximum freedom. For large media collections and intensive use without compromise.
Mini-FAQ
Briefly answered. You can find everything else in the FAQ.
Is this SaaS?
Not in the traditional sense — it's closer to IaaS. Your data lives on a dedicated machine that only you control, not shared software running on someone else's infrastructure.
Who sees my data?
Nobody. We host your Shard but we don't access your data.
Are apps really free?
Yes. All apps are free, you only pay for your Shard.
Can I scale later?
Yes. Scaling is on the roadmap.
Our Mission
Digital sovereignty, clear and suitable for everyday use.
Why Freeshard
We wanted a digital home that doesn't depend on platforms. A Shard belongs to you and remains your center.
Digital sovereignty is a trend right now, for us it is the foundation. We make it practical: without tech stress and without data silos.
Transparency is part of it. Our code is Fair Source and your Shard remains portable if you want to take it with you.