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We're a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization powered by a community of hobbyists that offer full-featured web hosting services for free.



  • We won't try to upsell you to any paid plans but if you appreciate our service we encourage you to make a tax deductible donation.
  • We own our own hardware, which we operate out of a professional datacenter in Silicon Valley. Having full-stack access enables us to offer features like unmetered bandwidth and unlimited inodes.
  • We're supported by an active community of volunteers who you can find on our support forums, in our Discord server, and even via telephone.
  • We've been offering free web hosting services to the community for over 19 years.
Our service is not free to run, and in fact in the last year we lost money. Please help support our mission of providing full-featured web hosting for free by donating today.

News

Tommy Tantrum
Last night Tommy threw a little tantrum because Morty is getting all the attention lately. It's ok, Tommy. We still love you. First the main Tommy IP address stopped routing correctly, then when that was fixed Apache and Nginx broke, and then while we were repairing that MariaDB started having issues as well. Everything should be more or less working now, but there may be a few things you need to do to get your website back online. Know... Read more
Morty Beta
Morty is finally ready, and we will begin moving the first beta testers over starting in a few minutes. If you're on the list of beta testers from our previous fundraiser you will receive an email when your account move starts. We will make a second announcement when Morty is available for existing users to move their Johnny or Tommy account to Morty which should be in a week or two. Then we'll make a third announcement when new users can si... Read more
Node 23 Support
We have added support for Node 23.1.0 to Johnny, Tommy, and Morty. Keep in mind that Node.js uses massive amounts of memory so if you decide to test it out make sure you keep an eye on your load graph at https://heliohost.org/dashboard/load/ All users on Johnny and Tommy are limited to 100 GB memory per day, and if you go over the limit your account will be suspended. On Morty if you go over 100 GB you will have to pay more for your excess l... Read more

Scripting Languages

  • We offer professional-level PHP 5, PHP 7, and PHP 8 hosting with safe-mode disabled. Installed libraries include cURL, GD, Sockets, XML RPC, and many more.

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  • We offer multiple versions of Node.js on all of our plans. As an asynchronous event-driven JavaScript runtime, Node.js is designed to build scalable network applications.

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  • We are one of the very few free webhosts in the world to offer .NET scripting with our free hosting package.

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  • With Apache Tomcat users can deploy servlets applications or run stand-alone Java Server Pages. This is a powerful server side scripting in the Java language.

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  • Ruby on Rails is a web development framework based on the Ruby programming language. You can quickly and easily deploy a modern web application with RoR.

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  • We offer the Django framework built on top of Python for powerful web application development. Many famous sites such as Pinterest and Instagram run on Django.

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  • You can run your Python scripts as CGI, or as a cron job. Heliohost runs multiple versions of Python on each server so you can choose which version works best for you.

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  • Perl is one of the most popular programming languages for web development, and offers powerful string processing capabilities. You can run your Perl scripts as CGI, or cron.

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Services & Features

  • MySQL is the most popular database engine for open-source web applications. We offer remote access and there is no limit to the number of databases you may create.

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  • HelioHost offers the PostgreSQL database engine, self-dubbed "the world's most advanced open source database". Full support for foreign keys, joins, views, triggers, and stored procedures.

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  • SQLite, the most widely deployed database engine, is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine.

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  • Our web-based control panel makes site management a piece of cake. Administer every facet of your website using simple, point-and-click software.

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  • HelioHost offers unlimited bandwidth. You won't need to worry about how much your visitors download from your site, because there is no limit.

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  • You can create your own yourname@yourdomain.com email address with HelioHost. Connect to your emails with webmail or using your favorite email client.

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  • Store up to 1000 MB of data for free on the HelioHost servers. When that is full you can upgrade to a paid plan with higher storage. You can transfer your data to and from your account with Plesk file manager, FTP, FTPS, or SFTP.

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Our Global Community

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Testimonials

You get a decent amount of hosting space, and they are very efficient in making you sites. I really recommend this site.
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I love Heliohost! It allows you have a domain name that you do not have to pay for, as long as you get a good amount of forum posts ... I recommend this for anyone that can not buy a domain with real cash or anyone that want a good web host free.
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