YOUR WORLD.OUR CLOUD.
Create your Minecraft server for free. Invite your friends, build your world, and upgrade whenever you're ready.
Every world is a chunk of a real machine.
Behind each server is a slice of memory on a shared worker node. The front rows stay reserved for the host. Coloured columns are running servers, and dark blocks are capacity waiting for the next world to wake up.
Your world starts here.
Pick a name, choose Vanilla, Paper or Purpur, and press create. Chunkly downloads the server software from its official source, checks it against the published checksum, and gives you an address to share with friends.
Server name
Players will see this in the server list.
Built differently.
Chunkly doesn't give every server its own virtual machine. All the servers on a node share its CPU and memory, and each one runs in its own isolated container with a hard memory ceiling. When a free server sleeps, its memory goes back to the pool, which is how we can offer free hosting that is still real hosting.
- Kept free for the host system
- Running server (its full memory ceiling)
- Premium reservation
- Free
Friday Night SMP
16 blocks · running
Skyblock with Dev
16 blocks · running
Build Team (Pro)
40 blocks · offline, memory reserved
Creative Test
16 blocks · running
Hardcore Run (Starter)
32 blocks · queued
Four worlds share this node. Hardcore Run needs 32 blocks but only 24 are free, so it waits in the start queue.
Illustration of the scheduler's rules, not live data. CPU is shared by weight (Free 100, Starter 300, Pro 600): under contention a Pro server gets about six times the CPU time of a free one, but weights are not a guaranteed number of cores.
Made for Minecraft.
Server software comes straight from Mojang, PaperMC and Purpur. Every download is checked against the checksum its publisher lists before it touches your server.
Vanilla
Exactly the game Mojang publishes. Best for pure survival with friends.
AvailablePaper
A high-performance fork of the vanilla server with Bukkit and Paper plugins.
AvailablePurpur
Built on Paper, with hundreds of extra gameplay switches.
AvailableFabric
Lightweight mod loader. We'll enable it once our install workflow passes validation.
Not yet availableEverything in your control.
A live console, a file manager, one-click backups and the settings you actually change. Metrics come from the server and its container, and when we can't reach a node, the dashboard says so instead of guessing.
14:02:11 Starting minecraft server version 1.21.4
14:02:19 Preparing level "world"
14:02:31 Done (19.8s)! For help, type "help"
14:06:47 Steve joined the game
14:07:02 <Steve> anyone up for the end tonight?
14:09:15 Alex joined the game
TPS ticks per second
20.0
MSPT ms per tick
14.2
Memory container
1.31 / 2.0 GB
Players online
2 / 10
Preview with sample data.
Free to start.
The free plan is a real server with a real address. It goes to sleep when nobody is online and wakes up when someone joins. Upgrade for more memory, a longer idle window, priority in the start queue, or a server that never sleeps.
Plan details couldn't be loaded right now. Create a free server to see them.
How it works.
The whole life of a server, from the first click to the hundredth time it wakes up.
- 1
You create a server
We check the name, version and plan, then place it on a node in your region with room for its disk quota. The world will live on that node.
- 2
Software is installed
The node agent downloads the server jar from its publisher, verifies the checksum, writes the EULA you accepted and your server.properties.
- 3
You press start
The scheduler checks whether the node can fit the server's full memory ceiling. If it can, it reserves that memory. If not, your server joins the start queue and you can see its position.
- 4
The container boots
Your server runs as an unprivileged user in its own container, with a memory ceiling, a CPU weight, a process limit and no access to other servers.
- 5
We wait for real readiness
A server counts as online when it answers a Minecraft status ping, not just because the process exists. That usually takes 20 to 60 seconds.
- 6
It sleeps when empty
Free servers save the world and stop after 15 minutes with nobody online. Memory is released; files stay exactly where they were.
- 7
Joining wakes it up
When someone joins a sleeping server, Chunkly starts it through the same queue and asks them to reconnect in a moment.
Questions, answered plainly.
Is the free plan really free?
Yes. No card, no trial period. Free servers share capacity with other servers and sleep when empty, which is what keeps them free.
Why does my server sleep?
A Minecraft server uses memory even with nobody online. Free servers stop after 15 minutes without players so that memory can serve someone who is playing. Your world and files are kept. Starter servers wait an hour; Pro servers never sleep.
How long does waking up take?
Minecraft has to load the world into memory, which usually takes 20 to 60 seconds and longer for big modded worlds. When you join a sleeping server you'll see a message asking you to reconnect shortly. We can't make a Java server start instantly, so we don't pretend to.
What is the start queue?
If a node doesn't have enough free memory for your server's full ceiling, your server waits in line instead of being squeezed in. Paid plans get priority, and waiting time also raises your priority, so nobody waits forever. You can see your position and cancel at any time.
Is CPU guaranteed?
No plan promises a fixed number of cores. CPU is shared by weight: when the node is busy, a Pro server gets six times the CPU time of a free one. Memory on Pro is reserved, so a Pro server can always start.
What uptime do you promise?
We don't publish an uptime guarantee yet. If the dashboard can't reach a node, running servers keep running on it, and the dashboard shows that its data may be stale.
Can I install plugins and mods?
Plugins on Paper and Purpur, installed from Modrinth with checksum verification or uploaded yourself. Mods arrive with Fabric support. Uploaded code runs inside your server's container and can't reach other servers or our internal network.
Can I download my world?
Yes. Download any file from the file manager or download a whole backup as a .tar.gz.
A WORLD
IS WAITING.
It takes about a minute to create a server and costs nothing to keep one.
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