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What is Leprd?
Leprd is a free web host built for hobby projects rather than commercial or infrastructure-heavy use. Its own page frames it around what it welcomes and what it refuses, which tells you more about fit than any feature list would.
What it hosts
The accepted categories are mostly personal, creative or fan-driven:
- Art sites, portfolios and personal homepages
- Blogs and school projects
- Fansites, shrines, cliques and fanlistings
- Collectives and networks
- Graphics, design and code resource sites
- Non-profit sites and trading card games
What it won't host
The prohibited list is long and worth reading before applying. It rules out anything resource-hungry or abuse-adjacent: bots and crawlers, chatrooms, game servers, video chatting, file/image/video hosting, VPNs, proxies, Tor exit nodes, torrents, cryptocurrency mining, spam, phishing, malware, piracy and adult content.
Practical conditions to know
- You must be 13 or older, and only one active account is allowed.
- Your site has to be online within two weeks of acceptance.
- All contact happens by email, so keep that address current.
- Paid ads such as AdSense aren't allowed; donate buttons like Ko-fi or PayPal are.
- You can't resell or share your space with other people.
- Keep scripts updated and maintain your own backups — the host says you're responsible for your data.
Accounts can be terminated without warning for prohibited content, or if all your domains are expired or no longer pointed at Leprd's servers for three straight months.
Who it suits
Someone building a small personal site, a fan shrine or a graphics resource page and who is comfortable managing their own files, domain and email contact. It's a poor fit if you need a chatroom, a game server, video storage or anything that consumes sustained CPU.
Next step: before applying, check whether your project appears on either list, and confirm you can have a domain pointed at ns1.leprd.space and ns2.leprd.space within two weeks.
Can I host a fanlisting or shrine on Leprd without paying?
Yes. Fanlistings and shrines are explicitly on Leprd's "We love to host" list, alongside fansites, cliques, collectives, blogs, portfolios and personal sites. This is a free hobby host, so no payment is implied for that kind of site.
The trade-off is that "free" here comes with behavioural rules rather than a price tag. Leprd's page states that you must be at least 13, may hold only one active account, and must have your site online within two weeks of acceptance. Communication happens by email, so a stale address can cost you the account. You also cannot run paid ads such as AdSense; donation buttons like Ko-fi or PayPal are allowed, which suits a shrine that might take contributions toward domain or art costs.
What to check before you apply:
- Content type: Does it fit a fan project rather than a service? A shrine or fanlisting does; a chatroom, game server, file host or VPN does not.
- Resource use: Shrines are usually static pages and images, which matches the host's hobby focus. CPU-heavy software, bots and crawlers are excluded.
- Your own backups: The page says backups exist but puts responsibility on you. Keep local copies of every page and image.
- Domain setup: Nameservers are ns1.leprd.space and ns2.leprd.space. If you use a custom domain, point it there; if all domains on the account expire or stop pointing to the servers for three consecutive months, termination is possible.
- Legality: Uploads must not break the laws of the Netherlands, the United States or your own country. That matters for fan translations, scans or ripped media.
A practical example: a fanlisting for a niche book series, built as a static HTML page with a join form, a member list and a small gallery, is a good fit. A shrine that streams full episodes or hosts a large video archive is not.
Next step: read the full FAQ and prohibited list on Leprd before applying, then email them if your project sits near a boundary. The page itself invites questions rather than guessing.
What kinds of websites are not allowed on Leprd?
Leprd is aimed at hobby projects, and its prohibited list is broad enough that it rules out most commercial, resource-heavy, or infrastructure-style uses. Based on the host's own policy page, these are the categories it does not host.
Clearly prohibited
- Abuse and attack infrastructure: booters/stressers, botnets, DoS attacks, port scanners, IP spoofers, open DNS resolvers, proxies, VPNs, Tor exit nodes, phishing sites, malware/viruses.
- Automated or server-style software: bots/crawlers, chatrooms, IRC, video chatting software, game servers, CPU-intensive software, traffic exchange.
- Content and file distribution: file/image/video hosting, torrents, piracy or illegal distribution of copyrighted material, nulled software/warez.
- Illegal or harmful content: hacking-related activity, doxxing, hate/harassment sites, illegal adult content, online pharmacies, spam.
- Cryptocurrency mining.
What this means in practice
If you want a personal site, blog, fanlisting, shrine, portfolio, graphics/code resource, school project or non-profit page, you are inside the intended use. If your idea depends on other people uploading files, running a persistent chat or game service, or routing traffic through the server, it falls outside the policy even if the content itself is harmless.
There are also non-content rules that catch people out: one active account only, applicants must be at least 13, the site must be online within two weeks of acceptance, no paid ads such as AdSense (donate buttons like Ko-fi or PayPal are allowed), no reselling your plan to others, and no using the space as idle storage. Accounts can be terminated without warning for prohibited content, or if all domains are expired or not pointed at Leprd's servers for three consecutive months.
Next step: before applying, write down what your site actually needs to do — static pages and images, or logins, uploads and background processes? If it is the latter, Leprd is the wrong fit and you should look at a host that explicitly permits those workloads.
How do I apply for a Leprd account and set up my nameservers?
Apply through Leprd’s site, then point your domain at its nameservers. Leprd is a free host aimed at hobby websites, so the application is mainly about showing that your project fits its accepted categories and rules.
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Before you apply
Check that your site is in an allowed category. Leprd says it hosts things such as art sites, blogs, cliques and fanlistings, collectives, fansites and shrines, graphics/design/code resources, non-profits, personal sites, portfolios, school projects and trading card games.
It does not host botnets, bots/crawlers, chatrooms, CPU-intensive software, crypto mining, DoS attacks, doxxing, file/image/video hosting, game servers, hacking activity, hate or harassment sites, illegal adult content, piracy, IP spoofers, IRC, malware, nulled software/warez, online pharmacies, open DNS resolvers, phishing, port scanners, proxies, spam, Tor exit nodes, torrents, traffic exchange, video chatting software or VPNs.
You must be at least 13, and you can only have one active account.
Application steps
- Go to Leprd and find its application or signup route.
- Apply with accurate contact details. All communication is by email, so use an address you check regularly.
- Wait for acceptance. If accepted, your website must be online within two weeks.
- Set up your site and keep installed scripts updated. Keep your own backups as well as relying on the host’s backups.
- Avoid using the space as idle storage, sending spam through the mail service, running paid ads such as Google AdSense, or reselling your hosting to others. Donate buttons such as Ko-fi or PayPal are allowed.
Nameserver setup
Leprd lists these nameservers:
ns1.leprd.spacens2.leprd.space
In your domain registrar’s DNS or nameserver settings, replace the existing nameservers with those two. If your registrar requires it, remove the old nameservers rather than leaving them in the list. After saving, propagation can take some time.
Practical scenario
Suppose you run a personal art portfolio on your own domain. You apply, get accepted, and then set your registrar’s nameservers to ns1.leprd.space and ns2.leprd.space. You upload your site within two weeks, keep your contact email current, and avoid ad networks. If you later let the domain expire or stop pointing it at Leprd for three consecutive months, the account may be terminated without warning, and terminations are irreversible.
Decision criterion
Choose Leprd if you want free hosting for a small, non-commercial hobby site and can follow its content and account rules. Look elsewhere if you need a game server, VPN, file host, chatroom, paid-ad monetisation or multiple accounts. If anything is unclear, ask Leprd directly before applying.
Can I put Google AdSense or a donation button on my Leprd site?
You can use a donate button, but not Google AdSense. Leprd's policy allows donation links (it names Ko-fi and PayPal as examples) while explicitly prohibiting paid advertisements such as Google AdSense.
What that means in practice
- Donate button: allowed. A link or button to Ko-fi, PayPal or a similar tipping service is treated as accepting support from visitors, not as advertising.
- AdSense or other paid ad networks: not allowed. Even a single ad unit counts as paid advertising under the rules.
- Sponsorship-style banners sit in a grey area. If money changes hands for placement, treat it as paid advertising and ask before you build it in.
A realistic scenario
Say you run a personal art site or a fanlisting. You want to cover your domain renewal, so you add a small "Buy me a coffee" link in your footer. That fits Leprd's model. If you instead paste an AdSense snippet into your sidebar to earn per-impression revenue, you risk losing the account, and Leprd states that terminations are irreversible.
Before you add anything
Email and ask if you are unsure. Leprd's own guidance says to ask directly rather than guess. If your goal is ad revenue rather than a hobby site, a free hobby host is the wrong fit — look at a low-cost shared host instead, and check its terms for ad networks.
For the full rules, see Leprd.
What happens if my domain expires or I stop pointing it to Leprd's servers?
If every domain on your Leprd account stays expired, or stays pointed away from Leprd's nameservers, for three consecutive months, the account can be terminated without warning — and terminations are irreversible. The clock is per account, so one healthy, correctly pointed domain is enough to keep it alive. This is stricter than many hosts, which simply suspend the site; here the risk is losing the account itself.
Two practical consequences:
- Parked or lapsed domains count as downtime. If you let a domain expire while deciding whether to renew, you are already burning months off that three-month window.
- Changing registrars or DNS providers is risky. Moving to Cloudflare, for example, usually means switching nameservers away from Leprd's, which starts the same countdown unless you move the domain back.
A concrete scenario: you run a fanlisting on a domain you registered for one year and forget to renew. The domain expires in March, you notice in June, and by then the account may already be gone — along with the files, since Leprd's own backups don't replace your responsibility to keep your own copies.
Next step: put a calendar reminder a few weeks before each domain's renewal date, and keep a local or third-party backup of your site files and database. If you're unsure whether a planned DNS change counts against you, email Leprd before making it — the page explicitly invites questions rather than guesswork.
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