Your friends can’t join your Minecraft world.This fixes that.
Host your server on the PC you already own. Friends click a link and they’re in — nothing to install, no monthly fee.
- $19 oncenot per month
- 0 router pagesno port forwarding
- 1 linkis all friends need
- Windows
- Java Edition
- Fabric
- NeoForge
- Paper
- Vanilla
A real friend joining a real modded server, with a clock on screen. It’s being recorded now — this is the part worth waiting for.
Three things that ruin playing with friends
Every feature exists to prevent one of them. Nothing else made the cut.
“It says connection refused”
Your router won’t cooperate? We try the direct route, then UPnP, then tunnel around it — automatically. You never open a router page.
“The world is gone”
Automatic backups, kept in versions, restored in one click. A bad mod costs you minutes, not months.
“The modpack won’t launch”
Pick a pack — right Java, right loader, right memory. If a mod’s author blocks auto-downloads, we say so up front.
Three steps, and the third one is the product
Everything here exists for one moment: a friend pasting your link and joining.
Pick vanilla or a modpack
Java, loader, memory — handled for you.
Press start
The server runs on your PC. We find the route your router allows.
Send the link
Friends paste it into Minecraft. That’s it.
Same link after every restart. Whitelist enforced. Your home IP stays hidden.
Renting a worse computer than yours
Rented servers are weaker than the PC you’re reading this on — and they charge rent. Real prices:
Can’t run a single mod. 10 player cap.
Shockbyte $15.99, Apex $14.99. 4 GB struggles with a real modpack.
Your PC’s full power — hardware you already paid for.
Snugport costs about five weeks of a rented server. Everything after that is rent you didn’t pay.
“Couldn’t I just rent one anyway?”
Sometimes that’s right — if your PC is a laptop that lives in a backpack, rent. But most people already own a better machine than the rented slice they’re paying for. And the bill never stops: $192 next year, and the year after.
The honest tradeoff: a rented server stays online when your PC is off. That’s what rent buys. The rest is in the table below.
Your world is yours.
It lives on your PC, in files you can open. We never have a copy — so nothing we do can lose it, sell it, or take it away. If Snugport vanished tomorrow, your world stays in your folder.
Pay once. It’s yours.
Renting a 4 GB server costs about $16 a month. Realms is $7.99 and can’t run mods. Your PC is better — and already paid for.
Free
Genuinely useful, not a crippled demo.
- One server, up to 4 players
- Up to 4 GB RAM
- Vanilla and Fabric
- Full connectivity — the part that matters
- Daily backups, kept 7 days
- Whitelist on by default
No card, no account — just an email.
Pro
Buy once. Works forever — no renewal, no expiry, no phone-home license.
No subscription. No renewal price. No launch-week discount — not for Black Friday, not ever. $19 is the price.
- Unlimited servers and players
- All the RAM your PC can spare
- Modpack installer
- Paper and NeoForge
- 30 days of versioned backups
- Scheduled restarts and crash recovery
- Priority support
Doesn’t work on your network? Money back, no argument.
Pro Monthly
Same features, smaller first step. Cancel any time, in the app.
- Everything in Pro
- Cancel any time
- Lower up-front cost
- Future major versions included
Doesn’t work on your network? Money back, no argument.
What it does and doesn’t do
The limits are here on purpose. Better to know now than after paying.
| Question | Answer | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Friends need to install something? | No | They paste an address into Minecraft, like any server. |
| Works without port forwarding? | Yes | Detected automatically, routed through a tunnel. |
| Mods and modpacks? | Yes | Modrinth at launch. CurseForge once their API approves us. |
| Does my PC have to be on? | Yes | When it sleeps, the server stops. That’s the tradeoff for paying no rent. |
| Console players (Xbox, PS, Switch)? | No | Consoles can’t enter a custom server address. Nobody can fix this, us included. |
| Bedrock Edition? | Not yet | Java only at launch. Bedrock and crossplay are planned. |
| Mac or Linux? | Not yet | Windows 10 and 11 to start. |
Questions
Is this made by Mojang?
No. It's an independent tool that runs a server on your computer. Server files download straight from Mojang, and you accept their EULA — same as setting one up by hand.
How is this different from Aternos or Minehut?
Those run on their hardware, with queues and ads, and stop when the last player leaves. This runs on your machine, starts instantly, and is usually faster — your PC beats a rented slice.
How is this different from Essential or “Open to LAN”?
Those share the world you're playing right now — it ends when you quit, caps at 8 players, and everyone needs the same mods. This is a real server that keeps running, with its whitelist and its backups.
What if it doesn't work on my network?
You get your money back, fast and without an argument.
Why should I trust a one-time price?
Fair question — that's why the free tier exists. Try it first. If you buy, the license never expires and never phones home. Your world lives on your PC either way.
No subscription. No renewal price. No launch-week discount — not for Black Friday, not ever. $19 is the price.
When does it launch?
Honestly? No date yet. That's why this page asks for your email, not your money.
Your PC is already good enough.
It always has been. Pay once, host your world, let your friends in.