HelioHost Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Username: N/A, Server: N/A, Main Domain: N/ADear HelioHost Team, My name is Rakin, and I am working with a small volunteer team on a nonprofit, fully open-source AI learning platform for students. We discovered HelioHost and were very inspired to see that you are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit host focused on helping students and learners get online. Many of your users are students who use your free hosting to learn web development, which is exactly the kind of mission we believe in as well. Our project We are building a free educational website where students can: - Learn AI and machine learning step by step - Practice with interactive coding examples and small projects - Safely use AI tools only for education, with no ads and no subscription fees All of our code will be open-source, and the platform will remain nonprofit. Our goal is to help students who cannot afford paid AI tools or expensive courses. Why we are reaching out We expect that, if the project is successful, a large number of students (schools, colleges, coding clubs) may access the website. For that reason, we need reliable hosting with good uptime and enough bandwidth so that the site does not suddenly go down when many students are learning at the same time. Because we are a small nonprofit project without a budget, commercial enterprise hosting is not possible for us. We are looking for a partner who can help us keep the platform online for students while we continue to build and improve it. Our request We would be very grateful if HelioHost could: 1. Confirm whether our nonprofit open-source student project is eligible for your free shared hosting (unlimited bandwidth with storage limits as described on your site). 2. Advise which server/plan you recommend for an educational site that may receive classroom-size traffic. 3. Let us know if there are any special steps or requirements for student-focused nonprofit projects like ours (for example, mentioning your organization on our site, or any usage guidelines we should respect). We truly respect the work HelioHost is doing for students and learners worldwide, and we would be honored to host our project with a nonprofit provider that shares the same values. Thank you very much for your time and for any support or guidance you can offer. Best regards, Rakin Raj rakinraj000@gmail.com
Krydos Posted January 20 Posted January 20 1. Yes, of course. 2. You can start with the free Johnny plan, and if that plan doesn't end up working out well for you let us know. 3. You can mention us on your site if you want to, but you're not required to. Is one account enough for your project or are there multiple students that each need their own account?
HelioHost Posted January 20 Author Posted January 20 Hi HelioHost Support, Thank you so much for your kind reply and for confirming that our project can start on the free Johnny plan. It really means a lot to us. We would like to explain a bit more about our project and why hosting is so important for us. We are a small group of 5 students working together on a nonprofit, fully open-source AI learning platform for students like us. Our only goal is to create a place where normal students, who cannot afford expensive AI subscriptions, can: - Learn machine learning and AI step by step from the basics - Practice with examples, code, and small projects - Use AI tools only for education, completely free of charge Big AI platforms usually require monthly subscriptions or paid API keys, and this makes it difficult for many students to learn. We want to build an alternative that is completely free and open, so that any student can learn and experiment without worrying about money. For this reason, we are trying to host one main website where all the learning content, examples, and tools will be available. One HelioHost account is enough for our whole project, but the website itself needs to be able to handle more traffic as more students join. Our long-term target is to reach at least 100,000 students if the project is successful. We know this will not happen in one day, but we want to design the platform in a way that will not suddenly go offline when many students use it at the same time. That is why we are a little worried that a normal free plan might not be able to handle higher traffic without crashing or being suspended. If our educational site goes down in the middle of a class or a learning session, it will be very sad for the students and teachers who are trusting our platform. We came to HelioHost with a lot of hope because you are also a nonprofit that helps students and learners. If there is any way you could help us by: - Suggesting the best configuration or limits for our kind of project on the Johnny plan, and/or - Letting us know if there is any possibility of a bit more resources or a special consideration for this student-focused nonprofit platform it would mean a lot to us. Without stable hosting, our project may be forced to stop before it can truly help students. Thank you again for your time, your support for our mission, and for offering free hosting to the community. We really appreciate any guidance or help you can provide. Best regards, Rakin Raj On behalf of our 5-student volunteer team rakinraj000@gmail.com On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 at 23:05, HelioHost Support wrote: > 1. Yes, of course. 2. You can start with the free Johnny plan, and if that > plan doesn't end up working out well for you let us know. 3. You can > mention us on your site if you want to, but you're not required to. Is one > account enough for your project or are there multiple students that each > need their own account? > > You may view the status of your ticket by visiting: > > https://helionet.org/index/index.php?showtopic=66733 > > Thank you, > HelioHost support > https://heliohost.org/ > https://helionet.org/ > >
Krydos Posted January 20 Posted January 20 > Big AI platforms usually require monthly subscriptions or paid API keys, > and this makes it difficult for many students to learn. We want to build an > alternative that is completely free and open, so that any student can learn > and experiment without worrying about money. That's a great goal! Maybe you should call it OpenAI........ oh wait. Like I said earlier, just start on the free Johnny plan and if the uptime and speed isn't good enough for the number of students you have currently we can discuss other options.
HelioHost Posted January 20 Author Posted January 20 Hi HelioHost Support, Thank you so much for your friendly reply and for supporting our idea. Your encouragement really means a lot to us. We are very happy to hear that we can start on the free Johnny plan, and we have decided to begin building and hosting our student AI learning platform with HelioHost. We have one more question about the signup process. On your website, the free plan signup is only available during specific times, and sometimes the message shows that the limit has been reached for the day. Because we are students and our schedules are different, it is a bit difficult for us to catch the exact time when new free accounts are available. Could you please explain: - What is the best way or best time of day to create a new free Johnny account? - Is there any specific time window (with timezone) when the free accounts are usually opened? - If we miss the daily window, should we just keep checking the signup page until it shows that registrations are open again? We want to follow your rules and not abuse the system, but we also don?t want to lose the chance to create the account we need to start our nonprofit project. Thank you again for all your help, your patience, and for providing free hosting to students and the community. We are excited to start building our project with HelioHost. Best regards, Rakin Raj On behalf of our student team On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 at 23:25, HelioHost Support wrote: > > Big AI platforms usually require monthly subscriptions or paid API keys, > > and this makes it difficult for many students to learn. We want to build > an > alternative that is completely free and open, so that any student can > learn > and experiment without worrying about money. That's a great goal! > Maybe you should call it OpenAI........ oh wait. Like I said earlier, just > start on the free Johnny plan and if the uptime and speed isn't good enough > for the number of students you have currently we can discuss other options. > > You may view the status of your ticket by visiting: > > https://helionet.org/index/index.php?showtopic=66733 > > Thank you, > HelioHost support > https://heliohost.org/ > https://helionet.org/ > >
HelioHost Posted January 20 Author Posted January 20 Hi HelioHost Support, One more small request from us: if it is possible, could you please send us direct instructions or a special link to create the free Johnny account? Since the free signup is available only during specific times and we are students with busy schedules, it would be very helpful if you could email us directly when a new account is ready to be created, or if you could help us create the account from your side. This way, we won't miss the daily window and we can start building our project right away. Thank you again for your kindness and support. Best regards, Rakin Raj On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 at 23:40, Rakin Raj wrote: > Hi HelioHost Support, > > Thank you so much for your friendly reply and for supporting our idea. > Your encouragement really means a lot to us. We are very happy to hear that > we can start on the free Johnny plan, and we have decided to begin building > and hosting our student AI learning platform with HelioHost. > > We have one more question about the signup process. > > On your website, the free plan signup is only available during specific > times, and sometimes the message shows that the limit has been reached for > the day. Because we are students and our schedules are different, it is a > bit difficult for us to catch the exact time when new free accounts are > available. > > Could you please explain: > > - > > What is the best way or best time of day to create a new free Johnny > account? > - > > Is there any specific time window (with timezone) when the free > accounts are usually opened? > - > > If we miss the daily window, should we just keep checking the signup > page until it shows that registrations are open again? > > We want to follow your rules and not abuse the system, but we also don?t > want to lose the chance to create the account we need to start our > nonprofit project. > > Thank you again for all your help, your patience, and for providing free > hosting to students and the community. We are excited to start building our > project with HelioHost. > > Best regards, > Rakin Raj > On behalf of our student team > > > On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 at 23:25, HelioHost Support > wrote: > >> > Big AI platforms usually require monthly subscriptions or paid API >> keys, > and this makes it difficult for many students to learn. We want to >> build an > alternative that is completely free and open, so that any >> student can learn > and experiment without worrying about money. That's a >> great goal! Maybe you should call it OpenAI........ oh wait. Like I said >> earlier, just start on the free Johnny plan and if the uptime and speed >> isn't good enough for the number of students you have currently we can >> discuss other options. >> >> You may view the status of your ticket by visiting: >> >> https://helionet.org/index/index.php?showtopic=66733 >> >> Thank you, >> HelioHost support >> https://heliohost.org/ >> https://helionet.org/ >> >>
Krydos Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Here is our guide on how to get a free account https://wiki.helionet.org/Signing_Up#Helpful_Tips_for_Getting_a_Free_Account_on_Johnny
HelioHost Posted January 20 Author Posted January 20 Hi HelioHost Support, Thank you so much for sharing the helpful guide with us. We have read through all the tips and understand the process perfectly now. We will follow the instructions carefully: 1. Sync our device time correctly using time.is 2. Make sure JavaScript is enabled in our browser 3. Watch for the countdown on the Johnny signup tile 4. Be ready to click at noon or midnight UTC We are very excited to get our nonprofit student AI learning platform hosted with HelioHost. We will keep an eye on the signup page and try to create our account during the next available signup window. Once we successfully create our account, we will update you on our progress. If we encounter any issues or need further assistance during the process, we will reach out to HelioNet Community as you suggested. Thank you again for your tremendous support and for providing free hosting to students like us. We really appreciate HelioHost's mission to help learners worldwide. Best regards, Rakin Raj On behalf of our student team On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 at 23:45, HelioHost Support wrote: > Here is our guide on how to get a free account > https://wiki.helionet.org/Signing_Up#Helpful_Tips_for_Getting_a_Free_Account_on_Johnny > > You may view the status of your ticket by visiting: > > https://helionet.org/index/index.php?showtopic=66733 > > Thank you, > HelioHost support > https://heliohost.org/ > https://helionet.org/ > >
Krydos Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Yeah, no problem. One suggestion though, I understand you're excited about AI, but when you write to us we would appreciate it if you would write your own emails. Reading AI generated text can be very annoying for us. Everything that AI writes is 10 times more words than required. If you're not fluent in English we recommend using a translator, not AI, because translators generally write more readable and understandable text. Thanks. Let us know if you need help with anything else.
HelioHost Posted January 20 Author Posted January 20 Sorry about that, and thank you for the feedback. We apologize for using AI-generated text earlier. From now on, we?ll communicate with you directly in our own words. We?ve already started working on our project based on your guidance. Thank you very much for your understanding and support. On Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 12:45?AM HelioHost Support wrote: > Yeah, no problem. One suggestion though, I understand you're excited about > AI, but when you write to us we would appreciate it if you would write your > own emails. Reading AI generated text can be very annoying for us. > Everything that AI writes is 10 times more words than required. If you're > not fluent in English we recommend using a translator, not AI, because > translators generally write more readable and understandable text. Thanks. > Let us know if you need help with anything else. > > You may view the status of your ticket by visiting: > > https://helionet.org/index/index.php?showtopic=66733 > > Thank you, > HelioHost support > https://heliohost.org/ > https://helionet.org/ > >
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