For the group chat that might become an SMP
Find out if your friends will actually play.
Spend nothing.
The free plan is a real world with one address: your friends connect, and the world starts itself. No ads, no card, no “can you start the server?” texts. Free worlds share capacity, so at busy times there may be a short wait — that’s the honest trade-off. WorldFolder isn’t public yet; this form joins the waitlist and doesn’t create a server.
2 GB RAM
~4 playing together
5 GB storage · usually one world
~20 s target once a slot is available
- ✓ A private vanilla world for a small group
- ✓ One daily backup
- ✓ An address the group can save in Minecraft
- ✓ No advertising
- ✓ No credit card
- ✓ Java Edition
- ✓ Download your world if you leave
- — No mods, plugins or Bedrock cross-play on Free
- — A wait is possible when free capacity is full
No card. No order. We’ll email you when early access opens.
What “free” means here
No hidden bill. A real limitation.
| Free hosts generally | WorldFolder Free (planned) | |
|---|---|---|
| When everybody wants to play | Queues, sleep rules or other limits vary | Your world may wait for a free slot |
| How the service pays its bills | Ads, upgrades or usage limits vary | No ads; paid plans fund the free tier |
| Getting the group online | Manual or on-demand, depending on provider | Friends connect through Minecraft |
| If something goes wrong | Backup and download options vary | Latest daily backup plus world download |
| Current access | Depends on provider | Waitlist only |
Free is best for testing an idea or keeping a small casual world. If quick access, mods or cross-play matter to your group, look at Crew instead.