About Us
Meet the team behind xShellz
Stefan C. StephenS
Web & System Administrator.
Øyvind H. bolt
System Administrator & Developer.
Joe N. |GoW|
IRC helper
Såpete M. saapete
System Administrator, Customer Service
Aaron C. Crucio
IRC channel leader & Support Staff.
Aba F. trttl
Customer Service
Somsubhra D. Somsubhra1
IRC helper

xShellz is founded

12 May 2009

Stefan founded xShellz while in high school with a single goal: to give the community free shell access and a place to learn.

Official IRC channel launches on Freenode

10 April 2010

The #xShellz channel opens on the Freenode IRC network, becoming the hub for community discussion and real-time support.

bolt joins the team

20 June 2010

bolt joined xShellz and led the effort to fully automate provisioning, significantly improving platform reliability.

20 June 2011

xshellz.com goes live

The xshellz.com domain is registered and the platform is brought online on our own infrastructure.

saapete joins the team

12 July 2012

saapete joined to lead customer support and day-to-day server operations.

crucio joins the team

15 November 2015

crucio joined to focus on community moderation and abuse prevention, helping keep the platform safe and welcoming.

12 September 2016

trttl joins the team

A long-standing contributor in #xShellz, trttl joined as channel moderator and shell-account specialist.

|GoW| joins the team

3 January 2017

Joining from Switzerland, |GoW| took over management of internal projects and our Phabricator services.

8 April 2017

Som joins the team

Som joined to expand member support and bring fresh energy to the team.

8 August 2021

Move to Libera Chat

Alongside the broader IRC community, xShellz moved its official channel to irc.libera.chat.

Company & Contact
  • xShellz is a privately held project operated by the xShellz Group.
  • Our headquarters are based in Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • Payments are handled by third-party online payment processors, which apply the relevant taxes automatically. xShellz is not a registered corporate entity.
  • For questions, feedback, or partnership enquiries, please use our contact form.
  • You can also reach us by email at admin [at] xshellz.com.