machine0 – Persistent NixOS VMs You Control from the CLI

machine0 is a CLI-first VPS service letting you spin up NixOS or Ubuntu VMs that stay on, hold their IPs, and can be snapshotted and restored without a web console. The NixOS angle is the differentiator: if your team already uses Nix for reproducible dev environments, having a VPS provider that speaks the same language natively closes a real gap. Scaling to 60 vCPUs with 99.99% uptime SLA puts it in the same tier as a mid-range cloud offering, but the CLI-first posture is aimed squarely at developers who find cloud consoles a productivity tax. Reservation: this is a relatively new provider, so the trust question around uptime guarantees and support responsiveness is legitimate — the SLA number is easy to write, harder to deliver. Worth a look for teams who have already bought into NixOS and want their cloud infra to match. -> Best for: solo founder or SaaS team of 2-5 running NixOS-based infrastructure