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Nekotopia is a private network for people who want to share servers, services, and old machines without exposing them to the open internet. Access options depend on what you need and what you expect. To fully leverage the platform, you will likely connect a s...

neko (猫) is Japanese for cat. However, the reason for the nekotopia name is not from a life-defining moment. In fact, nekotopia is nekonomicon, H.P. Lovecraft's fictional Necronomicon. The aforementioned book contains fictional forbidden knowledge, whereas the...

Let's get that SPARCstation sparking, and re-open the eyes on that IRIS.

Retro enthusiasts dusting off old hardware - that 90s web server, the BBS you ran in college, the Doom WAD archive you and your friends built. Connect it to the torus and share it again, with people who appreciate it. Self-hosters running services they don't ...

Full disclosure, Nekotopia is a sponsor and member of the IRIXNet community. IRIXNet members may apply for accounts at Nekotopia, up to and including the Pro level. Typically, there is a brief probationary period to confirm your IRIXNet membership. Pro Tier a...

High-level overview of the Nekotopia Torus network architecture and user experience.

Information about hosting your retro services using a Torus account.

nekotopia provides the following information related to our service.

Our platform is monitored for infrastructure availability purposes only. On-the-wire data is *NOT* collected, stored, read or decrypted.

Additions to the platform. Products, new services, collaborations with users, etc.

As technical nerds, geeks, homelabers and enthusiasts, we love to share our gear and our stories.

Security features and best practices for accessing your services on the Torus network.

A lot of people spent a lot of time managing NetWare. 3.x, 4.x, even 5.x. The CNE was the gold standard way before the CCIE and certainly before the MCSE. Netware holds a lot of nostalgic value.

We can all agree that a LAN is a locally connected network. Today, we probably access a network using a home wireless router. In the mid to late 90's, however, LANs were typically long runs of coaxial copper, segmented by Network Attachment Points (50 Ohm t-pi...

This is a community; you'll find all kinds of people here. We need to make sure the bad apples don't spoil the whole barrel. Some suggestions and policy items are listed here to describe the actions that may be taken against those who abuse the rules.

Obviously, you want to feel safe on the public Internet, so you have a router or firewall to protect your equipment, your homelab etc. When you are connected to the Torus, your device(s) may be exposed to any other Torus users, and we want you to feel safe. ...

The Torus lives inside an AWS VPC. We use TGWs for inter-regional routing. We have taken additional measures to support internet-borne traffic flows and to address on-net script kiddies. There are no guarantees of data integrity or security of data transport o...

The nekotopia torus network is a globally accessible platform. In 2026, we improved access by deploying regional hubs to bring us closer to you. Users accessing the torus within the same regional hub can enjoy lower latency, and the features remain consistent ...