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Server setup, panel features, and post-mortems from when things go wrong. Written for people who actually run game servers.

guides14 Sept 20264 min read

Paper, Fabric, Forge or Vanilla? A New Free Tool Answers It

Choosing your Minecraft server software is the first real decision you make, and getting it wrong means redoing the work later. Our new free picker asks four questions and gives you a straight answer, including what your players will have to install.

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Better on Phones, and One Tap to Keep Your Server

A batch of improvements to how Zeros Host works on a phone, plus a much shorter route from "my trial…

updates14 Sept 20263 min

Unturned Hosting, Help Guides, and Knowing When Your Server Goes Down

Unturned hosting went live, we wrote four Unturned setup guides, added quick links to your panel and…

updates13 Sept 20264 min

Unturned Server Hosting Is Now Available

You can now rent an Unturned server from us, starting at £5 a month. Friends join with your Server…

announcements13 Sept 20263 min

Browse CurseForge Modpacks, Plus Minecraft Version and Whitelist Improvements

Search and install CurseForge modpacks and mods straight from your panel, get the newest Minecraft…

updates2 Sept 20263 min

We Rebuilt the Server Console

The console is where you spend most of your time, so we rebuilt it: live resource graphs beside the…

updates21 Jul 20264 min

How to Install Oxide Plugins on a Rust Server

Install Oxide plugins on a Rust server by dropping a .cs file into oxide/plugins, then configure…

guides24 Jun 20267 min

How to Install Carbon on a Rust Server

A clear walkthrough of installing Carbon, the Oxide-compatible modding framework for Rust, including…

guides24 Jun 20267 min

How to Install Valheim Mods (BepInEx)

A plain guide to installing Valheim mods with BepInEx, covering the mod loader, Thunderstore, and…

guides24 Jun 20267 min

How to Install Mods on a Project Zomboid Server

A clear guide to adding Steam Workshop mods to a Project Zomboid server, including the Workshop ID…

guides24 Jun 20267 min

How to Create a Steam Workshop Collection for Garry's Mod

A plain guide to building a Steam Workshop collection for your Garry's Mod server and pointing the…

guides24 Jun 20267 min

How to Host a Palworld Server

A factual, step-by-step guide to running a Palworld dedicated server on Linux or Windows using…

guides21 Jun 20267 min

How to Host a Valheim Server

A practical guide to running a Valheim dedicated server: SteamCMD install, RAM and port…

guides21 Jun 20267 min

How to Host a 7 Days to Die Server

A plain, technical guide to running your own 7 Days to Die dedicated server with SteamCMD:…

guides21 Jun 20267 min

How to Host a Satisfactory Server

A practical guide to running your own Satisfactory dedicated server on Linux or Windows using…

guides21 Jun 20267 min

Sandbox and Survival Game Server Hosting: What to Look For

Survival and sandbox games share a hosting profile - persistent worlds, hungry RAM, and mods. What…

guides21 Jun 20268 min

How to Host a DarkRP Server: Complete Guide

Everything you need to know about hosting a DarkRP server - hardware requirements, choosing a host,…

guides21 Jun 20269 min

How to Host a Minecraft Server: Complete Guide

A comprehensive guide to hosting a Minecraft server - from choosing between Paper, Fabric, and Forge…

guides21 Jun 20268 min

How to Host a Rust Server: Complete Guide

A complete guide to hosting a Rust game server - hardware requirements, choosing between vanilla and…

guides21 Jun 20268 min

How to Host a Counter-Strike 2 Server

A guide to hosting a Counter-Strike 2 dedicated server - installing via SteamCMD, configuring…

guides21 Jun 20267 min

Garry's Mod server hosting in the UK

What to look for in UK-based Garry's Mod server hosting: latency, addon tooling, DarkRP support, and…

guides20 Jun 20266 min

Game server hosting in the UK: what to look for

A practical guide to choosing UK game server hosting for Garry's Mod, Minecraft, Rust, Terraria, or…

guides20 Jun 20266 min

Terraria server hosting on Zeros Host

Zeros Host offers Terraria server hosting from £2/mo, with tModLoader support for Calamity, Thorium,…

announcements20 Jun 20264 min

Project Zomboid server hosting on Zeros Host

Zeros Host offers Project Zomboid dedicated server hosting from £10/mo, with Steam Workshop mod…

announcements20 Jun 20264 min

Minecraft server hosting on Zeros Host

Zeros Host offers Minecraft Java Edition server hosting from £5/mo, with a 24-hour free trial and a…

announcements20 Jun 20264 min

Rust server hosting on Zeros Host

Zeros Host now offers Rust dedicated server hosting from £9.99/mo, with a panel built for modded and…

announcements20 Jun 20264 min

DarkRP server hosting on Zeros Host

Zeros Host now offers GMod and DarkRP server hosting from £5/mo, with a 24-hour free trial and a…

announcements20 Jun 20264 min

Panel update: cleaner navigation, per-tier pricing, Rust is live

A batch of panel and website changes went out today. Navigation is cleaner, the pricing page now…

updates12 Jun 20264 min

How we are building sub-second cold start for Garry's Mod servers

Getting a Garry's Mod server from "start" to accepting connections in under one second takes two…

updates7 Jun 20267 min

Why we built a custom panel instead of using generic hosting software

Generic hosting control panels treat every game the same. Garry's Mod is not every game. This post…

updates7 Jun 20265 min

Why UK server location matters for Garry's Mod hosting

The Garry's Mod community in the UK is overwhelmingly UK and EU players. Routing that traffic…

guides7 Jun 20264 min

Fast Load: How We Are Cutting Garry's Mod Server Boot Time by 87%

Cold-start time for a Garry's Mod server on Zeros Host is on track to drop from about 6.2s to ~0.8s…

updates7 Jun 20266 min

June 2026 Security Audit: 158 Alerts Reviewed, 0 Confirmed Exploitable

We completed a full security audit of Zeros Host in June 2026 - reviewing 158 Dependabot alerts and…

announcements7 Jun 20265 min

Zeros Host Help Center: Guides for Every Game We Host

The Help Center is live at zerosrp.co.uk/help. It covers getting started, game-specific setup for…

announcements7 Jun 20263 min

How We Measure Server Boot Speed

We claim our servers boot around 7x faster than vanilla GMod hosting. Here is exactly what we time,…

announcements5 Jun 20264 min

Account Security Controls and a Better Sign-Up Experience

Self-service account deletion, a full audit log with location and browser data, email masking, and a…

updates4 Jun 20263 min

June 2026 Panel Update: Live Server Metrics, Faster Console, and 19 CVEs Patched

Twenty-one changes shipped today: real-time CPU and memory on every server card, console log history…

updates4 Jun 20264 min

Why We Built VS Code into Zeros Host

The default panel file manager is fine for ops tasks. It is not built for writing Lua. Here is why…

announcements2 Jun 20265 min

Garry's Mod April 2026 Update: Faster Networking, New Games, and More

Garry's Mod just shipped a significant update - faster server join times, double precision…

updates29 Apr 20264 min

How to Secure Your GMod Server

A practical guide to locking down your Garry's Mod server. Covers backdoor scanning, addon hygiene,…

guides31 Mar 20266 min

Understanding Server Performance: RAM, CPU, and Tick Rate

What actually affects your game server performance, how to read the numbers, and when it makes sense…

guides31 Mar 20265 min

What We Shipped in March 2026

A recap of everything we built and launched in March 2026. Panel features, Minecraft support,…

changelog31 Mar 20264 min

Dev Tier: Build Before You Launch

We added a Dev tier at three pounds per month. Shared infrastructure, not for production. Use it to…

updates31 Mar 20263 min

How the Backdoor Scanner Works

A technical explanation of what the Zeros Host Backdoor Scanner checks for, how it classifies…

guides31 Mar 20266 min

Choosing the Right Minecraft Server Type

Paper, Spigot, Forge, Fabric, or Vanilla? A straightforward comparison to help you pick the right…

guides31 Mar 20265 min

How Instant Server Provisioning Works

When you create a Garry's Mod or Minecraft server on Zeros Host, it is ready in seconds. Here is how…

updates31 Mar 20263 min

Migrating Your Server to Zeros Host

Step-by-step instructions for moving your existing GMod or Minecraft server to Zeros Host without…

guides30 Mar 20265 min

Minecraft Support Is Live

Zeros Host now supports Minecraft servers alongside Garry's Mod. Paper, Spigot, Forge, Fabric, and…

announcements30 Mar 20264 min

Free Trials Now Available

You can now try Zeros Host for free. No card required. Spin up a GMod or Minecraft server and test…

announcements30 Mar 20263 min

Setting Up Your First Minecraft Server

A walkthrough for getting a Minecraft server running on Zeros Host. Covers choosing a server type…

guides29 Mar 20267 min

Why We Host in the UK and Europe

Zeros Host runs on UK and EU servers. Here is why that matters for your players, your wallet, and…

updates28 Mar 20264 min

Workshop Integration: How It Works

The panel generates your workshop.lua automatically from a Steam Workshop collection ID. Here is how…

guides28 Mar 20264 min

What Makes Our Panel Different

A technical look at the features we built into the Zeros Host panel and why they exist. No…

updates27 Mar 20265 min

Setting Up Your First DarkRP Server

A step-by-step guide to getting a DarkRP server running from scratch using the Zeros Host panel.…

guides26 Mar 20268 min

Welcome to Zeros Host

We built a hosting platform because we got tired of the alternatives. Here is what we are doing…

announcements25 Mar 20264 min