Yes — ttl.sh is free to use with no time limit and no usage cap that forces a paid upgrade. The free plan includes TTL options from 5 minutes up to 24 hours, with 1 hour as the default. No credit card is required to sign up.
About
ttl.sh is an anonymous, ephemeral OCI registry for pushing and pulling container images and other OCI artifacts with a time-to-live tag. Users can push artifacts with no authentication, no account, and no configuration, then retrieve them until the TTL expires automatically.
The service supports TTL values from 5 minutes to 24 hours, with a default of 1 hour when no TTL is specified. It is compatible with Docker, Podman, Helm charts, and other OCI-compliant tooling, and is positioned for CI/CD pipelines, integration testing, open source workflows, and temporary image sharing.
- Anonymous push and pull access
- TTL values from 5 minutes to 24 hours
- Default 1 hour retention
- OCI-compatible registry support
- Docker, Podman, and Helm compatibility
- Ephemeral images for CI/CD and testing
Free Tier Value
This free tier has no usage cap, no sign-up friction, and no paid plan on the page to compare against, so there isn’t a defensible monthly dollar equivalent to assign. The offer is perpetual and fully open for the stated use case, which is why it scores as an unbounded always-free service rather than a capped starter tier.
What's included in the free tier
- Anonymous push and pull access without sign-up, tokens, passwords, or API keys.
- Ephemeral image storage with automatic expiration after a chosen TTL.
- TTL options from 5 minutes up to 24 hours, with 1 hour as the default.
- OCI artifact support for Docker images, Helm charts, and other OCI-compliant tools.
- Global CDN-backed pulls for fast access worldwide.
- Privacy-first usage with no tracking or logging of pushed content.
- CI/CD-friendly access with no credentials to configure or rotate.
See ttl.sh pricing for current limits.
Common questions
Is ttl.sh free forever?
Yes. ttl.sh is free forever, with no time limit and no usage threshold that forces a paid plan.
Does ttl.sh require a credit card?
No. You can start on ttl.sh's free tier without entering card details.
What is ttl.sh's free tier worth?
ttl.sh's free tier has no dollar cap to estimate - it's unlimited, with no usage threshold that forces a paid plan. That maps to an FTV score of 100/100. See freetier.co/ftv for how we calculate it.
