About RigHost
A free compatibility checker for people thinking about hosting their GPU hardware.
What RigHost is
RigHost is a free tool that tells you, in about a minute, whether your GPU rig is likely to qualify for hosting on decentralized GPU platforms like Vast.ai and RunPod. We check the things those platforms actually care about — GPU model and VRAM, upload and download speed, available storage, CPU and RAM, operating system, and whether Docker is installed — and we hand back a score out of 100 with a short list of recommendations.
Why it exists
Signing up as a GPU host takes time. You install drivers, verify your networking, configure Docker, and only then find out whether the platform will actually accept your machine. RigHost is a shortcut: it mirrors the basic hardware checks those platforms run, so you can see where you stand before you invest hours in onboarding. If our score says you are short on upload bandwidth or VRAM, you can fix those gaps (or walk away) before you spend any time on setup.
How it works
There are two ways to use RigHost:
- Browser Wizard. A three-step questionnaire that reads the hardware signals your browser exposes (GPU renderer via WebGL, CPU core count, approximate RAM, operating system) and asks you to fill in the rest.
- CLI one-liner. A shell script,
check.sh, that runs on your Linux server, auto-detects everything, and posts the results to our scoring endpoint.
Our scoring weights are: GPU (30 points), internet speed (25), storage (15), CPU and RAM (10), operating system (10), Docker (10). A total of 85 or above means you are likely ready to host; below 60 means there is meaningful work to do first.
Who runs it
RigHost is a project of PassiveStrategies. PassiveStrategies is a trade name we use for a small portfolio of independent web tools; you can see the broader portfolio at passive-strategies.com.
If you have feedback, a scoring question, a bug, or a press or legal inquiry, please reach out via the contact page.