Developer builds free VLESS proxy on Alwaysdata using Xray and XHTTP transport

A developer needed a foreign proxy server without paying for a VPS and eventually found a working solution on the free tier of French hosting provider Alwaysdata. The project, called alwaysdata-xray, uses three shell scripts to install Xray with VLESS over XHTTP transport and generate a ready-to-use client link in a single command. Because Alwaysdata's free tier only exposes HTTP/HTTPS externally and lacks custom TCP or UDP ports, XHTTP was chosen as the transport layer to tunnel VLESS traffic through standard HTTPS requests. The setup leverages Alwaysdata's built-in TLS termination and process management, meaning users do not need to configure certificates or keep the process running manually. The developer notes that Alwaysdata's free-tier terms of service prohibit proxy usage, so the account could be suspended at any time, and the solution is recommended only as a backup option.