A server without digging through files
No writing .bat files, no hand-editing serverDZ.cfg. A tester got a modded server running in just over 2 minutes, from install to launch.
Closed beta · limited spots
The easy way to run DayZ servers
The machine should look after itself. The admin should look after the community.
Free closed beta is open — around 100 spots. Testing costs nothing, and active testers become Founders with a lifetime discount after launch.
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What already works
Mods without the hassle
No subscribing in the launcher, copying to the server and adding them to the start script. Pick a mod and SimpleDZ downloads it.
Updates take care of themselves
Normally the server goes down because an update came out, and you fire up Steam, wait for the files and start the server again. Here it all happens on its own, with a warning for players.
Scheduler and backups
Scheduled restarts and messages for players, plus server backups.
Windows and Linux
Native on Linux — and a Linux dedicated server is usually cheaper.
Where SimpleDZ comes from
We're doing this because we remember how exhausting it was.
I used to run a DayZ server. Not the biggest one, but now and then we brushed against the top 100 on BattleMetrics. What I remember most is fighting everything except what actually mattered. An anniversary or a holiday spent rescuing a mod that stopped compiling — luckily we had a backup. An hour and a half explaining to a friend where to type what and which key to copy, just to get his tool running. Endless requests for "a ready-made
.batfile".DayZ is a great game, but setting up a server is hard. The tools out there help, but they often bring their own problems.
I'm not an admin anymore, but I remember what wore me down. By day I program machines, and every spare moment goes into SimpleDZ. The first testers are friends from those days. We're doing this because we remember how exhausting it was.
Who it's for
The admin of a bigger server
Wants to spend time on the server, not on checking whether it's even running. Three of us once spent days putting a loot map together: pieces from Notepad sent back and forth, the whole thing in Excel just to know how much of what was on the map. And again for every mod.
Anyone who wants a server for friends, fast
Instead of reading the Bohemia Wiki.
The rule is simple: if it lives in a file, you edit it in the app — from one place.
Up and running in three steps
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Create an account
Register, confirm your e-mail and let us know on Discord — we'll activate your account.
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Download the app
Install SimpleDZ on your PC or dedicated server.
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Create your server
The wizard downloads the server and mods and sets everything up.
Ready to stop babysitting your servers?
Join the closed beta and help shape SimpleDZ.
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