Free static hosting straight from a GitHub repository. Commit your HTML, flip one setting, and your site is live at username.github.io — no servers, no bill.
GitHub Pages serves files straight out of a Git repo. Here's a tiny static site — an index.html, some CSS and JS. That's literally all you need.
In the real GitHub UI you click Settings → Pages, pick the branch to publish from, and save. Try the simulated settings panel — switch to the Pages tab and select a source to publish.
A few seconds after you save the source, GitHub builds the site and serves it. The status dot turns green and you get your public address.
Once published the URL works exactly like any website — free HTTPS included. Publish in Demo 03 and this little browser preview loads your page.
Designer & front-end developer
You can publish from a branch (classic), or run a build with GitHub Actions and deploy the output. Both are free. Point your own domain by adding a CNAME file.
# .github/workflows/deploy.yml — build then publish on: { push: { branches: [main] } } jobs: build: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v4 - run: npm ci && npm run build - uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3 with: { path: dist } deploy: needs: build uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
# CNAME (in repo root) → use your own domain
www.mysite.com
CNAME snippets are real and work as shown. The shared CSS shell provides page styling.