GitHub Pages

GitHub Pages is the static site hosting built into GitHub. It publishes a site from a repository branch or a GitHub Actions workflow, and sites get a github.io subdomain or a custom domain. Jekyll is supported natively. Other generators such as Hugo, or any framework build, can deploy through a custom Actions workflow. HTTPS comes free: GitHub issues Let's Encrypt certificates for custom domains automatically, and Enforce HTTPS redirects plain HTTP traffic. It suits open-source projects, documentation, developer portfolios and simple marketing or event pages that need no backend. There is no separate price. Pages from public repositories are included in GitHub Free, and publishing from private repositories needs a paid GitHub plan such as Team, at 4 USD per user per month, or Enterprise, at 21 USD per user per month. Published sites are capped at 1 GB. Bandwidth has a soft limit of 100 GB per month, and branch-based publishing has a soft limit of 10 builds per hour. Sites are public even when the source repository is private. The main limitation is scope. It serves static files only, with no server-side code, databases, forms, serverless functions or built-in analytics. GitHub's terms also say Pages should not be used as free hosting for commercial businesses, e-commerce stores or SaaS products, or for sensitive transactions. Teams that need commercial hosting, functions or preview deployments usually move to Netlify, Vercel or Cloudflare Pages.