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> there's thousands of non-profits that'll do it for free Name a few please. Should support own domains and automatic SSL certificates. I'm fine with uploading
by WA 3y ago
> there's thousands of non-profits that'll do it for free
Name a few please. Should support own domains and automatic SSL certificates. I'm fine with uploading HTML files manually.
- arjvik 3y agoGitHub pages?
- xz18r 3y agoAh yes, Microsoft - a shining beacon of not-for-profit in this capitalist world.
- arjvik 3y agoI'll admit, I have no idea why southerntofu said non-profit, I was simply following the ethos of the comment and suggesting a service that is (seemingly) not being monetized while being quite reliable.
- orlp 3y agoSince when is Github non-profit?
- arjvik 3y agoI'll admit, I have no idea why southerntofu said non-profit, I was simply following the ethos of the comment and suggesting a service that is (seemingly) not being monetized while being quite reliable.
- southerntofu 3y agoSince someone named Github Pages, i feel obligated to name Codeberg Pages, owned by a non-profit association. Or Sourcehut Pages, not sure about the legal entity but the business model is very clear and sound. Otherwise, there's the usual bunch of non-profit hosts: the tilde servers (sdf & friends), the hosting coops from libreho.st or chatons.org federations, as well as the radical hosts for more political content (blackblogs, noblogs, etc). Shoutout to neocities.org if user-friendly, retro-style websites are your thing.
- remram 3y agoSourcehut is not free, and officially "alpha". Relying on it doesn't seem better than relying on a free Netlify account, at least on paper.
- southerntofu 3y agoSourcehut is not free, but they public financial reports and have details about their economic model which seems very sustainable. As for being "alpha", it only shows how much the team cares about not making false promises which seems a lot better than relying on companies promising everything and unicorns delivered to your door. As for other services i've mentioned, they're not "free" either. They're usually free price (donation based) or ask for a fixed membership fee. Running things has a cost, but by going with a non-profit host you usually have better durability. sdf.org or marsnet.org have been running for over 20 years, can you say the same about any free offering by a startup ?
- remram 3y agoThe only other service you've mentioned is Codeberg, which is very much free. It is down right now though, which is definitely not a good sign.