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Since 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 entit
by southerntofu 3y ago
Since 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.