If you don't mind a local backend that you access on the command line, you can host the blog itself (or any static site) directly on Github with no further ado.

If you don't mind a local backend that you access on the command line, you can host the blog itself (or any static site) directly on Github with no further ado. I recently moved my since-1997 site Vivtek.com to Github and freaking love it. It's never down, no matter how much I neglect my active server!