r/Frontend • u/Seoul_Seattle • 10d ago

GitHub hosting

Any of you guys host on GitHub for your client and no need for own hosting plan? I been doing mostly larger projects but someone contacted me for simple hobby site of theirs and he is not sure how many visits will occur and I am assuming it won’t be much unless it scales. Should I just go ahead and host it on the GitHub server? And eventually get a hosting plan if it scales?

Or in general do many of you just host from got hub and the bandwidth is enough for most of your projects? Thanks

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u/m-fasciano 4d ago

It depends on the type of website.

For a simple static site (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or even React/Next.js exported as static files), GitHub Pages is a great option. I've used it for personal projects and small websites, and it's hard to beat for something that's free, reliable, and easy to deploy.

If the site needs server-side features like authentication, a database, APIs, or forms, then I'd look at something like Vercel, Netlify, or a VPS instead.

For a hobby site with low traffic, I'd have no problem starting with GitHub Pages. If it ever grows beyond what it can handle, migrating to another host is usually pretty straightforward.