How to get free webhosting and compute time
Have a developer project and want to try to host it or run it for free? There are some great solutions for small side-projects!
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How does this fall into the topic and subject matter of this blog, you may ask... Well, this is a way to save money and run or improve your business at the same time!
Some programming required:
Github & Gitlab Pages
- Both platforms are git-based and provide a solution for static webpage hosting free of charge
Cloudflare Pages
- Newer product for hosting front-end sites but also has advanced functions and workers
Github Actions
- You can run actions (or event based code) for free as well...
Gitlab CI/CD
- Run deployment tasks on schedule
Netlify
- Can be combined with github or gitlab for example, will run your code and also offer some dynamic functionality
Vercel
- Similar platform to Netlify - hosting various web projects
- Can run python code and python-hosted backends for websites... The free plan is a bit limited but works well enough for most use cases and projects
Google Collaboratory
- Can run python code in a jupyter notebook on google's servers... You can even use their GPU resources too!
No-Code Solutions:
These options work great for hosting websites with no programming required!
Wix
Weebly
Wordpress
Google Sites
Blogger/Blogspot
