Ask HN: What free or low-cost static site hosting do you use most?
recommended by 1 user | 2016 | 209 points by shovel | self-hosting | original thread |

I still use Wordpress and shared hosting for most projects and microsites, simply because it's easiest and I'm not a developer. But I suspect there are better ways to do this in 2016/2017. Especially since I'm prepared to learn more.

Essentials: static hosting, custom domains, html, css, js Nice to have: php, FTP, markdown support

Am I missing out on AWS, Github, Digital Ocean, Heroku?

What are the pros and cons?

One user recommended this thread. What they said:
colinbartlett Dec 21, 2016 | on: GitHub Pages – Usage Limits | context

There was a great recent thread with lots of alternative static hosts discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13021722

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