Free 24/7 hosting

Static sites never sleep — whether you get “24/7” depends not on the host but on the service type. Free web services (Node/Python) sleep; the static options below always work.

Cloudflare Pages — the best pick

Cloudflare Pages: drag a folder into the dashboard (Workers & Pages → Create → Pages → Upload assets) — and a minute later your site is live at name.pages.dev. 500 builds/mo, 20k files, a custom domain, effectively unlimited traffic. Or via the CLI:

npx wrangler@latest pages deploy . --project-name my-site

GitHub Pages — if the code already lives on GitHub

GitHub Pages: Settings → Pages → Deploy from branch. Sites up to 1 GB, ~100 GB of traffic/mo, a custom domain. Public repositories only; per the ToS — not for commercial SaaS.

Netlify — drag&drop, no CLI

Netlify: open app.netlify.com/drop and drag the folder in. 100 GB/mo, a preview per deploy. Or: npx netlify-cli deploy --prod --dir .

Surge — one command

Surge: npx surge from your site folder — free static hosting with HTTPS and a custom domain, no billing.

A free domain

• name.pages.dev, name.netlify.app, user.github.io — already free;
• is-a.dev — your own subdomain via a GitHub PR, permanent;
• EU.org — a domain since 1996, manual application;
• GitHub Student Pack — .me/.tech for a year for students;
• Freenom (.tk/.ml) no longer hands out domains — older guides about it are outdated.

What to avoid

• free web services that sleep (Glitch — dead, Heroku free — shut down);
• hosts that slap ad banners over your site;
• “free domains” that can't be transferred away.

Snapshot 05.11.2026 · the whole category is in the catalog