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Show HN: Minimal Static Website Hosting Tool

Lord_Zero — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:20:45 +0000

I built this because I self host a lot of stuff and wanted to simplify tossing up a simple static site with no backend, no NGINX/Caddy/Traffik configs, instantly deploy with a single file copy. Powered by Golang's built-in reverse proxy package.

Another awesome freebie is this is built on top of [Pocketbase](https://pocketbase.io/), so the whole app is API driven for free. This gives you some AI integration points off the bat.

Great for whipping up demos to pitch to clients, or quick and dirty temporary static sites to share with friends, family or coworkers.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49662930

Points: 4

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Static Website Envy

speckx — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:16:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2026/07/static-website-envy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49022021

Points: 2

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Show HN: Picnic Host – No fuss static website hosting

jeremysarchet — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:05:39 +0000

Hello HN. I've built the static website hosting service I wish I had when I was just starting out as a programmer.

It's intentionally basic. Just a "wrapper", you might say, around standard cloud providers (AWS+Cloudflare). The code is open source at:

https://gitlab.com/fuddco/picnic-host

It's all a kind of love letter to the classic Web. I built the web app from scratch (wanted to try making my own "framework") and this has been a great learning experience. All hand coded, with plenty of chatting with LLMs.

In a similar way to how one might want to start a restaurant, I've had the questionable(?) idea of starting a static website hosting business. How it stands out, hopefully, comes down to the personal touch and sense of trust. Like a neighborhood business. At least that's my thinking.

Anyways, thanks for reading, and for taking a look!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48977126

Points: 2

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Convert your RSS feeds into a static website

8organicbits — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:16:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-replaced-my-100-year-rss-reader-with-a-free-github-pages-aggregator/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48787515

Points: 4

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Writing your own static website generator

3hy — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 22:24:38 +0000

Article URL: https://x3hy.github.io/data/pages/f32cbcd0-c594-4a16-b93b-bdcb2c9b2573.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48712364

Points: 18

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Ask HN: What static website generator should I use in 2026?

feckeneejit — Wed, 27 May 2026 14:08:37 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48294643

Points: 2

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Soupault: A static website management tool

Tomte — Sat, 23 May 2026 16:38:44 +0000

Article URL: https://soupault.net/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48249071

Points: 2

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Scaffold a complete 1990s Geocities-themed static website in seconds

hankerapp — Sun, 17 May 2026 16:38:02 +0000

Article URL: https://gitea.com/sugardaddyapp/geocities-boilerplate

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48170511

Points: 4

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Scaffold a 1990s Geocities-themed static website

whatsupdog — Mon, 11 May 2026 13:10:25 +0000

Article URL: https://pypi.org/project/create-geocities-app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48094521

Points: 45

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Create a 90s Geocities themed static website in seconds

whatsupdog — Mon, 11 May 2026 06:56:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-geocities-app

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48091846

Points: 2

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Show HN: A static website designed to be not readable by AI

vednig — Wed, 06 May 2026 21:42:04 +0000

This is a specifically designed site for AI obfuscation and advanced AI crawler detection and reduction. I'd love to hear any suggestions or critics on it.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48042248

Points: 2

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Show HN: A static website that behaves as a Linux shell

jazho76 — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:05:16 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/jazho76/shellwebsite

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47851502

Points: 1

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A simple cryptography native static website deployment toolkit

morpheos137 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:02:27 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/4pito3pito2pi/unveil-static-site

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47354816

Points: 1

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Overengineering a Static Website

SKoschnicke — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:58:59 +0000

Article URL: https://sven.guru/posts/rust-static-site

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47122400

Points: 2

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Creating and Hosting a Static Website on Cloudflare for Free

bensmallwood — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:26:59 +0000

Article URL: https://benjaminsmallwood.com/blog/creating-and-hosting-a-static-website-on-cloudflare-for-free/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46947108

Points: 1

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Creating and Hosting a Static Website on Cloudflare for Free

bensmallwood — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 05:30:31 +0000

Article URL: https://benjaminsmallwood.com/blog/creating-and-hosting-a-static-website-on-cloudflare-for-free/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46921584

Points: 1

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Nixtml: Static website and blog generator written in Nix

todsacerdoti — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:54:49 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/arnarg/nixtml

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46121799

Points: 81

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Looking for feedback on my free breathing exercises practicing static website

naveen-zerocool — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:35:15 +0000

Article URL: https://thebreathingexercises.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45835703

Points: 1

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Soupault – A Static Website Management Tool

nairadithya — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 01:56:08 +0000

Article URL: https://soupault.app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45651617

Points: 2

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Show HN: JsonPost – Universal Back End for Static Website Owners

ubergeekady — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 19:54:28 +0000

Hey HN,

I run a bunch of small projects (at one point 15+ static sites built with Astro, Hugo, and Next.js in static mode). The one thing that consistently caused me pain wasn’t the frontend — it was handling form submissions.

Some sites had PHP mail hacks, others were wired to Google Sheets, a few went through Zapier. It was messy, error-prone, and easy to miss leads. I wanted one clean, reliable backend where I could point all my forms and centralize everything.

So I built JSONPost: * Drop-in form endpoints (works with HTML, React, Vue, or anything that makes HTTP requests) * Email notifications with templates * Webhooks (Slack, Discord, Zapier, custom URLs) * Spam protection (honeypot, domain validation) * Analytics dashboard + CSV export * RESTful API with JSON and form-data support

Free tier includes 500 submissions/month, enough for side projects and small sites.

I’d love feedback from the community — especially from those who manage multiple static websites. * Does this solve a real problem you’ve hit? * What would make it more useful in your stack? * Any obvious gaps I should fix?

I’m treating this like a long-term tool rather than a quick hack, so honest criticism is welcome. If you sign up, you’ll get an email from me directly (I’d love to learn how you use it).

Thanks HN

PS :- I am giving away free pro accounts for 6 months if you really plan to use it on your websites. Just signup and reply to my email mentioning HN.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45351947

Points: 4

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