# GitLab Pages

5 Hacker News commenters recommended GitLab Pages and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend GitLab Pages as a free place to host a static website or blog, alongside GitHub Pages and Cloudflare Pages.

## Why people recommend it

- Free to host sites (2 comments): "There are gitlab pages, github pages and so many different options to blog for free." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46012493)) "GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, and Cloudflare Pages are all free." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49212884))
- Works as a static site host (1 comments): "upload it to any static website hoster (ex: github/gitlab pages)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48715892))
- Free gitlab.io web address (1 comments): "Likewise for GitLab, and a "nice" url .gitlab.io" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46014281))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Vercel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vercel.md): 139 recommend
- [GitHub Pages](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-pages.md): 86 recommend
- [Cloudflare Pages](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-pages.md): 83 recommend
- [Netlify](https://hackerapproved.com/p/netlify.md): 36 recommend
- [Cloudflare Drop](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-drop.md): 19 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://docs.gitlab.com/user/project/pages/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "GitLab Pages", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gitlab-pages/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).