GitLab Pages
Ranked 7 of 7 static site hosts by recommenders
People recommend GitLab Pages as a free place to host a static website or blog, alongside GitHub Pages and Cloudflare Pages.
People recommend GitLab Pages as a free place to host a static website or blog, alongside GitHub Pages and Cloudflare Pages.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Free to host sites
“There are gitlab pages, github pages and so many different options to blog for free.”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next?” “GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, and Cloudflare Pages are all free.”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “99% of My Website Traffic Is Bots” Works as a static site host
“upload it to any static website hoster (ex: github/gitlab pages)”
Comment from 29 Jun 2026 in “Ask HN: Is WordPress the best way to create new websites for beginner” Free gitlab.io web address
“Likewise for GitLab, and a "nice" url .gitlab.io”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next?”
Other static site hosts people recommend
The four most recommended other static site hosts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel | 139 | 238 | 37% | 12 | 1 yr5 owners | — |
| GitHub Pages | 86 | 26 | 77% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Cloudflare Pages | 83 | 18 | 82% | 12 | 2 mo3 owners | Approved |
| Netlify | 36 | 22 | 62% | 12 | — | — |
| GitLab PagesThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, and Cloudflare Pages are all free.”
“upload it to any static website hoster (ex: github/gitlab pages)”
“Likewise for GitLab, and a "nice" url .gitlab.io”
“There are gitlab pages, github pages and so many different options to blog for free.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.