Updated Oct 6, 2026 ## How do I host a static website from a ZIP? To host a static website, zip your site's built files, or your framework's dist/, build/, or out/ output, and drop the ZIP in the uploader above. We unpack it safely, find your index.html, and serve every page and asset under one clean, shareable URL. Relative links and assets resolve exactly as they did on your machine, no server, no build pipeline, and no account required to view it. ### Live in seconds, no deploy pipeline If your site is already built, plain HTML/CSS/JS or a static framework's output, there's no host to pick, no build to configure, and no nameservers to wait on. Zip it, upload it, and it's live at a URL you can share by text. ### Multi-page, relative links that work A real site is index.html plus about.html plus a /css folder, an /images folder, and a /js bundle. 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This is the fastest path from a finished static site to a real link, with nothing to install and no account required to view it. ## Multi-page, with relative links that actually work A single HTML file is one thing; a real site is index.html plus about.html plus a /css folder and an /images folder and a /js bundle, all wired together with relative paths. That's exactly what this handles. We keep your folder structure intact, so a link to "pricing/index.html" or an image at "assets/logo.svg" resolves against your site's own root, the way relative URLs are supposed to. If your ZIP has a single top-level wrapper folder (the kind your OS adds when you compress a folder), we see through it and serve from the real root. ## Your own domain, with automatic SSL A hosted site on a random URL is fine for a quick share, but for anything you're proud of you want it on your own domain. 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