GitHub Pages alternative: publish HTML without Git or an account

GitHub Pages vs BrewPage at a glance

GitHub Pages details below come from GitHub's own documentation as of October 2026. Plans and limits change, so check the linked sources before you decide.

BrewPage pages are deleted within 30 days; for a long-lived site, see when GitHub Pages is the better choice.

Where BrewPage differs

Both give you an HTTPS link to a static page. The differences are in setup, automation, access and lifetime.

• No account, no repository, no Git. GitHub Pages publishes from a repository, so the first page means a GitHub account, a repository and a commit. BrewPage has no accounts at all. The publish response includes an owner token, which is the key to update or delete the page; the editor keeps it in your browser.
• One request instead of a repository setup. GitHub's REST API can create a Pages site, but it configures an existing repository, and the authenticated user must be a repository administrator, maintainer, or hold the permission to manage Pages settings. BrewPage's REST API is free and needs no key: one curl request publishes a page. There is an OpenAPI spec, the brewpage-mcp server for MCP-compatible agents and a GitHub Action.
• A password instead of an enterprise plan. GitHub documents private Pages sites for organizations on GitHub Enterprise Cloud, open only to people with read access to the repository. On BrewPage any publish can carry a password of at least 4 characters, at no cost, and a reader needs only the link and the password.
• Markdown without a site build. Paste Markdown or drop a .md file and BrewPage renders it as a styled, readable page right away. GitHub Pages handles Markdown through Jekyll, which builds a whole site from your files. See Markdown hosting.
• Nothing to clean up. A demo, a prototype or a one-off report published with GitHub Pages leaves a repository behind. A BrewPage page expires on its own after the number of days you pick, up to 30.

When GitHub Pages is the better choice

BrewPage is built for sharing something now, not for running a website for years. GitHub Pages is likely the better tool if one of these matters to you:

• You want a long-lived site on your own domain. GitHub Pages serves a site on github.io or on your own custom domain, free from a public repository. BrewPage does not offer custom domains, and every BrewPage publication is deleted within 30 days.
• You want version control around the site. Commits, pull requests, review and builds from a repository are what GitHub Pages is made for. BrewPage has no repository, branches or pull requests: you replace a page with the owner token.
• The site is large or built with Jekyll. GitHub allows a published site up to 1 GB and builds Jekyll sites from Markdown and HTML. BrewPage takes up to 20 MB and 200 files per site and serves the files you upload, without a build step.

Publish on BrewPage in three steps

1. 1Open the editor on the homepage. Paste HTML or Markdown, or drop a .html or .md file. For a site with its own CSS, JavaScript and images, drop the whole folder or a .zip.
2. 2Choose who can find it. Public, the default, can appear in the gallery and in search; Private gives an unlisted address. Add a password if readers should enter one, and pick how many days the page stays online, up to 30.
3. 3Press Publish, copy the link and keep the owner token: it is what lets you replace or delete the page later.

Scripts and agents can skip the editor. This request publishes an HTML file for 15 days and returns the link and owner token as JSON:

Publish page.html with curl

curl -X POST "https://brewpage.app/api/html?ttl=15" \
  -H "Content-Type: text/html" \
  --data-binary @page.html

Publish a ZIP of a static site

curl -X POST "https://brewpage.app/api/sites?ttl=15" \
  -F "archive=@site.zip"

The site opens at the file named by the entry parameter, else a root index.html, else the shallowest HTML file. The full reference is on the API page and in llms-full.txt.

What to know before you switch

Lifetime

Content expires within 30 days: you pick 1 to 30 days, and the editor suggests 30 for public pages. Expired content is deleted for good. Updating a page keeps its original expiry; publish again to start a new period.

Attribution

Published pages show a small BrewPage badge.

Domain

No custom domains. Pages live on brewpage.app or a BrewPage subdomain.

Visibility

Public pages without a password may be listed and indexed. An unlisted address is not secret: anyone with the link can open it. Use a password when readers should have to enter one.

Ownership

No accounts: the owner token is the only way to update or delete. Keep it somewhere safe.

GitHub Pages alternative — FAQ

Sources

GitHub Pages facts were checked in October 2026 on these pages. They may have changed since; GitHub's own documentation is authoritative.

• What is GitHub Pages?: publishing from a repository, plan availability, sites per account and repository, custom domains.
• GitHub Pages limits: published site size and bandwidth.
• Changing the visibility of a GitHub Pages site and GitHub's plans: private sites.
• About GitHub Pages and Jekyll: Markdown builds.
• REST API endpoints for GitHub Pages: creating a site and the required permissions.

BrewPage facts come from the current API reference and llms-full.txt.

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