How to publish a website made by Node.js to Github Pages?

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dyzdyz010 picture dyzdyz010 · Mar 30, 2013 · Viewed 93.8k times · Source

I made a website using Node.js as the server. As I know, the node.js file should start working by typing commands in terminal, so I'm not sure if Github Pages supports node.js-hosting. So what should I do?

Answer

Akshat Jiwan Sharma picture Akshat Jiwan Sharma · Mar 30, 2013

GitHub pages host only static HTML pages. No server side technology is supported, so Node.js applications won't run on GitHub pages. There are lots of hosting providers, as listed on the Node.js wiki.

App fog seems to be the most economical as it provides free hosting for projects with 2GB of RAM (which is pretty good if you ask me).
As stated here, AppFog removed their free plan for new users.

If you want to host static pages on GitHub, then read this guide. If you plan on using Jekyll, then this guide will be very helpful.

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