About Pages
Pages is a static site hosting service that takes HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files straight from a repository on , optionally runs the files through a build process, and publishes a website. You can see examples of Pages sites in the Pages examples collection.
Types of Pages sites
There are two types of Pages sites. Sites associated with a user or organization account, and sites for a specific project.
| Property | User and organization sites | Project sites |
|---|---|---|
| Source files | Must be stored in a repository named <owner>..io, where <owner> is the personal or organization account name | Stored in a folder within the repository that contains the project's code |
| Limits | Maximum of one pages site per account | Maximum of one pages site per repository |
| Default site location | http(s)://<owner>..io | http(s)://<owner>..io/<repositoryname> |
Hosting on your own custom domain
You can host your site on 's .io domain or your own custom domain. See Eine benutzerdefinierte Domain für Ihre Pages-Website konfigurieren.
Data collection
When a Pages site is visited, the visitor's IP address is logged and stored for security purposes, regardless of whether the visitor has signed into or not. For more information about 's security practices, see Privacy Statement.