For students and first-time makers

You wrote a web page. Let the world open it.

The moment your index.html works on your laptop, it can work for everyone. Drop the folder, get a link, send it to a friend.

Free for 3 sites on hstd.app. No card needed.

Sound familiar?

hstd is the opposite of all three. Files in, live URL out, you keep the publish button.

01
Zip your folder

index.html at the top, your CSS and images next to it.
02
Drop it on the homepage

No account needed for a 24-hour preview. Sign up free to keep it.
03
Share the link

yourname.hstd.app, secure, no ads, no badge.

Everything on this page is on the free plan unless it says Pro. Prices and limits are on the pricing page .

Works with

HTML and CSS JavaScript freeCodeCamp projects The Odin Project School assignments AI-written pages

Free means free: Three sites, 50 MB, HTTPS, no card, no expiry.
Mistakes are fine: Every upload is a version. Broke something? Roll back and try again.
Learn with an AI next to you: Connect Claude or Cursor and ask it to fix the layout; it shows you a preview before anything changes.
Grow into it: When it becomes a real project, add a domain and a team. Same site, same address.

No. A browser is enough. Zip the folder and drop it on the homepage.

Almost always the file is not called index.html or it sits inside a subfolder. Put index.html at the top of the zip.

Yes. Pick the slug when you create the site or rename it later in the site settings.

Yes. Free sites do not expire. Only the anonymous 24-hour previews from the homepage do, until you keep them with an account.

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Your first site can be live before the kettle boils.