[kwlug-disc] Free web storage for static HTML?

[Remi Gauvin]

On 2025-10-19 1:28 a.m., William Park via kwlug-disc wrote:
> Trying to help out few non-techie people, but I'm also interested
> personally...
>
> How do you make *static HTML* files available online for *free?* 


This might be a more avant-garde solution than you are looking for. But
one project I have following for the past few year that would fill this
role almost perfectly is IPFS, using one of the public gateways to
access the content.

Here's a quick example I just whipped up:

https://dweb.link/ipns/k51qzi5uqu5dk0osm9yyaqzdtw3qxn1dnq5dw2as7h8xyqckr77583kpzp59xp
<https://dweb.link/ipns/k51qzi5uqu5dk0osm9yyaqzdtw3qxn1dnq5dw2as7h8xyqckr77583kpzp59xp>


Pros: 

Easy to install software, (IPFS Desktop) on Windows/Linux/Mac (or even a
Pi, with command line kubo software.)

Can install and host the content on multiple nodes for more
resilience/availability.

The address will remain consistent, even if you move to a different
host, change isp. etc.

No need for any other service, not even DNS.

There are pinning services that will let you open an account and 'pin'
some data for free, that can help make the content more available.


Cons:

IPFS has the ability to work through firewalls (aka Hole Punching). It
is not 100% reliable.  If using IPFS as an original source, I would
suggest a port forward from the routable internet address to the host.

The public gateway I'm using in my example has, at times, been slow when
it gets a little too popular.  People wanting to access the content with
more reliable speed can use their own IPFS node

Using IPNS (as in my example.). it can take a few hours for updated
content to be visible to the public.

Note: My own node is not available 24/7.  If you see this message during
the day on Sunday and the link doesn't work, it probably means I'm
playing a game.