Yes, GitHub Pages is free to use with no time limit and no usage cap that forces a paid upgrade. The free plan includes Custom 404 pages and submodules support.
About
GitHub Pages is a static website hosting service for content stored in a GitHub repository. A site is published by editing files in the repository and pushing commits; GitHub then serves the generated pages from the repository source.
The service supports user or organization sites and project sites, with options to start from scratch or apply a pre-built theme. The page describes one site per GitHub account or organization and unlimited project sites, along with support for custom domains, Jekyll-based blogging, and standard repository-based publishing workflows.
- Repository-based static site hosting
- One user or organization site
- Unlimited project sites
- Theme selection and custom layouts
- Custom domain support via CNAME
- Jekyll publishing workflow
Free Tier Value
This free tier is perpetual and has no meaningful usage cap, so it’s best treated as an uncapped always-free offering rather than something to price against a paid plan. The main practical limits are product-scope limits like one site per account/organization, but unlimited project sites and custom domains make it broadly usable, so the value is effectively the full price of a comparable hosted static-site service while still requiring no credit card.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- One site per GitHub account and organization.
- Unlimited project sites.
- Custom domain support via a CNAME file.
- Jekyll-based blogging with Markdown support.
- Custom 404 pages and submodules support.
See GitHub Pages pricing for current limits.
Common questions
Is GitHub Pages free forever?
Yes. GitHub Pages is free forever, with no time limit and no usage threshold that forces a paid plan.
What is GitHub Pages's free tier worth?
GitHub Pages's free tier has no dollar cap - it's unlimited, with no usage threshold that forces a paid plan. That maps to an FTV score of 90/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
