About GitHub Pages
GitHub Pages is a static site hosting service that takes HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files straight from a repository on GitHub, optionally runs the files through a build process, and publishes a website. You can see examples of GitHub Pages sites in the GitHub Pages examples collection.
Types of GitHub Pages sites
There are two types of GitHub 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>.github.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>.github.io |
http(s)://<owner>.github.io/<repositoryname> |
If you publish your site privately, the URL for your site will be different. For more information, see Ändern der Sichtbarkeit der GitHub Pages-Website.
Hosting on your own custom domain
You can host your site on GitHub's github.io domain or your own custom domain. See Eine benutzerdefinierte Domain für Ihre GitHub Pages-Website konfigurieren.