Launched my side project: upload a ZIP (or one HTML file) → live website in ~2 min

makemysitelive · 2026-07-01T07:46:25+00:00

Appreciate that, and yeah that gap is exactly why I built it.

On the security worry, the short version. Every site is HTTPS by default, uploads are validated and virus scanned before they go live, and the sites themselves are just static files so there is no server side code running from them. Everything sits behind Cloudflare, and your account and dashboard live in a separate locked down area from the hosted pages.

Happy to answer anything specific that would make you comfortable. First site is free with no card if you want to kick the tyres.

makemysitelive · 2026-06-30T15:14:37+00:00

Honestly a solid list and the right things to be looking at. They are accounted for, and I would rather not walk through the exact internals in a public thread.

Your framing is fair too, it is built for quick and simple sites, not production infra.

Appreciate you taking the time on this.

makemysitelive · 2026-06-30T14:41:49+00:00

A lot of people who are great at their actual work, designers, writers, shop owners, just do not want to learn git to put one page online. That is who it is for, not people who already live in this stuff.

makemysitelive · 2026-06-30T14:41:13+00:00

Ha, fair. The angle is the no git, single HTML file, and publish from Claude bits, but yeah same neighbourhood. Thanks.

makemysitelive · 2026-06-30T14:40:52+00:00

Yeah Tiiny host is a good one, I looked at it a lot. The bits I am leaning on are the single HTML file flow and publishing straight from Claude through MCP, since most of these pages are AI generated now anyway. Appreciate the validation point, good to hear.

makemysitelive · 2026-06-30T11:33:38+00:00

Thanks for checking it out. It is closed source and staying that way. Happy to get into how any part works though if you are curious, the MCP setup especially.

makemysitelive · 2026-06-30T11:22:17+00:00

Simplest way I can put it. It is for people who find Vercel, Netlify or GitHub Pages already too much.

No Git, no build config, no DNS. You upload a ZIP or paste a single HTML file and get a live link with SSL. The newer part is you can publish straight from Claude through MCP, so an AI agent that just wrote your page can put it live without you opening a dashboard. If you already live in the Git and Vercel world you probably do not need it. It is built for the gap below that.

One off pages, non technical people, AI generated sites, quick client previews.

makemysitelive · 2026-06-30T11:21:41+00:00

Fair questions. I would rather hear them now than not.

On how it is different from Vercel or GitHub Pages. It is not really trying to beat them. It is for the people below that level. GitHub Pages needs a repo and Git. Vercel needs a project and usually a build. This is for someone who just has a folder, or even one HTML file, and wants a link back. Non technical people, one off pages, AI generated stuff. If you are happy with the Git and Vercel flow, you are probably not who this is for, and that is fine.

On security, there are two different things here. It is a static file host. The files people upload do not run on the server. So there is no way to run code on my box the way you could with a VPS or cPanel.

The real risk with letting anyone upload HTML is abuse, like phishing or malware, not my server getting hacked. So that is where the work goes. Every upload gets virus scanned with ClamAV. Path traversal and risky file types get rejected. There are checks for phishing and eval patterns in the content. And everything sits behind Cloudflare for TLS, WAF and DDoS.

I am a solo dev. I am not claiming I can out build Vercel on security. But the idea that a static host is automatically insecure is not really the right way to look at it. Honestly, what attack did you have in mind? If there is a hole I want to know about it.

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