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Alternative to github pages? (reddthat.com)
submitted 9 months ago by iveseenthat@reddthat.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Is there a good alternative to github pages? I need just a static website up.

  • I have a domain.
  • I have my site (local machine)
  • And that's all I have.
  • I have a machine that could be running 24/7 too.
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[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

In what way? Anything on the public internet is likely being used for AI training. I guess by using free GitHub you can't object to training.

Then again anywhere you host you sort of run into the same problem. You can use robots.txt, but things don't have to listen to it.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Self-hosting there are some ways to fight back, or depending on your opinions on Cloudflare it seems they’re fairly effective at blocking the AI crawlers.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yep, on top of simply blocking, if you're self hosting or using cloudflare, you can enable AI tarpits.

[–] iveseenthat@reddthat.com 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How do I do this? I don't mind (and may prefer) to host not at home. My main concern with GH is that you become an AI snack whether you like it or not.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Which part? If you're wanting to use cloudflare pages, it's relatively straightforward. You can follow this and get up & running pretty quickly: https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/host-static-website-cloudflare-pages/

If you're asking about the tarpits, there's two ways (generally) to accomplish that. Even if you don't use cloudflare pages to host your site directly (if you use nginx on your server, for example), you can still enable AI tarpits for your entire domain, so long as you use cloudflare for your DNS provider. If you use pages, the setup is mostly the same: https://blog.cloudflare.com/ai-labyrinth/#how-to-use-ai-labyrinth-to-stop-ai-crawlers

If you want to do it all locally, you could instead setup iocaine or nepenthes which are both self hosted and can integrate with various webserver software. Obviously, cloudflare's tarpits are stupid simple to setup compared to these, but these give you greater control of exactly how you're poisoning the well and trapping crawlers.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Github, acquired by Microsoft, is now forcing AI on its user base.

[–] iveseenthat@reddthat.com 2 points 9 months ago

That's one of my main drivers to stay away from GH