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GitHub Pages vs GitLab Pages: What are the differences?
What is GitHub Pages? Public webpages freely hosted and easily published. Public webpages hosted directly from your GitHub repository. Just edit, push, and your changes are live.
What is GitLab Pages? Create websites for your GitLab projects, groups, or user account. Host your static websites on GitLab.com for free, or on your own GitLab Enterprise Edition instance. Use any static website generator: Jekyll, Middleman, Hexo, Hugo, Pelican, and more.
GitHub Pages and GitLab Pages belong to "Static Web Hosting" category of the tech stack.
According to the StackShare community, GitHub Pages has a broader approval, being mentioned in 569 company stacks & 663 developers stacks; compared to GitLab Pages, which is listed in 15 company stacks and 22 developer stacks.
We use Netlify to host static websites.
The reasons for choosing Netlify over GitHub Pages are as follows:
- Netfily can bind multiple domain names, while GitHub Pages can only bind one domain name
- With Netfily, the original repository can be private, while GitHub Pages free tier requires the original repository to be public
In addition, in order to use CDN, we use Netlify DNS.
Pros of GitHub Pages
- Free289
- Right out of github217
- Quick to set up185
- Instant108
- Easy to learn107
- Great way of setting up your project's website58
- Widely used47
- Quick and easy41
- Great documentation37
- Super easy4
- Easy setup3
- Instant and fast Jekyll builds2
- Great customer support2
- Great integration2
Pros of GitLab Pages
- Free4
- Integrated build and release pipeline4
- Allows any custom build scripts and plugins2
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Cons of GitHub Pages
- Not possible to perform HTTP redirects4
- Supports only Jekyll3
- Limited Jekyll plugins3
- Jekyll is bloated1
Cons of GitLab Pages
- Require Jekyll approach1
- Slow builds0