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GitHub Pages vs Medium: What are the differences?
Developers describe GitHub Pages as "Public webpages freely hosted and easily published". Public webpages hosted directly from your GitHub repository. Just edit, push, and your changes are live. On the other hand, Medium is detailed as "The perfect place to read and write". Medium is a different kind of place on the internet. A place where the measure of success isn’t views, but viewpoints. Where the quality of the idea matters, not the author’s qualifications. A place where conversation pushes ideas forward.
GitHub Pages belongs to "Static Web Hosting" category of the tech stack, while Medium can be primarily classified under "Hosted Blogging Platforms".
Some of the features offered by GitHub Pages are:
- Blogging with Jekyll
- Custom URLs
- Automatic Page Generator
On the other hand, Medium provides the following key features:
- Embedding videos, Tweets, Vines, etc.
- Word Counter
- Drafts
"Free" is the primary reason why developers consider GitHub Pages over the competitors, whereas "Beautiful UI" was stated as the key factor in picking Medium.
Lyft, CircleCI, and Bukalapak are some of the popular companies that use GitHub Pages, whereas Medium is used by Lyft, Twitch, and Edify. GitHub Pages has a broader approval, being mentioned in 576 company stacks & 683 developers stacks; compared to Medium, which is listed in 73 company stacks and 75 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
- Free288
- 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 Medium
- Beautiful UI61
- Typography34
- Network effect15
- Embedding videos, tweets, vines12
- Great mobile app12
- Simple, yet elegant and appealing UX11
- Notes10
- Word counter9
- Easy to gain traction7
- Idealized media consumption4
- Inline Comments & Discussions3
- Beautiful design. great content, excellent experience3
- Version history2
- Nice UI and UX2
- Embed medium2
- Recommendations2
- Daily Digest1
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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 Medium
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