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GitHub Pages publishes static sites straight from a GitHub repository.
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Popular sites using GitHub Pages

From the 119 popular domains we check every day, most visited first. Each tag shows what GitHub Pages runs for the site.

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What is GitHub Pages?

GitHub Pages publishes static sites from a GitHub repository, free for public repositories. Project docs, personal sites and open source landing pages often run on it.

Custom domains point to GitHub's 185.199.108.0/22 addresses, or CNAME to a github.io name.

pages.github.com

Detection

How to tell a site uses GitHub Pages

A hosting check compares a site's DNS records, IP address and response headers with these signals. When several providers match, the one with the most matches wins.

  • IP ranges

    Address blocks that serve GitHub Pages sites.

    • 185.199.108.0/22
    • 2606:50c0:8000::/46
    GitHub Pages's published IP list
  • CNAME and reverse DNS

    A CNAME record or a reverse DNS name under one of these hosts points at GitHub Pages.

    • *.github.io
  • Response headers

    GitHub Pages adds these headers to the responses it serves.

    • x-github-request-id
    • server: github.com

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