What is the maximum ZIP size?

Free accounts get 10 MB of storage, which covers most static sites. Paid plans go up to 10 GB if your project is heavier.

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Q: Does index.html need to be in the root of the ZIP?

Yes. Put index.html at the top level of the folder you compress. Sub-folders for pages, CSS, JS, images and fonts are all fine - internal links and clean URLs work out of the box.

Drive links force a download. WeTransfer expires in a week. GitHub Pages wants a repo. Drop your ZIP on Fylo.Host instead — it's unpacked, optimized and live on a real URL in seconds.

Upload your ZIP free No credit card. No build config.

Instant sharing Always online Free SSL & DDoS protection

The problem

Why ZIP links usually break

A ZIP full of HTML is a website waiting to happen. Most "file hosting" treats it like a package to be downloaded — not a site to be opened.

Cloud drives

Google Drive & Dropbox force a download

Visitors get a ZIP saved to their downloads folder — not your site in their browser. Then come the permission errors and "request access" emails.

Transfer links

WeTransfer links expire in days

Send the link on Monday, it's dead the next week. Anyone opening your project later hits a "transfer expired" page instead of your work.

Attachments hit size limits

Most inboxes cap attachments around 25 MB and quarantine ZIPs as suspicious. Half the time your file never even arrives.

Dev platforms

GitHub Pages needs a repo and git

Great if you already live in git. Overkill if you just have a folder of HTML and want a link today — commits, branches and build settings first.

How it works

Three steps. No server. No git.

STEP 01

Zip your site folder

Put index.html at the root, with your CSS, JS, images and fonts alongside. Sub-folders are fine.

my-site.zip
├─ index.html ✓
├─ style.css
└─ images/

STEP 02

Upload it at fylo.host

Drop the ZIP in the upload box on the homepage. No account needed to start — pick a subdomain if you want one.

// on upload
unzip & detect index.html ✓
minify html + css ✓
warm edge cache ✓

STEP 03

Share the live link

Your ZIP is now a real website, served from the city closest to each visitor. Copy the link, share it anywhere.

DRIVE LINK

downloads a file

FYLO.HOST

opens your site

Under the hood

What happens to your ZIP after upload

This is hosting, not a file locker. Your archive is unpacked and served like a production website.

✓Unzipped on arrival. Every file is extracted and stored in your project's own isolated namespace.
✓index.html auto-detected as your homepage, even inside a wrapping folder.
✓Clean URLs for every page. about.html becomes /about — nav and internal links just work.
✓HTML and CSS minified on the way in, so pages ship fewer bytes than you uploaded.
✓Cached at the edge in 330+ cities on Cloudflare's network, with SSL issued automatically.

$ fylo unpack my-site.zip
extract 24 files, 3 folders ✓
detect index.html → / ✓
rewrite about.html → /about ✓
minify html + css −31% ✓
deploy 330+ edge cities ✓
live at https://my-site.fylo.dev

Formats & limits

What you can put in the ZIP

Anything a static site is made of — single pages or whole multi-page builds.

Supported inside your ZIP

HTML CSS JS PNG JPG GIF SVG WebP AVIF WOFF / WOFF2 TTF Sub-folders & multi-page sites

Free: 1 project · 10 MB storage · 1,000 visits/mo Links stay live while visited — 45 days idle and they're cleaned up Need more room? Paid plans go up to 10 GB

Built for

Who hosts ZIPs on Fylo.Host

StudentsProject submissions your friends open like a website — no permission errors.

Vibe codersExport from your AI tool, zip it, and skip the deployment step entirely.

FreelancersSend clients a live preview link instead of a folder of files.

Template makersDemo every theme on its own URL straight from the ZIP you sell.

MarketersZip a landing page from any builder export and get it live in seconds.

How we compare

They store your ZIP.
We serve it as a site.

Every option below will hold your ZIP. Only one of them turns it into something a visitor can actually open.

Feature	Fylo.Host	Google Drive	WeTransfer	GitHub Pages
ZIP renders as a live websiteVisitors see pages, not a download prompt	✓	✗	✗	After git setup
No account needed to start	✓	✗	✓	✗
No repo, git or build step	✓	✓	✓	✗
Link doesn't expire while activeStays live as long as people visit it	✓	✓	7 days free	✓
Your own subdomain on the link	✓	✗	✗	username.github.io
HTML & CSS minified for you	✓	✗	✗	✗
Global edge network and free SSL	✓	✗	✗	✓
Built-in traffic analytics	✓	✗	✗	✗

Host your ZIP free No signup. No credit card.

FAQ

ZIP hosting, answered

Yes. Upload a ZIP instantly without an account. Free accounts get 1 project and 10 MB storage, and links stay live as long as people visit them — a link with no visits in 45 days is cleaned up automatically.

Yes — put index.html at the top level of the folder you compress. Sub-folders for pages, CSS, JS, images and fonts are all fine; internal links and clean URLs work out of the box.

Free accounts get 10 MB of storage, which covers most static sites. If your project is heavier, paid plans go up to 10 GB.

As long as people visit it. Links uploaded without an account expire after 30 minutes unless you sign up free to keep them. Registered links stay live while they get traffic — 45 days with no visits and they're cleaned up automatically.

Yes. Re-upload a new ZIP to the same project, or edit any file directly in the browser and republish. The edge cache rebuilds itself on save.

Every site is served over HTTPS with SSL issued automatically, runs on Cloudflare's network with DDoS protection, and lives in its own isolated namespace — one project can never touch another.

Your ZIP is one upload away
from being a live website.

Drop it once. We handle the unpacking, the speed and the link.

Host your ZIP free No signup. No server setup. Live in seconds.