Is there a free alternative to Google Sites that’s open source? I want one with free custom domains, not subdomains.

  • rocketmasterOP
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    1 year ago

    Yes, but it’s a script you install on a web server. I want a builder that’s similar to Google Sites.

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      1 year ago

      Domain registrations are not free. It’s an annual fee, I don’t think any company will give those out for free. I can recommend using https://www.namecheap.com/ for domain registrations.

      • ares35@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        basic plan is free, yup. iirc you have to pay to ‘bring your own domain’ (vs using a subdomain off theirs’)

    • Haui@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      As a developer: google sites is 100% the exact same as wordpress, just looks better.

      I’m not gonna slander you for not knowing the difference between a host and a content management system.

      The issue seems to be that google offers a pretty foolproof experience for people with limited technical knowledge. That is not the case with the majority of open source systems.

      Additionally: from what I hear, you wont get free top level domains with sites and not with other providers so please accept that you wont get this for free.

      Have a good one.