Gost

Single page app hosting with zero trouble.

# It's this easy to host your own website.
$ npm i -g gost-cli
$ gost -p path/to/my/webpage.html
Checking if file exists and is in HTML format...
File found, Checking for HTML syntax errors...
-- HTML file is valid --
⚠️ Would you like to test your single page app or host it on the server? ( self/server ): server
Initiating connection to host server...
[ SUCCESS ]
URL: https://gost.martiaforoud.repl.co/gost/my_gost_app.html

FAQ

What is gost?

Gost is a service for you to host single page applications without any effort. Just run a single command to publish your gost app to the cloud.

How does it work?

Gost uses an HTTPS server to host a php application that saves

Why am I rate limited?

Gost uses a really small system to limit the submission rate to 2 seconds between submits. If you try to submit your website between those two seconds, You get rate limited.

Installation

1. Make sure the latest version of NodeJS and NpmJS are installed on your system.
2. Open your command line.
3. Run sudo npm i gost-cli -g to install gost.
4. Now gost is installed on your system, Type in gost --version and press ENTER to verify.
5. Run gost /path/to/file to host your file.
6. Gost will check for HTML errors and will ask you to host on local server or the HTTP server.
7. If you chose self:
   • The URL http://localhost:10024 will open in your browser.
   • When you are done, Press Ctrl + C to exit.
8. If you chose server:
   • Gost will initiate a connection to the gost server. If it is successful, You will be rewarded with a text saying Published on remote server, URL: http://some-url.com/your-page
   • If it failed, Gost will retry up to 5 times.
   • If it still fails after that 5 times, You will get this error message Error: Failed to connect to server and deploy site and the program will quit.
9. Thanks reading until the end, Have fun and goodbye!