GitHub List Repositories#

• Free for Developers: Collection of free services for developers, 100k+ GitHub stars.
• awesome-cloudflare: Collection of Cloudflare uses, 10k+ GitHub stars.
• sindresorhus/awesome: 😎 Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics: Awesome lists post, 400k+ GitHub stars.

Free Domains and Temporary Entry Points#

• DNSHE: Free subdomain, good for practicing DNS first.
• eu.org: Classic free domain, but approval is often slow.
• us.kg: Also quite common, check current rules before registering.
• pp.ua: One of the established free domain entry points.
• GitHub Pages: Will give you a github.io.
• Cloudflare Pages: Will give you a pages.dev.

If you’re just starting a website, these should keep you busy for a while.

Official Domain Registration#

• Namesilo
• Porkbun
• Cloudflare Registrar

I personally prioritize checking the first-year price and renewal price, otherwise it’s easy to get lured in by a low first-year cost.

Static Hosting#

• Cloudflare Pages: I’m currently using it myself.
• Vercel: Many front-end projects are hosted here.
• Netlify
• GitHub Pages
• Render

For a purely static blog, Cloudflare Pages and GitHub Pages are generally sufficient.

Comment Systems#

• Giscus
• Twikoo
• Artalk
• Waline
• Cusdis

If you write a Chinese blog, I think Twikoo and Waline are more common.

Monitoring and Status Pages#

• Gatus
• Uptime Kuma
• UptimeRobot
• Better Stack

For self-hosting, I’d look at Uptime Kuma first; it saves a lot of hassle.

Notifications and Push Services#

• ntfy
• Bark
• Gotify
• PushDeer
• Server 酱

It’s really quite necessary to send yourself a notification after a script runs.

Self-hosting Resource Index#

• awesome-selfhosted
• awesome-selfhosted GitHub
• selfh.st
• noted.lol

These are good to browse when you’re not sure what to install.

Cloudflare Related#

• Cloudflare Docs
• Pages Docs
• Workers Docs
• R2 Docs
• Tunnel Docs

For something like Cloudflare, it’s best to check the official documentation directly, otherwise community posts can quickly become outdated.

Storage and CDN#

• Cloudflare R2
• Backblaze B2
• GitHub Releases
• jsDelivr

These are often used for image hosting, small files, and backup scenarios.

Analytics#

• Cloudflare Web Analytics: Enable directly in Cloudflare dashboard.
• Umami
• Plausible
• GoatCounter

I personally prefer Umami these days; the interface looks clean.

Webmaster Communities and Directories#

• 开往 Travellings
• 萌备
• 十年之约
• 揪蝉
• 中文独立博客列表
• BlogFinder
• 博友圈
• 积薪

These are more like entry points you’d use to get your site out there after you’ve set it up.

Forums and Tech Communities#

• Linux DO
• V2EX
• NodeSeek
• NodeLoc
• Hacker News

If you want to see website building, VPS, freebies, and tinkering experiences, I often browse these myself.

Blog Frameworks#

• Astro
• Hugo
• Hexo
• VitePress
• Zola

I’m mainly using Astro right now, so I’m more familiar with it in this area.

Passwords and Security#

• Vaultwarden
• Bitwarden
• Cloudflare Access: Enable in Cloudflare dashboard.
• Let’s Encrypt
• Caddy

Don’t expose your admin panel directly to the public internet, and don’t actually rely on memory for passwords.