Static website hosting

Static Hosting Without the Setup

Publish HTML sites to a global CDN with free SSL in seconds. Near-instant loads, no servers, no databases — and free to start.

Drag & drop html site folder, zip, or static build here

or use an

Or publish directly from your favorite AI tools

Claude

ChatGPT

Cursor

Grok

Gemini

What is

Static website hosting?

Static hosting serves ready-made HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files directly from a global CDN. There is no database query and no server-side processing on each visit — just fast files, served close to your readers.

Loads near-instantly from edge servers worldwide
No database, no server code — far less to break or hack
Handles traffic spikes without melting down

The scoreboard

Perfect scores, out of the box

Static files on a CDN are the easiest way to pass performance and SEO checks — no tuning required.

100

Performance

100

Core Web Vitals

100

Security

100

SEO

A 100 on Lighthouse isn't the goal — it's the default when your site is static, cached, and served from the edge.

Static vs dynamic

Static vs dynamic hosting, compared

For most sites — portfolios, landings, blogs, docs — static wins on everything that matters.

Feature	DropsStatic hosting	Dynamic hosting
Load speed	Near-instant, CDN edge	Server round-trip per request
Setup time	Seconds — drop files	Servers, databases, config
Security surface	Minimal	Databases, plugins, runtimes
Traffic spikes	Handled by CDN	Can need scaling
Maintenance	Almost none	Updates & patches
SEO & Core Web Vitals	Excellent by default	Depends on setup

Capabilities

Static hosting, done properly

Everything that makes static-first publishing great — without the terminal.

Global CDN

Files are served from edge locations near your visitors — fast from anywhere.

Near-instant loads

No server round-trip per request means pages that open in a blink.

Small attack surface

No database, no runtime, no plugin chain — dramatically less to exploit.

Any HTML, any generator

Drop in hand-written HTML or the output of Astro, Hugo, Next, or any static site generator.

Built-in analytics

See visits and page views without adding a tracking script.

Password protection

Gate staging or private sites behind a password until launch.

How it works

Static hosting in four steps

No servers, no databases, no DevOps.

Step 1

Drop in your site

Upload an HTML folder, a ZIP, or static-site output.

Step 2

Shape the page

Pick a style and the sections your site needs.

Step 3

Publish

Live on yourname.drops.sh with free SSL in a minute.

Step 4

Scale automatically

The CDN handles the traffic — no server to babysit.

Publish with your agent

Your favorite AI agent can publish to Drops

Drops speaks MCP — the standard way AI agents connect to tools. Connect Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or Gemini once, and any of them can build pages and publish them to your drops.sh site for you.

Claude

ChatGPT

Cursor

Grok

Gemini

Drops

One key connects them all · you.drops.sh

1.Create an API key

Sign in at app.drops.sh/account and create a key. Think of it as a password just for your agent — you can revoke it anytime.

2.Connect your agent

In your agent’s settings, add Drops as a tool and paste your key. One-time setup, about a minute — we show you exactly what to copy.

3.Ask it to publish

'Deploy this folder as a static site on drops, then set index.html as the entry.' Your agent builds the page, uploads it, and hands you a live link. No dashboard needed.

Try asking your agent

“Deploy this folder as a static site on drops, then set index.html as the entry.”

Show the one-time setup snippet

Paste this into your agent’s MCP settings (Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and most tools), replacing the key with yours:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "drops": {
      "url": "https://api.drops.sh/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer drops_live_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Endpoint: https://api.drops.sh/mcp

FAQ

Static hosting questions, answered

What developers and marketers ask before moving to static-first hosting.

Static hosting serves pre-built HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files directly from a CDN with no server-side bottlenecks. It is the perfect foundation for personal websites, coming soon launch pages, and fast business sites.

Yes. Publish static sites on your free drops.sh URL with free SSL. Paid plans add custom domains and higher limits, but the static hosting itself is free to start.

Very fast. Files are served from a global CDN edge close to your visitors, so pages load in a fraction of a second with no server round-trip — the kind of scores that pass Core Web Vitals out of the box.

Drops is built for static-first publishing. Many “dynamic-looking” sites — portfolios, landing pages, blogs, docs — are static under the hood. If you need server-side logic, a static page can still front your API or embed interactive apps.

No. Use a template or drop in HTML files. Developers can build with any static site generator and publish the output folder — same instant workflow.

There is no database to hack, no server-side code to exploit, and no plugin chain to patch. Files on a CDN are dramatically harder to attack than a traditional server or CMS.

Static describes how a site works — plain files served from a CDN with no server-side processing. Free describes the price. Drops is both: a free static hosting service. This page is about what static hosting means and when it is the right choice; our free hosting page covers the free-plan pricing and limits in depth.

Ship static in seconds, not days

Publish HTML to a global CDN — free SSL, instant loads, zero servers.

Host Your Static Site

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