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

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[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dat to check google sites first since I never used it before.

From the quick glance I gathered, I‘d say there is no open source equivalent with free custom domains.

Registering top level domains is not available for free I think. The closest I know is duckdns.

If google is giving out top level domains for free now then it is a market dominance strategy because nobody else can do it I think.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

[–] Icarus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If google is giving out top level domains for free now then it is a market dominance strategy because nobody else can do it I think.

I don't they do, they only give free subdomains

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That would make sense. But in that case I don’t understand why op is asking for an open source equivalent with free top level domains.

[–] Icarus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

maybe they meant adding domains for free, most free hosts don't allow you to use custom domains for free and require a paid plan for that. so could be that OP is willing to pay for the domain itself but not for using it, which is fair

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, absolutely. Odd choice of words I suppose. :)