What does a free website actually include here?

Both starter kits, the full docs, and chat with the people who built them. Hosting on Netlify or Vercel’s free tier is enough to go live. A custom domain is the one thing you typically pay for, and you can launch without one.

Can I go live without buying a domain?

Yes. Netlify and Vercel give you a free subdomain the first time you deploy. Buy yoursite.com later and point it at the same host. The files are already yours either way.

How is this different from a free Wix or Squarespace site?

Those platforms are free until you want your own domain, then you pay every month and you cannot take the site with you. This path gives you standard HTML, CSS and JavaScript in a repository you control. Move hosts whenever you like. Nothing is rented.

How long does the first site take?

Installing Node, Git and VS Code is the slow part, twenty to thirty minutes, once. After that, cloning the kit and seeing it on your machine is about ten minutes. Editing your name, colours and pages is the real work, and that depends on how much you have to say. Deploying is another few minutes.

Which starter kit should I pick?

Eleventy if you want the simpler, HTML-first kit. It's the more complete of the two, and the one we recommend for a first business site. Astro if you prefer components and a more modern stack. You can switch later; both kits stay yours.

What if I don’t want to install developer tools?

Then this path is not the one. Send a document about your business and we will hand-code the site for you. You approve the design before anything is built.

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Free starter kit

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Clone a starter, edit real HTML and CSS, and go live on a free host.

Start with the free kit Have us build it instead

The kit is free
Docs included
Chat 24/7

Free to launch, yours to keep

The kit, the docs, and a live site on a free host cost nothing.

What this path costs, from the kit through a live site
What	Cost
Starter kit, docs, and chat	Free
Hosting on Netlify or Vercel	Free tier is enough to launch
Your own domain	Optional at first. About $10–15 a year, paid to a registrar

Most website builders are free to start, not free to keep. You rent the site, and you cannot export it as a working site.

See how that compares.

Four steps to a live site

Install the tools once. Then clone the kit, edit your pages, and deploy.

Step 1
Install the tools
20–30 min, once
Node.js, Git, and VS Code. You do this once; every site after that skips it.
Eleventy Quick Setup Astro Quick Setup
Step 2
Clone a starter kit
About 10 min
One git clone, npm install, npm start. A working site on your machine, pages, a blog, and a CMS already in place.
Eleventy Get Started Astro Get Started
Step 3
Put your business in it
The real work
Name, colours, pages. The kit ships sections you edit, not a blank file. How long this takes depends on how much you have to say.
Landing page tutorial Start a blog
Step 4
Deploy on a free host
A few minutes
Push to GitHub, import in Netlify or Vercel. Live on a free subdomain the same day. Point your own domain at it when you are ready.
Deploy to Netlify Deploy to Vercel

What is already built

You start from a working business site, not an empty folder.

26 categories of ready-made sections
A blog, plus a CMS you can edit
SEO meta tags, sitemap, robots.txt and schema
Contact forms and a dark mode toggle
Deploys to Netlify or Vercel on their free tiers
Chat with the people who built the kits

Who this path is for

Build it yourself if

You will install three tools and follow the docs
You want the source code, not a rented builder
You are fine editing HTML and CSS with a guide next to you

Have us build it if

You do not want to install developer tools
You would rather send a document and approve a design
You want someone else on the hook for the launch

See the build-it-for-me path

Pick a first site, then a kit

Eleventy is the simpler, more complete kit, and the one we recommend first. Astro if you already know you want components.

A single landing page

One page, your name, a way to get in touch. Start here if you just need to be findable.

Eleventy landing page tutorial

A business site with a blog

The usual first site: pages for the work you do, plus a blog you can keep adding to.

Eleventy blog tutorial

A component-style site

Same job, a more modern stack, components, props, and zero JavaScript by default.

Astro Get Started

Questions before you clone

Both starter kits, the full docs, and chat with the people who built them. Hosting on Netlify or Vercel’s free tier is enough to go live. A custom domain is the one thing you typically pay for, and you can launch without one.
Yes. Netlify and Vercel give you a free subdomain the first time you deploy. Buy yoursite.com later and point it at the same host. The files are already yours either way.
Those platforms are free until you want your own domain, then you pay every month and you cannot take the site with you. This path gives you standard HTML, CSS and JavaScript in a repository you control. Move hosts whenever you like. Nothing is rented.
Installing Node, Git and VS Code is the slow part, twenty to thirty minutes, once. After that, cloning the kit and seeing it on your machine is about ten minutes. Editing your name, colours and pages is the real work, and that depends on how much you have to say. Deploying is another few minutes.
Eleventy if you want the simpler, HTML-first kit. It's the more complete of the two, and the one we recommend for a first business site. Astro if you prefer components and a more modern stack. You can switch later; both kits stay yours.
Then this path is not the one. Send a document about your business and we will hand-code the site for you. You approve the design before anything is built.

Two kits, both free

Choose a starter and open the docs

Quick Setup is the first page in each kit. A free account is optional, it just keeps the kit, your docs path, and a we'll-take-over option in one dashboard.