An alternative to Google Sites (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by rocketmaster@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] rocketmaster@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Yes, but it's a script you install on a web server. I want a builder that's similar to Google Sites.

[-] narwhal@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Domain registrations are not free. It's an annual fee, I don't think any company will give those out for free. I can recommend using https://www.namecheap.com/ for domain registrations.

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

As a developer: google sites is 100% the exact same as wordpress, just looks better.

I’m not gonna slander you for not knowing the difference between a host and a content management system.

The issue seems to be that google offers a pretty foolproof experience for people with limited technical knowledge. That is not the case with the majority of open source systems.

Additionally: from what I hear, you wont get free top level domains with sites and not with other providers so please accept that you wont get this for free.

Have a good one.