Share an AI-generated website as a link

Ways to share an AI-generated static website as a link

Why you cannot just send an .html file in a chat or email

When you attach an index.html file in an email, Slack message or school portal, the other person's phone or browser often shows raw code or blocks the scripts for security. If your project has separate CSS, JavaScript or image files, sending the HTML file alone breaks the layout and pictures.

Hosting the files gives you a normal HTTPS web address. When you turn HTML code into a website on ship.page, anyone with the link can open it on a phone, tablet or laptop without downloading anything.

When to pick ship.page vs Netlify Drop, Vercel Drop or GitHub Pages

ship.page fits best when you want a working link right now with no login. You can paste HTML or drop a file, folder or ZIP and immediately send the URL to a teacher or teammate. Every uploaded page includes a noindex header so search engines leave it out, and ship.page does not list uploads anywhere public.

Netlify Drop (app.netlify.com/drop) also accepts a folder, ZIP or single HTML file without signing in first, and deploys under 50 MB work best (single files over 10 MB may get stuck). However, a site dropped without signing in stays behind a temporary password until you claim it with a Netlify account, and an unclaimed drop expires on its own. Vercel Drop (vercel.com/drop) deploys a static file, folder or ZIP from the browser with no account since October 19, 2026, but unclaimed deployments expire after one hour, and framework projects require a signed-in account.

Pick GitHub Pages if you want a custom domain or have a site up to 1 GB (with a 100 GB monthly soft bandwidth limit and 10 builds an hour). You will need a GitHub account and a public repository on GitHub Free, and it is not allowed as free hosting for a commercial, e-commerce or SaaS business.

Watch out for multi-page links and client-side routing

AI tools often generate React or single-page apps that use client-side routes like /about. On ship.page, clicking to /about works after a visitor starts on the home page, but opening or refreshing /about directly returns a 404 because there is no single-page-app fallback and no custom 404 page.

Ask the AI to use hash routes like /#/about instead. Hash routes always work on static hosts without server rewrites. If you need every path rewritten to index.html, use Netlify, Cloudflare Pages or Vercel.

• A file saved as about.html opens at /about.html.
• A short URL like /about only works when the file is saved at about/index.html.
• File paths are case-sensitive, so Hero.png and hero.png are treated as different files.
• A lone PDF, image or video is not accepted by itself; put it in a folder or ZIP with an index.html file.

Tip: If your folder has more than roughly 7 MB of files (a folder upload goes up as one encoded request of at most 10 MB), compress it into a .zip file before uploading.

Updating your link and keeping pages online with Pro

On the free plan, you can publish a ChatGPT website as many times as you like with no bandwidth limits and up to 10 deploys a minute. Free pages cannot be updated in place, so uploading a new version gives you a new link, and free pages show a small "Hosted on ship.page" badge that visitors can close.

Upgrade to Pro for $4 a month (billed monthly, cancel anytime) when you need to update the same link. Pro pages never expire (or you can pick any expiry from 60 seconds), and the badge is removed. You also get password protection, up to 5 custom subdomains like yourname.ship.place, ZIP uploads up to 100 MB (400 MB unpacked), 10,000 files per upload and 120 deploys a minute.