# Lobsite

> Lobsite hosts static sites. One command deploys a folder and prints its URL; no account is needed to try it (sites without an account last 6 hours unless claimed). Only the files that changed upload.

Deploy a built project (the folder is `dist/`, `build/`, `out/`, `_site/` or `public/`, or the one given):

```sh
npx lobsite
```

From an AI agent, deploy without any prompt; relay the "Tell the user:" line from the output, which has the URL and the link that keeps the site:

```sh
npx -y lobsite --yes
```

- MCP server for coding agents: `claude mcp add lobsite -- npx -y lobsite mcp` (tools: deploy, list_sites, list_deploys, rollback, promote, whoami).
- Remote MCP server for chat assistants without a filesystem: `https://lobsite.com/api/mcp` (Streamable HTTP; tool: deploy_files).
- Without Node: `curl --data-binary @index.html https://lobsite.com/api/v1/drop` deploys one page and answers with its URL.

## Docs

- [Quick start](https://lobsite.com/docs#quick-start)
- [AI agents](https://lobsite.com/docs#agents)
- [Drag and drop](https://lobsite.com/docs#drag-and-drop)
- [lobsite.toml](https://lobsite.com/docs#config)
- [.lobsiteignore](https://lobsite.com/docs#ignore)
- [Forms](https://lobsite.com/docs#forms)
- [Custom domains](https://lobsite.com/docs#domains)
- [Previews and rollback](https://lobsite.com/docs#previews)
- [CLI](https://lobsite.com/docs#cli)
- [Limits](https://lobsite.com/docs#limits)
- [AI agents](https://lobsite.com/docs/agents.md): agent mode, setting up Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, ChatGPT and Claude.ai, curl, JSON output
- [Forms](https://lobsite.com/docs/forms.md): contact, newsletter and quote forms, sending with fetch, frameworks, settings
- [All the docs in one Markdown file](https://lobsite.com/docs.md)
- [Errors](https://lobsite.com/docs/errors.md): every error code, what it means and what to do

## Tools

Free browser tools at https://lobsite.com/tools; each one can publish its result to a live URL without an account.

- [HTML Viewer](https://lobsite.com/tools/html-viewer.md): Paste HTML, see it render on desktop, tablet and phone widths, and publish it to a live URL in one click. Free, no account needed.
- [Markdown to Web Page](https://lobsite.com/tools/markdown-to-html.md): Convert Markdown to a clean, styled HTML page, preview it, and publish it to a live URL in one click. Free, no account needed.
- [ZIP Viewer](https://lobsite.com/tools/zip-viewer.md): Open a .zip in your browser to list every file and size, check it against hosting limits, and deploy it to a live URL. Nothing is uploaded until you deploy.
- [Meta Tag Generator](https://lobsite.com/tools/meta-tag-generator.md): Write the title, description, Open Graph and X card tags for a page, see how it looks in Google and in link previews, and copy the HTML. Free, in your browser.
- [Robots.txt Generator](https://lobsite.com/tools/robots-txt-generator.md): Build a valid robots.txt: allow search engines, block AI training crawlers like GPTBot, keep folders private and add your sitemap. Warnings for common mistakes.
- [llms.txt Generator](https://lobsite.com/tools/llms-txt-generator.md): Write an llms.txt file that tells ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants what your site is and which pages matter, in the llmstxt.org format.
- [XML Sitemap Generator](https://lobsite.com/tools/sitemap-generator.md): Make a valid sitemap.xml from a list of URLs or from your site's folder, with last-modified dates. Nothing is uploaded: it runs in your browser.
- [Redirect Generator](https://lobsite.com/tools/redirect-generator.md): Turn a list of old and new URLs into redirect rules for lobsite.toml, Netlify, Vercel, Nginx and Apache .htaccess, with loops and chains caught.
- [HTML Formatter](https://lobsite.com/tools/html-formatter.md): Paste minified or messy HTML and get it back cleanly indented and readable, then copy it, download it or publish it. Free, in your browser.
- [HTML Minifier](https://lobsite.com/tools/html-minifier.md): Minify HTML by removing comments and extra whitespace, with inline CSS and JavaScript minified too. See how many bytes you save. Free, in your browser.
- [CSS Formatter](https://lobsite.com/tools/css-formatter.md): Paste minified or messy CSS and get one rule per block, one property per line, indented the way you like. Free, in your browser.
- [CSS Minifier](https://lobsite.com/tools/css-minifier.md): Minify CSS: remove whitespace and comments, shorten values and merge rules safely. See how many bytes you save. Free, in your browser.
- [JavaScript Formatter](https://lobsite.com/tools/js-formatter.md): Paste minified or messy JavaScript and get it back indented and readable, with your choice of spaces or tabs. Free, in your browser.
- [JavaScript Minifier](https://lobsite.com/tools/js-minifier.md): Minify JavaScript with Terser: shorter names, no whitespace or comments, dead code removed. See how many bytes you save. Free, in your browser.

## Guides

What Lobsite does for each use, with the steps, an honest comparison and a FAQ.

- [Host an HTML file](https://lobsite.com/host-html.md): Drop an HTML file, a folder or a zip and get a live https link in seconds. No account needed to try it; keep the site free with one click.
- [Host a Claude artifact](https://lobsite.com/hosting/claude.md): Put a page Claude made online at its own address: paste the artifact's HTML, or let Claude publish it through the Lobsite connector. Free to try, no account.
- [Deploy a website from Claude Code](https://lobsite.com/hosting/claude-code.md): Let Claude Code put the site it built online: one command or the MCP server, no prompts, and a link back to you that keeps the site. Free to try.
- [Host a website made with ChatGPT](https://lobsite.com/hosting/chatgpt.md): ChatGPT wrote the HTML; get it online at a real address. Paste the code and publish in one click, or connect Lobsite so ChatGPT publishes it for you.
- [Deploy a website from Cursor](https://lobsite.com/hosting/cursor.md): Ask Cursor's agent to deploy and get a live URL: a project rule or the MCP server, one command, no prompts. No account needed to try it.
- [Deploy a website from Codex](https://lobsite.com/hosting/codex.md): Have Codex deploy the site it built: a section in AGENTS.md, network access for the command, and a live URL with a link that keeps it. Free to try.
- [Lobsite MCP server](https://lobsite.com/mcp.md): Two MCP servers that put sites online: a local one for coding agents (npx lobsite mcp) and a remote one for ChatGPT and Claude. Set-up for each client.
- [Forms for static sites](https://lobsite.com/features/forms.md): Collect contact, signup and quote forms on a static site: point the form at /_lobsite/forms/<name> and deploy. Spam filtering, an inbox and email included.
- [A Surge alternative](https://lobsite.com/alternatives/surge.md): Like surge, one command deploys a folder. Lobsite also works without an account, uploads only changed files, has forms and a dashboard, and publishes limits.
- [A Netlify Drop alternative](https://lobsite.com/alternatives/netlify-drop.md): Drop a folder or a zip and get a live site with no account for 6 hours, then keep it free in one click. The same deploy works from a terminal and AI agents.

## Optional

- [Everything above in one file](https://lobsite.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Pricing](https://lobsite.com/pricing)
- [Terms](https://lobsite.com/terms)
- [Privacy](https://lobsite.com/privacy)
- [Acceptable use and abuse reports](https://lobsite.com/abuse)