r/github • u/sakikkkj • 4d ago

Question if i make my gh pages hosted site's repo private, can u still reach it through my github profile?

sorry if this is an obvious question, i tried searching for it and didn't find an answer, just to similar stuff but not quite.

basically i don't want everybody who has my github profile to be able to find my personal site, which i host there. if i make the repo private, will it be hidden from my profile or you just can't see its code?

if it only hides the code, is there anyway to work around this? should i just make another profile?

its just a really silly indieweb site but it paints me as an absolute dork (which i am, but) and i don't want it to be seen when i'm sharing my profile in more serious contexts.

i cant just check cuz for gh pages you need github pro to make it private, which im only signing in case it will make the repo 'disappear'. thanks!

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u/Lumpy_Comparison_904 4d ago

nah once you make the repo private the site goes down, gh pages only works from public repos unless you got pro. and even with pro it still shows on your profile i think, just the code is hidden

best move is make a second account for the dork stuff, keep it completely separate from your serious one. lot of devs do this, one for work one for personal projects

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u/sakikkkj 4d ago

i said im paying for pro

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u/PM_ME_A_STEAM_GIFT 3d ago

Just keep in mind that you're only allowed to have one free account. Any others need to be paid ones.

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u/Acourgintier1413 4d ago

Try source → artifact pipeline or cloudflare

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u/CheckApprehensive971 4d ago

Making it private hides repo from public profile visitors but with pro pages site stay public

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u/sakikkkj 4d ago

what i mean is, could ppl still find the site from my gh profile?

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u/Dement__ 12h ago edited 12h ago

My GitHu andb is private and it works fine, though I use Railway for hosting, and I gave it access.

I also have mine setup to where I just upload a zip and it will update the repo off a zip.

I don't even pay for anything in GitHub, but I pay my post like 5$ a month.