Migrating from GitHub Pages

Migrating from GitHub Pages to Render is a quick process that gives you significantly more control over your builds and deploys.

1. Create a new Static Site on Render and select your GitHub Pages repository.
2. Use the following values during creation:
   • Build Command: bundle exec jekyll build
   • Publish Directory: _site

That's it! Your site will be live at its onrender.com URL as soon as the build finishes.

To add a custom domain to your site, see Custom Domains.

A note on Ruby versions

By default, Render uses the latest LTS version of Ruby.

Render can also automatically detect and install the version of Ruby specified in .ruby-version at the root of your project, or in your Gemfile.

To ensure compatibility, you can confirm which version of Ruby GitHub Pages currently uses and configure your Render static site to use the same version.