# schollz/hostyoself

Host yo' self from your browser, your phone, your toaster.

Repository: https://github.com/schollz/hostyoself
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hostyoself
Homepage: https://hostyoself.com
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: web, web-hosting, inception, golang, javascript, website
Last push: 2023-09-18T15:06:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2612, "days_push": 1080, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1849, forks 74 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:44.117451+00:00)

## What it is
hostyoself is a service and Go CLI tool that lets you host files and websites directly from your browser, phone, or terminal via a public relay server. The relay forwards incoming HTTP requests to your device over websockets, so your machine serves the content without port forwarding or server setup.

## Use cases
- host a static website from my laptop without a server
- share a folder of files with a public URL
- serve files from my phone or browser temporarily
- expose local files to the internet without port forwarding
- run my own file-hosting relay server
- quickly demo a local site to someone else

## When to choose
- you need a quick, temporary public URL for local files
- you want zero-setup hosting without port forwarding or DNS
- you want to self-host the relay component yourself

## When to avoid
- you need production hosting with uptime guarantees
- you need to host dynamic server-side applications like PHP or databases
- your site must stay online when your device is off

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-server, web-framework, websocket, file-upload, self-hosted
- domain: web-development, self-hosted, developer-tools, web-design
- platform: cli, cross-platform, go, browser
- tags: file-hosting, tunneling, relay-server, browser-hosting, static-files, quick-sharing, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- schollz/hostyoself (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:44.117451+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:17:46.293733+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/schollz/hostyoself (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:44.117451+00:00, sha 203655ccee70)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.