npx claudepluginhub render-oss/skills --plugin renderThis skill uses the workspace's default tool permissions.
Deploys static frontends (React, Vue, Hugo, Gatsby, Docusaurus, Jekyll, etc.) to Render's global CDN with automatic TLS, Brotli compression, HTTP/2, and DDoS protection. Free tier available.
Deploys static/SPA sites and serverless functions to Netlify, validating build config, redirects, headers, environment variables, and deployment readiness.
Deploys static web apps, SPAs, and microservices to Firebase Hosting (Classic) via CLI. Covers configuration, preview channels, emulation, and GitHub integration. Use for non-SSR sites, not App Hosting.
Guides step-by-step deployment of static sites, React/Vue/Next.js/Nuxt frontends, Python (Flask/FastAPI/Django) or Node.js (Express/Nest) backends to Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, Railway, Render. Prepares build configs, env vars, gitignore.
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Deploys static frontends (React, Vue, Hugo, Gatsby, Docusaurus, Jekyll, etc.) to Render's global CDN with automatic TLS, Brotli compression, HTTP/2, and DDoS protection. Free tier available.
For SSR frameworks (Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit) that need a running server, use render-web-services instead. For Blueprint authoring, see render-blueprints.
| Need | Use | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Pure HTML/CSS/JS, SPA, docs, blog | Static Site | Free, global CDN, instant cache invalidation |
SSR (Next.js next start, Nuxt server) | Web Service | Needs a running Node/Python/etc. process |
| Static export from SSR framework | Static Site | If the framework supports full static export (next export, nuxt generate) |
| API backend | Web Service | Static sites cannot run server code |
Key constraint: Static sites are not on the private network. They cannot communicate with other Render services over internal hostnames.
| Setting | Purpose |
|---|---|
buildCommand | Installs dependencies and builds assets (e.g. npm ci && npm run build) |
staticPublishPath | Directory of built output to serve (e.g. build, dist, public) |
Render auto-detects and installs dependencies. Set SKIP_INSTALL_DEPS=true to handle installation yourself in the build command.
| Framework | Build command | Publish path |
|---|---|---|
| Create React App | npm ci && npm run build | build |
| Vite (React/Vue/Svelte) | npm ci && npm run build | dist |
| Next.js (static export) | npm ci && next build | out |
| Nuxt (static) | npm ci && nuxt generate | .output/public |
| Hugo | hugo --minify | public |
| Gatsby | npm ci && gatsby build | public |
| Docusaurus | npm ci && npm run build | build |
| Jekyll | bundle exec jekyll build | _site |
| Astro | npm ci && astro build | dist |
Single-page apps need a catch-all rule so the CDN serves index.html for all routes instead of returning 404.
Configure Redirect/Rewrite Rules in the Dashboard (Settings > Redirects/Rewrites) or via the Blueprint routes field:
routes:
- type: rewrite
source: /*
destination: /index.html
For multi-path redirects (e.g. old blog URLs), add specific rules above the catch-all so they take priority.
See references/routing-and-headers.md for redirect types, header rules, and caching patterns.
Add security and performance headers from the Dashboard (Settings > Headers) or the Blueprint headers field:
headers:
- path: /*
name: X-Frame-Options
value: DENY
- path: /assets/*
name: Cache-Control
value: public, max-age=31536000, immutable
Static sites support automatic PR previews—each pull request gets a unique URL with the built site.
previews.generation to automatic or manual<service>-<pr-id>.onrender.comservices:
- type: web
runtime: static
name: my-frontend
buildCommand: npm ci && npm run build
staticPublishPath: dist
routes:
- type: rewrite
source: /*
destination: /index.html
headers:
- path: /*
name: X-Frame-Options
value: DENY
previews:
generation: automatic
Note: Static sites use type: web with runtime: static in Blueprints. There is no separate type: static.
Static sites have a free tier. They count against workspace-level monthly included amounts for:
| Document | Contents |
|---|---|
references/routing-and-headers.md | Redirect types, rewrite rules, header patterns, SPA config |
references/framework-configs.md | Build commands and publish paths for 10+ frameworks |
render.yaml schema for static site fields