Tutorial

Create a Vercel account

Vercel is what turns your code files into a live website. It takes what's in your GitHub repository, builds it, and gives you a public URL that anyone in the world can visit. It updates automatically every time you push changes.

The free plan is genuinely free and more than enough for a personal website.

Step 1: Go to vercel.com

Visit vercel.com and click Sign Up.

Step 2: Sign up with GitHub

Choose Continue with GitHub — this is the easiest path, and it's what we'll need anyway to connect your project.

Vercel will ask GitHub for permission to access your repositories. Click Authorize.

Step 3: Complete setup

Vercel will ask a few setup questions:

  • What's your name / what are you working on? — Fill it in or skip
  • Are you using Vercel for work or personal use? — Choose Personal

What you get for free

The Hobby (free) plan includes:

  • Unlimited personal projects
  • Automatic deployments from GitHub
  • Free .vercel.app domain for each project (e.g. my-fishing-site.vercel.app)
  • HTTPS (secure connections) by default

That's all you need to complete this tutorial.

Once your Vercel account is created, mark this step done and let's connect it to GitHub.