Private pages for a private Github repo

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Couldn t find anything in the github documentation and also here on SO  But I was wondering if there could be a http   foo github com for a private repository named foo which is accessible only one had access to the foo repository itself   I remember having read something about github pages always being public but can t seem to find that anymore   And surprisingly  I can t seem to find anyone else asking the question either

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This is finally possible for GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers: Access control for GitHub Pages.

To enable access control on Pages, navigate to your repository settings, and click the dropdown menu to toggle between public and private visibility for your site.

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As outlined above  Github pages do not support that functionality  I had the same issue when our team decided to host project documentation  static HTML  internally and privately    I ended up creating a service https   www privatehub cloud It is basically a simple proxy server with Github OAuth authentication  so it merely returns your GitHub repository content with a proper MIME type  By design  only who have access to foo will be able to see foo content at https   bar-foo privatehub cloud  From functional point of view  you can think about it as a simplified GitHub pages with built-in authentication   Unfortunately  Github OAuth does not allow to request read-only access to private repos  so the server needs the full access  obviously  it does not write anything to your repo   As GitHub API allows to retrieve files under 1 Mb only  the service cannot return larger files  Yet  I found the service is quite suitable for small projects for internal documentation or staging version of a website

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The page github com does mention      Github Pages are hosted free and easily published through our site    Without ever mentioning access control   The GitHub page help doesn t mention any ACL either  They are best managed in a gh-pages branch  and can be managed in their own submodule  But again  without any restriction in term of visibility once published by GitHub

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According to GitHub Pages documentation      All project repositories are ready to use the generator for publishing  However  please note that private repositories will publish pages that are public    So no  at this time there is no way to create private GitHub pages from a private GitHub repository   EDIT   A simple workaround  A workaround for some situations that might be helpful is to simply rename the repo to something other than the GitHub pages format while you want it to be private  for example in a development phase  and when ready to make it public then correct the name  Obviously this still doesn t help if you are looking for a way to publish pages that have authentication  but if you just want to hide a GH pages project while it s in progress  this could help   An actual Auth Wrapper for Jekyll  GitHub pages   Alternatively  there is a project called Jekyll Auth that GitHubber  benbalter made for such use  Jekyll Auth provides a basic authentication wrapper for jekyll projects  including GitHub pages  See the repo s README for use

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This GitHub app  https   github com apps priv-page allows users to have private pages for their private repositories

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There is an article with a working idea on how to request oAuth authorization before loading static content dynamically   Securing Site That Runs on Github Pages With JSON Backend In Private Repository  Content should be stored in a secret GitHub repository with a viewer having read access to it  GitHub pages stores only the serving JS code

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Jan  2021  this is now possible for GitHub Enterprise  so  not yet for github com   See  Access control for GitHub Pages   GitHub Pages now gives you the option to limit access  making the site visible only to users with access to the repository that published the Page  With access control  you can use GitHub Pages to publish and share internal documentation and knowledge across your enterprise  As part of this release  we are introducing the following capabilities   Repo admins can select whether GitHub Pages sites are publicly visible or limited to users who have access to the repository  Both private and internal repositories support private visibility  With an internal repository  everyone in your enterprise will be able to view the Page with the same credentials they use to login to github com Org admins can configure the visibility options that members will be able to select for their Page  For example  you can enforce that your members can only publish content privately   This feature is generally available today on GitHub Enterprise Cloud  To enable access control on Pages  navigate to your repository settings  and click the dropdown menu to toggle between public and private visibility for your site

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Many answers are outdated  pre-Microsoft acquisition free private repos   This one was written after the announcement of free private repos  Github pages are not available on free private repos for individuals  as shown in the repo settings   2020  most basic plan is now  quot Team quot     NOTICE All pages are public  even if you upgrade  Upgrading only enables the Pages feature on private repos  just like it enables other features  The Pages feature is publicly available static web hosting

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If you press admin on a private repo and scroll down to the part about pages  it writes that it ll be public  I ll check later if  htaccess control or similar is possible  but I don t have much hope for it

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You could host password in a repository and then just hide the page behind hidden address  that is derived from that password  This is not a very secure way  but it is simple   Demonstration

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I had raised a support ticket against Github and got a response confirming the fact that ALL pages are public  I ve now requested them to add a note to help github com pages

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So sad It s 2020 and we are not able to have private GithubP  ges

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