Nekoweb
Infrastructure
static web hosting
SHOW HN2024
How HN took it
13 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 40 comments about the project. Thread score +0.26.
Design: 6 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Nostalgic retro design and layouts
From 3 comments
Love the UI! It reminds me of my childhood while I was learning how to make a website using Microsoft Frontpage.
dearroy on HNThey even use float: left to style their page. True retro!
marcelc63 on HNI love the MS UI Gothic pixel font that people use on these retro sites
kaimac on HN
Good alternative to Neocities that adds diversity to the ecosystem
From 1 comment
I think a decent distinguishing feature is that it isn't Neocities. It's nice to have multiple players in the space, makes for a healthier ecosystem.
piperswe on HN
Objections
Discord community use contradicts the open web stance
From 2 comments
> Nekoweb is a free static website hosting service, created in 2024 by a group of coders, programmers and artists, passionate for the old web and personal websites. > Join us on…
ewoijfawoifj on HN> By your reasoning, any backend that’s not accessible directly by the user is proprietary I've never said such thing. It doesn't matter if you can access things directly:…
littlestymaar on HN
Requests
Clearer documentation on limits and clean URLs
From 1 comment
A few questions/suggestions, if I may: Would really appreciate more documentation (there's also very little documentation on Neocities!), on things like whether (and if yes, how)…
bsoup on HN
Tag cloud or better discovery
From 1 comment
A few questions/suggestions, if I may: Would really appreciate more documentation (there's also very little documentation on Neocities!), on things like whether (and if yes, how)…
bsoup on HN
Open source the project
From 1 comment
A few questions/suggestions, if I may: Would really appreciate more documentation (there's also very little documentation on Neocities!), on things like whether (and if yes, how)…
bsoup on HN
Questions
What is the monetization strategy
From 1 comment
If this is ad free and free to publish on, what’s the monetization strategy? What the benefit to using Nekoweb over publishing static content to S3/CloudFront?
cebert on HN
Is it open source
From 1 comment
A few questions/suggestions, if I may: Would really appreciate more documentation (there's also very little documentation on Neocities!), on things like whether (and if yes, how)…
bsoup on HN
Alternatives named
Neocities
From 2 comments
Like neocities? Whats the difference?
shantnutiwari on HNIt is pretty similar to Neocities. A little bit of differences are: - you can style your site box for discovery page - no limit for file types and some paid plan differences: -…
dimden on HN
S3/CloudFront
From 1 comment
If this is ad free and free to publish on, what’s the monetization strategy? What the benefit to using Nekoweb over publishing static content to S3/CloudFront?
cebert on HN
zombo.com
From 1 comment
There is always https://zombo.com/, the "Hello World!" of retro websiting
malkia on HN