Free Link-in-Bio Page on Your Own Domain

Every time someone asks "where can I find you?", I have the same awkward moment of listing my website, my LinkedIn and my booking page out loud. A link-in-bio page fixes that: one tidy address with your important links on it. The catch is that most tools put their own name in the address. Here's how to host your own for $0, on a web address you own, using one small file.

Tech stack: GitHub Pages (free static hosting) + your DNS provider (where you add one record)

What you need

• A free GitHub account
• A domain name you own, and a login to wherever its DNS records are managed
• Ten minutes and the ability to copy and paste

1Create the repository

A repository is a folder on GitHub that holds your files. GitHub Pages turns the files in one special repository into a website.

1. Sign in to GitHub, click the + icon in the upper-right corner, then New repository
2. Name it your-username.github.io, using your own GitHub username in lowercase
3. Set visibility to Public and turn on Add README
4. Click Create repository

2Add your links page

The whole page is a single file called index.html. GitHub Pages looks for that name first, so it becomes the front door of your site.

1. In your new repository, click Add file, then Create new file
2. Name the file index.html
3. Paste the code below, then replace the name, tagline and links with your own
4. Click Commit changes

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Your Name - Links</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: sans-serif; background: #0a0a0a; color: #fff;
           max-width: 420px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 3rem 1rem; text-align: center; }
    a { display: block; background: #ff6b35; color: #fff; text-decoration: none;
        padding: 1rem; margin: 1rem 0; border-radius: 999px; font-weight: 600; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Your Name</h1>
  <p>One line about what you do.</p>
  <a href="https://yourdomain.com">My website</a>
  <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/your-profile">LinkedIn</a>
  <a href="mailto:you@yourdomain.com">Email me</a>
</body>
</html>

Add another button by copying one <a> line and changing the address and the label.

3Turn on GitHub Pages

This tells GitHub where your site's files live. GitHub says it builds and deploys the site with a GitHub Actions workflow, and changes can take up to 10 minutes to appear.

1. Open the repository's Settings tab. If you don't see it, use the ⋯ dropdown in the repository header.
2. In the sidebar, under "Code, planning, and automation", click Pages
3. Choose a publishing source: your main branch and the root folder
4. Wait a few minutes, then click Visit site

4Connect your own domain

Right now the page lives at GitHub's address. A custom domain makes it yours. I recommend a subdomain such as links.yourdomain.com because it needs one DNS record and leaves your main website alone.

1. Back in Settings > Pages, find Custom domain
2. Enter links.yourdomain.com and click Save
3. Do this before you create the DNS record. GitHub warns that setting DNS first can let someone else host a site on your subdomain.

5Add the DNS record

A DNS record is an entry in your domain's address book. This one says "links.yourdomain.com is hosted by GitHub". Add it where you manage your domain's DNS, which is your registrar or a service like Cloudflare.

6Turn on HTTPS

HTTPS encrypts the connection and gives visitors the padlock. GitHub offers it as a checkbox once your DNS is working.

1. Return to Settings > Pages
2. Tick Enforce HTTPS

7Test that it's working

1. Open https://links.yourdomain.com in a browser and check you see your page with the padlock
2. To check the DNS record from a terminal, run:

3. The answer should point to your-username.github.io

Troubleshooting quick checks

• Page not showing at your-username.github.io? Check the repository name matches your username exactly and the file is called index.html at the top level. Changes can take up to 10 minutes.
• Custom domain not working? Run the dig command above and confirm the CNAME points to your-username.github.io with no repository name.
• Enforce HTTPS is greyed out? DNS may still be propagating. GitHub says it can take up to 24 hours.
• Edits not showing? Open the repository's Actions tab to see the latest deployment run, and give it up to 10 minutes.