dochost - Free HTML and Markdown hosting with instant shareable links

What is dochost

You've done the work — written a clean landing page in HTML, polished your Markdown documentation, or gotten a great response from ChatGPT that you want to share with your team. Now comes the annoying part: figuring out how to actually get it in front of people.

The usual path involves spinning up a GitHub repo, configuring a CMS, or setting up a build pipeline — all just to produce a shareable link. For a single page, that's a lot of ceremony.

The dochost platform (https://dochost.io) removes all that overhead. It's a free HTML host and Markdown host that turns your content into a live dochost.co/d/... link in seconds. Paste your code or upload a file, and the page goes live almost instantly — no account, no signup, no email verification, no build step.

Your links are automatically slug-named after the uploaded file name. Drop in Landing Page.html and you get dochost.co/d/landing-page. Clean, predictable, and easy to remember when you share it in Slack or a client email.

Behind the scenes, every upload is automatically screened. Malicious content gets removed before it ever reaches the public Explore section (https://dochost.io/explore), which showcases trending and most-viewed pages. That keeps the platform trustworthy and the community content safe to browse.

dochost was also built with the AI era in mind. When ChatGPT, Claude, or Cursor hands you HTML or Markdown, you can paste it and get a live link immediately — no repository setup, no CMS configuration. It's a publishing shortcut designed for your existing workflow, not a new system to learn.

The free tier gives you 10 live pages with links lasting 7 days, plus unlimited Markdown and HTML links. For most casual sharing needs, that's genuinely enough to get started today.

dochost's Core Features

Let's walk through what dochost actually does, framed around how you'll use it day to day — not just as a feature checklist.

HTML host and Markdown host in one place. You can use dochost to paste either format. As a Markdown host, it renders your content to HTML with GitHub-flavored styling — so tables, code blocks, and headings all look the way you've come to expect from GitHub docs. As an HTML host, it serves your page exactly as written, byte-for-byte, with inline CSS and JavaScript intact.

Live Markdown preview as you type. No guesswork about how your document will look once published. You can watch the Markdown render to HTML in real time as you write, make adjustments, and publish only when you're satisfied. That's a genuinely useful difference from pasting final text into a tool and hoping.

Free with no signup. Get a link instantly. No account creation, no email verification, no waiting for a confirmation link. For quick sharing, that friction-free entry point matters — you're literally seconds from a live page.

Publish straight from Telegram. For teams that live in chat, dochost offers a bot workflow: forward text or attach a Markdown or HTML file to @dochost_bot, and it replies with a clean link you can share anywhere. No need to leave your messaging app.

Publish from your AI assistant via MCP. The dochost MCP server connects to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, and any other MCP client. Your AI assistant gains a publish tool, so you can simply ask it to share a document and it hands back a live dochost link — no copy-paste, no separate dashboard. This is full HTML support, not Markdown-only, and secure OAuth sign-in means no API keys to leak.

Chrome extension for ChatGPT and Claude. Install the dochost Chrome extension and a "Publish" button appears inside AI chat. Any HTML or Markdown answer becomes a live link in one click, right where the answer renders. Free to use with no account needed for v1.

Who's Using dochost

The best way to know if dochost fits your workflow is to look at how different teams are actually putting it to work.

Front-end developers use dochost as a lightweight way to share landing pages and prototype snippets with clients. Instead of spinning up a temporary server or committing to a hosting provider for a one-off demo, they paste HTML with inline CSS and JS and share the link. The client sees the page as intended, and the feedback loop stays fast — no deployment talk to wade through.

Technical writers and educators turn Markdown notes, documentation, or tutorial drafts into clean, GitHub-styled HTML pages. For a lesson plan, a course handout, or a set of release notes, the live Markdown preview lets them verify the final look before sharing it with students or readers.

AI power users get a live link for ChatGPT or Claude output without copy-pasting into a separate tool. Connecting the MCP server makes publishing automatic — you stay inside your assistant's interface, and the link comes back as part of the flow. If you're iterating with the AI, this removes a genuine source of friction.

Teams doing rapid collaboration take advantage of the Explore section to surface trending and most-viewed HTML and Markdown pages. It's a lightweight discovery tool — useful when a team wants to see what colleagues are working on or what's getting attention this week.

Support teams share formatted pages instead of pasting raw text into chat. Code blocks, tables, and headings render correctly, which means the person receiving the link sees the same structured document you intended — not a wall of escaped characters.

Quick Start

Getting your first link live takes under a minute. Here's the full path.

Step 1 — Add your content. Go to https://dochost.io/#share and paste HTML or Markdown, or upload an .html or .md file from your machine.

Step 2 — Preview before you publish. Watch the live Markdown preview render in real time. If you're uploading HTML, you can verify the page serves exactly as written — inline styles and scripts included.

Step 3 — Choose visibility. Select Private for a link-only page that stays hidden from public browsing, or Public to appear on the Explore section alongside trending and most-viewed pages.

Step 4 — Share the link. dochost auto-generates a dochost.co/d/... URL based on the file name. Copy it, paste it into Slack, email, or a text message, and you're done.

For AI workflows. If you're publishing from within an assistant, connect the dochost MCP server to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code, or Windsurf. Your assistant then has a publish tool built in — ask it to share a document and it returns a live link. Alternatively, install the Chrome extension to add a one-click "Publish" button inside ChatGPT and Claude chat.

The beauty here is the absence of setup. There's no repository to initialize, no deploy configuration, no DNS to adjust. You paste or upload, verify the preview, choose your visibility, and share.

dochost's Pricing Plans

dochost's pricing philosophy is straightforward: keep casual sharing free, and charge only when you need permanence, scale, or customization. Most people can start on the free tier today and never look back.

Here's how the three plans compare:

Free gives you 10 live pages with links lasting 7 days, 1 MB per page, MCP publishing, and unlimited Markdown and HTML links — with likes, view counts, and no branding. For a one-off landing page or a quick doc share, that's everything you need.

Pro (the most popular tier) raises the ceiling: 200 live pages, permanent links, 10 MB per page, and unlocks the customization layer — custom slug, password protection, an analytics dashboard, a custom domain, and priority support. It's $4.92 per month billed yearly, and you get 7 days free with no credit card required.

Max removes the limits entirely: unlimited live pages, permanent links, 50 MB per page, and every Pro feature included. At $11.25 per month (billed yearly at $135), it's for teams and heavy publishers who want scale without counting pages.

We suggest starting with the free tier if you're sharing self-contained pages occasionally. Upgrade to Pro when you need links that never expire, a custom domain, or the analytics dashboard to see who's viewing your pages. Choose Max if you're publishing at volume or need larger files (up to 50 MB).

Create a free account only if you want permanent links, a custom domain, analytics, or a single dashboard managing every page in one place. Otherwise, the no-signup path serves you fine.

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