What is Pubby? Instant Web Publishing Explained

You have something you want to share online. Maybe it's a design mockup. A class handout. A business announcement. A portfolio piece. But putting it on the internet feels complicated, hosting, domains, servers, code. Pubby removes all of that.

Paste or drop your content, and within 3 seconds it has a live link you can share with anyone.

First, what is a web page?

A web page is just a document that lives on the internet. When you visit a website, your browser is reading a document and displaying it on your screen.

Think about a Word document or a Google Doc. A web page is similar — it's a document with text, images, and formatting. The difference is that web pages use a format called HTML and they can be opened by anyone in the world with a browser. Every website you've ever visited is one or more web pages.

What does “publishing” mean?

Publishing a web page means putting that document onto the internet so other people can find and open it.

Google Drive

Stores your files, but you control who sees them.

Pubby

Like Google Drive, except the moment you upload something, it gets a public link instantly — no sharing settings, no permission requests, no friction.

Who uses Pubby?

You don't need to be a developer. You don't need to understand code. Here's who finds Pubby useful every day:

Designers and creatives

You built something in Figma, Webflow, or even PowerPoint (exported as HTML). Now you need to share it with a client for review. Pubby gives you a live link in under 5 seconds, no dev environment required.

Marketers

Running a promotion? Announcing a product? You need a landing page up fast, not after a two-day back-and-forth with the dev team. Paste your page into Pubby, get the link, run your campaign.

Educators and trainers

Share a course handout, a quiz, an interactive lesson, as a live web page that students can open on any device. No LMS login required. Just a link.

Small business owners

You want a page for your business but you're not ready to build a full website. A Pubby page gives you something real and shareable today, while you figure out the bigger picture.

Freelancers

Client needs to review work? Send them a live URL instead of a PDF attachment. Looks more professional, works on every device, and you can update it without resending files.

Do I need to know how to code?

No.

If you have an HTML file — which you might get from a designer, from a tool like Webflow or Framer, or from an AI assistant like ChatGPT — you can publish it with Pubby without knowing anything about code. You're not writing HTML. You're just uploading it.

What is HTML?

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It sounds technical, but it's just the standard format for web pages.

An HTML file is a text file with some special tags in it. Those tags tell the browser things like: "this is a heading," "this is a paragraph," "show this image here." Most design tools can export HTML. AI tools can write HTML for you. You don't need to write or read it yourself to use Pubby.

How is Pubby different from just emailing a file?

When you email someone a file, they have to download it, open the right app, and hope the formatting survived the journey. A Pubby link opens directly in their browser. No download. No app. Works on phones, tablets, and computers equally well. It's also easier to share — one URL goes to everyone, in an email, a Slack message, a text, a QR code, anywhere.

What about a proper website? Is Pubby a replacement?

Not necessarily. Here's an honest answer:

Pubby is excellent for

  • • Sharing something quickly
  • • Getting feedback before you build the "real" thing
  • • One-off pages that don't need an ongoing home
  • • Testing ideas fast

Pubby is not designed for

  • • A full multi-page website with a CMS
  • • Blogs with hundreds of posts
  • • Sites that need databases or user logins

What does a Pubby link look like?

By default, you get a link like pubby.au/yourpage-name. It's short, clean, and shareable.

On the Pro plan ($12/month), you can connect your own custom domain, so the link becomes yoursite.com instead.

Is it secure?

Yes. Every page published on Pubby gets automatic HTTPS (the padlock icon in your browser). This means the connection between your visitor and the page is encrypted. Pubby pages are public by default — anyone with the link can view them. If you need a page that only specific people can access, Pubby isn't the right tool for that use case.

How do I get started?

1

Go to pubby.au

2

Paste your HTML or drag and drop a file

3

Copy the link and share it

Free plan is available. No credit card required to try it.

Frequently Asked Questions

The short version

Pubby is the fastest way to put a web page on the internet. No setup, no code required, no complicated settings. Paste it in, get a link, share it. Done.

Try it free at pubby.au