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Your Free kite.space URL

When you publish, Kite gives your site a free web address that looks like <name>.kite.space. This is your site's home on the internet until (and even after) you connect your own domain.

How your free address works​

  • Every published site gets a <name>.kite.space address automatically.
  • The address is assigned the first time you publish your project. See How to Publish Your Site.
  • You can share this link right away. No setup or domain purchase required.

Choose your site domain (first publish only)​

The first time you publish, Kite asks you to pick a Site Domain in the publish panel.

  1. Find the Site Domain field.
  2. Type the name you want. For example, typing mybusiness gives you mybusiness.kite.space.
  3. Wait until you see Available, then click Publish.
  4. When the status shows Published, your site is live at that address.

Publish panel with Site Domain field

If the name is taken, try a different one. Your site domain must be 3 to 63 characters, using lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens only.

On later publishes, Kite updates your live site without asking for a new site domain.

It stays as a fallback​

When you connect a custom domain, your kite.space address doesn't go away. It stays active as a fallback, so links you've already shared keep working.

tip

If your custom domain ever has a configuration problem, your kite.space address is a handy way to confirm your site itself is fine. See Custom domain troubleshooting.

Current limitation: renaming the subdomain​

Right now, you can't freely rename the auto-generated <name>.kite.space subdomain on its own.

This matters most when you reuse a project for a new client or purpose: the project keeps the subdomain it was first given, even if that name no longer fits.

To get a clean, branded web address, connect a custom domain. Your custom domain becomes the primary address visitors see, regardless of the auto-generated subdomain.

note

If you're starting fresh for a new client, you may prefer to duplicate your project as a new one rather than reuse an existing project. See Templates and duplicating.

Troubleshooting​