How to deploy Astro to 99helpers

In short

The settings

Build on your computer

npm run build

Folder to drop

dist

Base path

none: the site has its own address

Live at

YOUR-NAME.99helpers.site

Step by step

Set it up

1. 1

   Build it on your computer

   In the project folder, run npm run build. The finished site comes out in dist.

   Nothing else to set up first: no base path, no workflow file, no build settings. The site gets an address of its own, so it works exactly as it does on your computer.

2. 2

   Drop the folder on 99helpers

   Open 99helpers and drop the dist folder on the page, or a zip of it. Drop the folder that has index.html directly inside it, not the whole project.

   Open the drop zone
3. 3

   Pick an address and publish

   Choose a name and publish. The site is live straight away at https://YOUR-NAME.99helpers.site, with https already set up.

4. 4

   Publish changes the same way

   Build again and drop the new folder on the same site. The address stays the same, every publish is kept as a version, and an earlier version can be made live again in one click.

5. 5

   Add what you need, when you need it

   From the site's menu you can add a password, see visitor analytics, connect your own domain or ask AI to change a page, without touching the build again.

Good to know

Worth knowing

• The free plan holds one project up to 10 MB. Starter allows 25 MB per project and Pro 500 MB; a docs site with lots of images may need one of those.
• 99helpers serves static files. Anything that needs a server, such as API routes or server-side rendering, won't run; the build output of a static site is exactly what it needs.
• Short addresses work: /about opens about.html, and a 404.html in the folder is used for pages that don't exist.
• Publishing from a script or an AI assistant? There's a REST API with revocable tokens and an MCP server, so a build script or Claude can publish the folder for you.

Questions

Before you start

Next step: connect your own domain to 99helpers.