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Deploy a Jekyll site

Jekyll is a simple, blog-aware, static site generator. In this guide, you'll create a new Jekyll application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages. We'll be the jekyll CLI to create a new Jekyll site.

Installing Jekyll

Jekyll is written in Ruby, meaning that you'll need a functioning Ruby installation in order to install Jekyll.

We recommend using rbenv to install Ruby on your computer. Follow the rbenv install instructions, and install a recent version of Ruby using rbenv:

$ rbenv install 2.7.2

With Ruby installed, you can install the jekyll Ruby gem:

$ gem install jekyll

Creating a new project

With Jekyll installed, you can create a new project using jekyll new:

$ jekyll new my-jekyll-site

You should create a base index.html in your newly created folder so that your site has content:

<!DOCTYPE html><html>  <head>    <meta charset="utf-8" />    <title>Hello from Cloudflare Pages</title>  </head>  <body>    <h1>Hello from Cloudflare Pages</h1>  </body></html>

Optionally, you can also use include a theme with your new Jekyll site if you'd like to start with great styling defaults. For instance, the minimal-mistakes theme has a "Starting from jekyll new" section to help you add the theme to your new site.

Creating a GitHub repository

Create a new GitHub repository by visiting repo.new. Once you've created a new repository, you can push your local application to GitHub:

$ git remote add origin https://github.com/yourgithubusername/githubrepo$ git branch -M main$ git push -u origin main

If you're migrating an existing Jekyll project to Pages, you should confirm that your Gemfile is committed as part of your codebase. Pages will look at your Gemfile and run bundle install to install the required dependencies for your project, including the jekyll gem.

Deploying with Cloudflare Pages

You can deploy your site to Cloudflare Pages by going to the dashboard, and creating a new site. Select your new GitHub repository that you created above, and in the configuration section, provide the following information:

Configuration optionValue
Production branchmain
Build commandjekyll build
Build directory_site

Once you've configured your site, you can begin your first deploy. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing jekyll, your project dependencies, and building your site, before deploying it.

Once you've deployed your site, you'll receive a unique subdomain for your project on pages.dev. Every time you commit new code to your Jekyll site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You'll also get access to preview deployments on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

Learn more

Congrats, you've deployed your Jekyll site on Cloudflare Pages! To learn more about what you can do with the platform, check out our How-To section.