--- title: Jekyll + Firebase Hosting | daily.dev description: A step-by-step walkthrough for migrating a Jekyll static site from GitHub Pages to Firebase Hosting, with CircleCI handling automated commit-to-deploy. Covers... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/jekyll-firebase-hosting-fqfxl2vqk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Jekyll + Firebase Hosting | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step walkthrough for migrating a Jekyll static site from GitHub Pages to Firebase Hosting, with CircleCI handling automated commit-to-deploy. Covers... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/jekyll-firebase-hosting-fqfxl2vqk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FQFxL2VqK.png og:image:alt: Jekyll + Firebase Hosting og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Jekyll + Firebase Hosting **[Chris Banes](https://daily.dev/sources/chrisbanes)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step walkthrough for migrating a Jekyll static site from GitHub Pages to Firebase Hosting, with CircleCI handling automated commit-to-deploy. Covers the rationale (SSL on custom domains, plugin limitations, private repos), Firebase Hosting setup and configuration, moving source to Bitbucket, and wiring up CircleCI with a circle.yml file and a Firebase CI token for automated deployments. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#firebase](https://daily.dev/tags/firebase), [#circleci](https://daily.dev/tags/circleci) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/jekyll-firebase-hosting-fqfxl2vqk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Jekyll + Firebase Hosting","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/jekyll-firebase-hosting-fqfxl2vqk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/jekyll-firebase-hosting-fqfxl2vqk"},"datePublished":"2026-07-05T07:13:49.996Z","dateModified":"2026-07-05T07:16:16.325Z","description":"A step-by-step walkthrough for migrating a Jekyll static site from GitHub Pages to Firebase Hosting, with CircleCI handling automated commit-to-deploy. Covers...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/93eae7dd7ddf8d63b4ff3ba3b60df2be?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/93eae7dd7ddf8d63b4ff3ba3b60df2be?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Chris Banes","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Chris Banes","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--TEzRqSgz--/f_auto,q_auto/v1783235595/logos/chrisbanes?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/chrisbanes"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/jekyll-firebase-hosting-fqfxl2vqk","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"webdev,cicd,firebase,circleci","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chris Banes","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/chrisbanes"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Jekyll + Firebase Hosting"}]} ```