Skip to main content

Your hosting can do more

Free open-source apps you can run on your hosting

A website, an online shop, bookings, invoices or a place to organise your work. There's a free app for almost everything, and it costs nothing extra on your hosting.

Not technical? That's fine. Just tell us which app you'd like and we'll install it for you, free. Hosting is £45 for your first year (15 GB), then £75 a year, with email included.

Buy web hosting Find an app
A laptop displaying colourful app tiles beside a notebook and coffee on a wooden desk

The easy way

Tell us what you'd like. We'll install it for you.

Pick an app from the list below, or just describe what you need, like "a booking calendar" or "a small online shop", and we'll suggest one. Then send us a message and we'll install it on your hosting for you, free of charge.

Once it's set up, we'll send you the link to sign in and add your own words, pictures and prices. If you get stuck, a real person in the UK will help.

Prefer to do it yourself? Most of these apps are in the app installer in your hosting control panel, where you choose an app and it's set up in a few clicks. The few that aren't can be uploaded by hand, or ask us and we'll do it. For an online shop with WordPress, install WordPress, then add the free WooCommerce plugin. For a simple site without an app, the free Website Builder is included too.

A support technician on a headset at his desk, helping a florist who is on the phone in her shop
Tell us what you need. We'll set it up.

Find a useful starting point

What would you like to do?

Browse by the job you want to do. Every app here is free, and we'll install any of them for you if you ask.

Websites & content

Shops & selling

WooCommerce for WordPress

Sell products from your website: install WordPress, then add the free WooCommerce plugin.

Free, and we'll set it up for you

Ask us to install it App website

Bookings, calendars & events

CRM, invoicing & accounts

Helpdesk & live chat

Community & forums

Analytics, forms & surveys

Learning & knowledge

Photos & media

Build your own

Building a static site on GitHub Pages? GitHub Sync publishes its changes to your own hosting automatically. Start with our guide to building a website with AI.

Full web hosting, included

Build anything

Have an idea that needs its own software? A developer can build a full front-end and back-end web app here, with the tools to manage it included in your hosting.

PHP and MySQL

Run your application code in PHP and keep its data in MySQL databases. Use phpMyAdmin to work with those databases in your browser.

Your files and scheduled jobs

Use the File Manager in your browser or FTP/SFTP to manage your files. Set up cron jobs for tasks your app needs to run on a schedule.

Email, SSL and daily backups

Email at your domain, free SSL for HTTPS and daily backups are included, alongside the one-click installer with over 200 open-source apps.

GitHub Pages serves static files only. This hosting also runs PHP and MySQL for a shop, CRM, booking system or custom app. Building your own? Read about hosting a web application here. See our GitHub Pages and web hosting comparison.

Before you get started

A few practical questions

A florist and a customer at her shop counter, going through a booking sheet together
Booking calendars, shops and more: if your business needs it, there's probably a free app for it.
Is it really free?

Yes. The apps here are free, the app installer is included in your hosting, and we don't charge to install an app for you. You only pay for the hosting itself. A domain name is separate.

Can I move a WooCommerce shop here?

Yes. We include help moving your existing site. Get in touch so we can check its files, database and email setup with you and agree the move. Check products, orders and checkout after the transfer before sending customers to the moved shop.

What if the app I want isn't listed?

Tell us what it is and we'll check it will run on your hosting and help you set it up. Most free web apps will, and the installer has over 200 more than the ones shown here.

Do you support the apps themselves?

We help with the hosting, installer, files, databases and email. Each app's own documentation and community cover how its features work, and its maintainers handle software bugs. Keep your app updated and follow its setup guidance. If you are unsure where a problem sits, send us a message and a real UK person will reply.

Choose an app. Give it a home.

Start with what your business needs

15 GB hosting is £45 for your first year, then £75 a year. PHP, MySQL, email, SSL, daily backups and the app installer are included, with no extra charge from us to run these apps.

Use a domain you already own or find a new domain separately.

Buy web hosting Get in touch