# Use Jekyll on shared hosting server? **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [February 3, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/use-jekyll-on-shared-hosting-server/2579 "2019-02-03T01:01:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zleonska](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c5a1d2/32.png) [@zleonska](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/zleonska)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/use-jekyll-on-shared-hosting-server/2579/1 "2019-02-03T01:01:11Z")
We had to step down from a VPS to a shared-hosting server. Once signed up I found out I could not use Jekyll on this server. I have happily used Jekyll and would prefer to continue to use it . Is there some way use only part of it, i.e. flat-files? I am sorry. I don’t have the knowledge or terminology to even ask for help properly! If this can’t be done, could you suggest a static blog generator which would work for me on a shared server. Thank-you Zuzanna ---
**Author:** ![chuckhoupt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/chuckhoupt/32/523_2.png) [@chuckhoupt](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/chuckhoupt)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/use-jekyll-on-shared-hosting-server/2579/2 "2019-02-03T01:31:18Z")
Some shared hosting servers can run Jekyll, although often the setup is more complicated due to shared-hosting limitations (no root access, outdated Ruby, etc). If you can’t run Jekyll on the server, then another option is to run it on your local machine and then sftp/rsync the `_site` directory up to the shared server. ---
**Author:** ![zleonska](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c5a1d2/32.png) [@zleonska](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/zleonska)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 6:30am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/use-jekyll-on-shared-hosting-server/2579/3 "2019-02-05T06:30:24Z")
@chuckhoupt Thank-you so much for your courteous reply. Because Jekyll was set up on the previous server, my brain was not seeing the big picture. 😊 Puts on glasses and turns on the light. Of course you can upload the files, it is Jekyll! The HTML files are now uploaded: no fuss no muss. Again thank-you.