gitlab.io is a free static web hosting service from GitLab (similar to GitHub Pages). Developers—often students or hobbyists—upload HTML5/JavaScript games directly to their GitLab repositories and host them at:

Once the traffic is allowed through, the magic happens on the user's end.

But recently, a new(ish) hero has emerged: .

This is the second layer of the defense. Because GitLab accounts are free, if one specific subdomain gets reported and blacklisted by an overzealous IT admin, the creator can simply "fork" the project (copy the code) to a new account with a new name. It is a game of digital Whac-A-Mole that the admins are destined to lose.

You’ll also find entire —a single index.html listing dozens of games. Some are hand-coded by students; others are copied from open-source repositories.

These pages look plain, load fast, and—crucially— of many standard web filters.