Gatsby is one of the most popular static site generators available. Started in 2015 as an open source project, with a company being formed a few years later around hosting services, Gatsby has seen thousands of developers build sites on the React-based site generator. In 2023, Netlify acquired Gatsby and has been integrating the hosting services into their platform since. While Netlify is a great solution for web application and static site hosting, if you want something simpler and something specifically built to bring back control and fun on the web, Orbiter is a great solution for hosting Gatsby sites. In this guide, we’ll walk through hosting a simple Gatsby blog on Orbiter. Getting Started As mentioned, Gatsby is a static site generator built on top of React. We won’t need much, but you will want to make sure you have the following: A free Orbiter account. Sign up here . Node.js v18 or later. This comes installed on most computers, but you can download it if necessary here .…