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The code for Prospector is "static" meaning it is self-contained and doesn't require any back-end server software to run, other than a simple webserver. You can host it anywhere.

Surge

If you have surge installed on your machine (which you can install with npm install -g surge), you can publish on the Internet in mere seconds:

cd prospector/build
surge

It will generate a domain-name.surge.sh for you, or you can choose your own subdomain like sfcta-mytool.surge.sh.

Github Pages

Create a gh-pages branch in any GitHub repository. You can push the content of the build folder to that branch, and GitHub will publish the site at https://username.github.io/repositoryname

• Setting up a domain name with GitHub is a bit harder but Google around and you will find docs. (Add here when you get a chance)