In App Platform, a static site is a type of resource that only consists of a build process that produces static assets.
These assets are not served by an application runtime (such as Ruby, Python, or PHP), but instead are served by a simple HTTP server. Static sites therefore have no run command.
Once published, static sites are incredibly performant for users, as static assets do not require server-side processing and can be served via edge caching over DigitalOcean’s content delivery network (CDN). A static site resource is frequently used alongside a service – for example, with the HTTP route of /assets – so that your app’s assets can be served from the cache. Common static site generators include Jekyll, Hugo, and Gatsby, all of which have samples available in Sample Apps.