# Limits and keeping files small

## Numbers at a glance

- A site may be up to 300 MB on simple-host.app. **Archive limit** is 100 MB.
- Simple Host keeps 4 versions of a site; new websites (from the 2026-10-05 deployment) may total 200 MB including retained versions; 1 GB per account.
- Saved data: KV and SQLite share 10,000,000 bytes per site; files have a separate 10 MB allowance per site; one file upload from a page is under 1,000,000 bytes. `storage_get_usage` shows what is used.
- The Add photos page makes small WebP or JPEG copies on the device.

## Keep website files small

Before deploying, check the size of every file and the whole output folder. Read `who_am_i` without `include_email` (or `GET /v1/me`) for account file usage and `list_sites` (or `GET /v1/sites`) for site sizes. Simple Host normally keeps 4 versions, allows 200 MB including live files and retained versions for new websites from the 2026-10-05 deployment, and 1 GB per account. Earlier websites have no total cap; operator exceptions apply. The live copy is separate and counts too. The server checks after pruning, so replacing a site uses the resulting total. Saved data and storage resources have their own limits.

For personal photos, call `create_upload_link` (a photo picker in the chat, or `photos_url` to give the person); the page shrinks them. Keep zip files, installers and videos elsewhere and link to them. Remove files you no longer use. Delete old sites you don't need.

If a deploy returns `site_total_too_large`, `account_storage_full` or `site_too_large`, follow its tips and reduce the files before retrying. Ask which old sites the person no longer needs before deleting any. Only accounts enabled by the operator may change the version count; other accounts get “Simple Host keeps your 4 latest versions”.