ChatGPT Sites Public Beta: Hosted Surfaces Inside the Chat Shell
OpenAI opened ChatGPT Sites in public beta—prompt to interactive websites/apps inside ChatGPT, with Business/Enterprise public URL publishing and Pro/Edu beta (Plus following). Vibe coding with hosting and share links as default plumbing; EEA/CH/UK held back.
“Vibe coding” stops being a demo when hosting and share links are default plumbing. Sites turns ChatGPT from a place that suggests UIs into a place that ships hosted surfaces—a distribution wedge against Replit, Cursor-to-deploy loops, and internal portal builders.
On July 9, 2026, OpenAI’s ChatGPT release notes introduced ChatGPT Sites in public beta: build dashboards, trackers, prototypes, portals, and reports without leaving ChatGPT, then preview, refine, and share. Business and Enterprise already had Sites; starting that day they could publish public URLs beyond workspace members. Pro, Pro Lite, and Edu began public-beta access, with Plus following; Free/Go excluded. Public publishing and the expanded consumer beta were not available in the EEA, Switzerland, or the UK at launch.
What Sites does
From OpenAI’s July 9 ChatGPT release-note entry:
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Job | Prompt → interactive website or lightweight app inside ChatGPT |
| Examples | Dashboards, project trackers, launch calendars, prototypes, internal portals, reports |
| Hosting | OpenAI-hosted shareable URLs (Business/Enterprise public publish) |
| Enterprise control | Public publishing off by default; admin must enable |
| Plans (Jul 9) | Business/Enterprise (existing + public publish); Pro / Pro Lite / Edu beta; Plus rolling; not Free/Go |
| Geography | Expanded beta + public publish held back in EEA, CH, UK at launch |
Sites is a distinct product line from ChatGPT Work (multi-hour agent deliverables) and the desktop Chat/Work/Codex merge; all three arrived on the same day. The July 9 notes identify existing Business/Enterprise access and the new public-beta and public-URL expansion.
Limits
- Free/Go excluded; Plus rolled after Pro/Edu.
- EEA, Switzerland, and UK held back on expanded beta and public publish at launch.
- Enterprise public publishing is off by default—admin enablement required.
- AI-generated public URLs create a new web surface for brand/security governance.
Correction (October 14, 2026): Removed the default-authentication description, earlier-preview date and an unverified same-day model-launch comparison. The access and publishing changes are sourced to the July 9 release notes.