How to make a Quarto website

Author
Affiliation

Georgia State University

Published

February 6, 2026

Sample

 Download an example site skeleton

Getting started

Choose one editor and follow the steps:

  • Download and install RStudio: https://posit.co/downloads/
    • Make sure RStudio is version 2022.07+.
  • Quarto comes pre-installed.
    • Make sure Quarto is version 1.8+.

Working with Quarto Markdown

You can use Quarto even if you never use any computational output! It’s fantastic for generating websites from Markdown, even if you don’t use R/Python/Stata/whatever.

Quarto supports R, Python, Observable JS, and Julia natively. You can even make it support things like Stan or Stata (through R or through Python).

Configuring Quarto websites

Publishing Quarto websites

Easy:

Medium:

  • GitHub Pages: Free!; everything’s public; custom domains
  • Netlify: Free and paid; public and private; custom domains
    • Netlify Drop: easiest quickest way—just drag and drop your _site folder!

Advanced:

  • DIY: Set up a server yourself and do whatever you want

What I use: