enableSelfHosting

Enable a processing step at build that time converts external resources into self-hosted files.

The internet is full of CDNs and other external resources that can be useful to include in your site. Though convenient, there are complex realities that come with using them, including GDPR compliance and concerns about availability.

Kobweb provides a way to automatically try to convert these resources to self-hosted paths, so by request self-host conversions, the framework will attempt to download links that are found in your block and replace them with links to those local copies.

Using self-hosting can seem like a straight-up win, but note that you will be paying for the extra bandwidth for serving those files, which could add up. Fetching files from your site might also be slower for some users as the CDN is more likely to have more servers across the globe.

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