Reference article: [Reprint] After the filing of jsDelivr was revoked, where should web static resources go?
Free Frontend CDNs Available in China#
On December 20, 2021, there was a major earthquake in the frontend CDN library: jsDelivr's service in mainland China went down.
As a large-scale free CDN that was originally used in China for acceleration and had extremely fast access worldwide, many websites are using it, such as many blog themes (Hexo and Gridea, etc.) and many comment systems (Waline, etc.). However, maybe because jsDelivr can be used as a CDN for Github resources, many tutorials on using jsDelivr as a free image hosting service have emerged. Of course, if it can be used to access images, it can also be used to access files, which has laid hidden dangers for the abuse of jsDelivr.
Due to the sharing of some illegal resources (such as some scripts that bypass restrictions), raw.githubusercontent.com and gist.github.com on GitHub have been blocked, and GitHub has always been in a very unstable state. Using jsDelivr as an image hosting and download storage only occupies resources and does not pose a great threat. However, if it is used in collision with the network environment and regulatory rules in China, it will put jsDelivr's ICP filing at risk. Just imagine if there are more and more strange things on GitHub, will there be a github.cn in the future? I hope that when using public services, do not excessively occupy public resources and cause adverse effects.
To get back on track, through my search, the following are the major frontend CDNs currently available:
75CDN (360 Frontend Static Resource Library)#
Main site: https://cdn.baomitu.com
Rest assured, this resource library will not do anything suspicious. Just directly reference it in your website. It stopped for a while a year ago due to filing changes, but now it is very stable after re-filing. Currently, most of the static resources on this blog are from here.
BootCDN#
Main site: https://www.bootcdn.cn/
A free frontend open source project CDN created by Bootstrap China. On February 10, 2022, due to a violation of website using file links from this CDN, the CDN was mistakenly affected, but it has now resumed normal service. However, one thing I want to complain about is that even though it is a CDN, the main site uses resources from jsDelivr, which leads to slow loading speed.
Personally Considered Excellent Search Engines Available in China#
Bing went down again recently, and for a moment, I thought the dark age was coming. After all, if you want to talk about why I don't use other search engines, I can only say that there are too many criticisms, and I like efficiency, simplicity, and no clutter. Although a few good niche search engines appeared in China under the background of major search engines dominating, they almost didn't survive. Even the recent F Sou couldn't hold on and is preparing to close its operation. I just hope that the search engine I like will still exist in the future.
The following are some search engines that I have discovered over a long period of time. I hope they can all survive.
Microsoft Bing#
Website: https://cn.bing.com
Produced by Microsoft, almost no ads, and I am very satisfied with the search results. It has always been my main search engine.
Mengso#
Website: https://mengso.com/?q=meng
Uses the highest level of rule filtering for information, for example, if I search for "Russia" on it, it will return empty results. However, it seems to focus on the programmer community and is very useful as a tool.
Qwant#
Website: https://www.qwant.com/
A search engine from France, no ads, respects privacy.
Swisscows#
Website: https://swisscows.com/
Very fast access speed, clean results.
Yandex#
Website: https://yandex.com/
A well-established search engine from Russia, with a wide variety of search results, but high relevance.