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I wouldn't call CloudFlare end-to-end encrypted. They see the plaintext, independent of whether communication with the backend is encrypted or not.

CloudFlare has a detailed explanation of the various options[1].

> CloudFlare is not end-to-end unless the server already supports HTTPS.

That's literally what this article is about.

HTTPS isn't supported if you're using GH Pages with a custom domain.