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Static Site Generators

Name Language Key Features URL
Jekyll Ruby - Blog-aware
- Perfect for personal blogs and project documentation
- GitHub Pages integration
- Liquid templating
- Extensive plugin (ruby plugins) ecosystem
Jekyll
Hugo Go - Extremely fast
- Suitable for large websites with thousands of pages
- Modular
- Flexible: allow users to define custom content types, taxonomies, and menus
- Popular choice for developers: due to simplicity and performance
Hugo
Gatsby JavaScript - React-based
- GraphQL for data fetching
- Rich plugin ecosystem: enable functionalities like image optimization, CMS integration, server-side rendering
- Ideal for modern web applications and complex websites
Gatsby
MkDocs Python - Fast and simple
- Geared towards professional project documentation
- Markdown support
- YAML configuration
- Built-in dev server
- Built-in theming options
MkDocs
VuePress JavaScript - Vue-powered
- Optimized for technical documentation
- Built-in Markdown extensions
- Built-in theming capabilities
- Hot-reload during development
- Suitable for creating documentation sites with a seamless developer experience
VuePress
Next.js JavaScript - Hybrid: static site generation and server-side rendering
- Built on React
- Automatic code splitting
- API routes
- Static export
- Ideal for building high-performance, scalable web applications
Next.js