Awesome Static Web Site Generators

A static web site generator is an application that takes plain text files and compiles them to HTML files.

• Awesome Static Web Site Generators
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  • CMS
  • Documentation
  • Frameworks
  • Photography
  • Single Page
  • Wikis
• Helpful Tools and Services
  • Web Hosts
• Other Lists of Static Web Site Generators
• Related Awesome
• Static Web Site Generators in Other Awesome Lists

Blogs

• 11ty - Eleventy is a simpler static site generator. - #JavaScript #Node.js
• ABlog - A Sphinx extension that converts any documentation or personal website project into a full-fledged blog. - #Python
• BlogC++ - A static blog generator, written in C++17. - #C++
• Cobalt - A Rust static site generator. - #Rust
• Franklin - A static site generator written in Julia that is primarily intended for technical blogging. - #Julia
• Gitfolio - A portfolio website where you could showcase your work + a blog that will help you spread your ideas into real world. - #Node.js
• Hexo - A fast, simple & powerful blog framework. - #JavaScript #Node.js
• Hyde - #Python
• Jamify NextJS - Publish flaring fast blogs with Next.js and Ghost. - #JavaScript #React #Next.js
• Jamify Gatsby - Publish flaring fast blogs with Gatsby and Ghost. - #JavaScript #React #Gastby
• Jekyll - Jekyll is a simple, blog-aware, static site generator perfect for personal, project, or organization sites. - #Ruby
• Journey - #Go
• Makesite - Simple, lightweight, and magic-free static site/blog generator (< 130 lines) for Python coders #Python
• mkws(1) - A bloatless, JSless simple static site generator using sh(1) code for scripting. Markdown can be rendered via smu(1). #Bash
• Nikola - #Python
• Octopress - Similar to Jekyll but where everything you need is already setup. - #Ruby #Jekyll
• Orchid Posts - Add Jekyll-like blogging functionality to your Orchid site. - #Orchid #Java #Kotlin
• Pelican - Uses Markdown or ReST for content and Jinja2 for themes. - #Python
• Qgoda - Arbitrary taxonomies and cross-links, multi-lingua. - #Perl
• Serum - Serum is a static website generator written in Elixir Programming Language. - #Elixir
• Sphido - A rocket 🚀 fast, lightweight, static site generator #Node.js
• Spress - #PHP
• Static - Supports org-mode and markdown. - #Clojure
• Tinkerer - #Python
• CommonMark Blog for Laravel - Static generator to use with Laravel projects. Uses CommonMark and FrontMatter to generate and publish files in the public-folder. Supports articles as well as listing pages #PHP

CMS

• Lektor - An easy to use static CMS and blog engine. - #Python
• Publii - Easy-to-use desktop app to generate static websites. - #JavaScript #Electron
• Tipe - An easy to use API-first CMS engine to generate static sites. - #JavaScript
• Datenstrom Yellow - For people who make small websites. - #PHP

Documentation

• Docnado - A rapid documentation tool that will blow you away; batteries and style included. - #Python #Jinja2
• DocPad - #JavaScript #CoffeeScript #Node.js
• Docsify - A magical documentation site generator. #JavaScript #Node.js
• Doctave - A batteries-included developer documentation site generator. - #Rust
• Docusaurus - Easy to maintain open source documentation websites. - #JavaScript #React
• Docute - Effortless documentation, done right. - #JavaScript
• MkDocs - Write your docs in Markdown and configure the generator with a single YAML configuration file. - #Python
• Orchid Javadoc - Create beautiful Javadocs for your project within your Orchid site. - #Orchid #Java #Kotlin
• Slate - #Ruby
• Sphinx - #Python

Frameworks

• Assemble - #JavaScript #Node.js
• Cactus - #Python
• coil - #elixir
• Complexity - For those who like to work in HTML. - #Python
• Cuttlebelle - The react static site generator that separates editing and code concerns. - #JavaScript #Node.js #React.js
• Dewar - A flask-like static site generator. - #Python
• Elder.js - An opinionated, SEO focused, static site generator for Svelte.js. - #JavaScript #Node.js #Svelte.js
• Flask-Frozen - Freezes a Flask application into a set of static files. - #Python #Flask
• Gaiden - A tool that makes it easy to create documentation with Markdown. - #Groovy
• Gatsby - #JavaScript #Node.js #React.js
• Goldsmith - Fast and simple pipeline-based static site generator, extensible via plugins. #Go
• Grain - #Groovy
• Gridsome - Vue.js-powered, modern site generator for building the fastest possible websites for any Headless CMS, APIs or Markdown-files. - #Vue.js #JavaScript
• Hakyll - Hakyll is a Haskell library for generating static sites, mostly aimed at small-to-medium sites and personal blogs. It is written in a very configurable way and uses an xmonad-like DSL for configuration. - #Haskell
• Harp - #JavaScript #Node.js
• Hugo - It is optimized for speed, easy use and configurability. - #Go
• Ivy - It's small, elegant, and easy to use. - #Python
• JBake #Java
• LambdaPad - #Erlang
• m4-bakery - #make #m4
• Metalsmith - An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator. - #JavaScript #Node.js
• Middleman - Middleman is a static site generator using all the shortcuts and tools in modern web development. - #Ruby
• nanoc - Flexible support for small personal to large corporate web sites. - #Ruby
• Nuxt.js - Versatile vue-based framework for server-side-rendered, static and traditional single page applications.
• obelisk - #elixir
• Orchid - A beautiful and truly unique documentation engine and static site generator. - #Java #Kotlin
• Pagegen - #Python
• Phenomic - Modern static website generator based on the React and Webpack ecosystem. - #Javascript #Node.js #React.js
• Publish - enables entire websites to be built using Swift, and supports themes, plugins and tons of other powerful customization options - #Swift
• React Static - A progressive static-site framework for React. - #React.js
• Scully - The Static Site Generator for Angular apps. - #TypeScript #Angular
• Sculpin - #PHP
• Sitegen - #Lua #MoonScript
• Slides - #JavaScript
• Systatic - Systatic is a Powerful Static Site Generator for PHP Developers. - #PHP
• Tags - #Python
• Urubu - #Python
• VuePress - Vue.js powered static site generator. - #JavaScript
• webgen - #Ruby
• Wintersmith - #JavaScript #Node.js
• yst - Powered by YAML. - #Haskell
• Silssig - Go powered static site generator for GitHub/GitLab pages and other similar services with support for markdown. - #Go #Golang
• Zola - Rust powered static site generator - #Rust

Photography

• Expose - For photoessays. - #Bash
• Prosopopee A static website generator to make beautiful customizable pictures galleries that tell a story - #Python
• Sigal - #Python

Single Page

• CMS.js - A fully client-side, JavaScript Markdown site generator. - #JavaScript
• Flatdoc - A small JavaScript file that fetches Markdown files and renders them as full pages. - #JavaScript

Wikis

• GitBook - Modern documentation format and toolchain using Git and Markdown. - #GitBook
• Gollum - Gollum is a simple wiki system built on top of Git. - #Ruby
• ikiwiki - #Perl
• Orchid Wiki - A Gitbook-like wiki for your Orchid site. - #Orchid #Java #Kotlin

Helpful Tools and Services

• Formspree - Adds functional forms to your static web sites.
• git-annex - Configure git-annex for a public repository for a static web site.
• JAMStack Themes - A collection of themes filterable by static site generator and CMS support.

Web Hosts

• AWS S3
• Divshot
• GitLab Pages
• Netlify
• Surge

Other Lists of Static Web Site Generators

• HeadlessCMS
• Static Site Generators
• StaticGen
• Best Static Site Generators in 2019

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