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Top Open-Source Static Site Generators

74 points by plurby 11y ago

znpy 11y ago
Emacs' org-mode is missing.
- r0muald 11y ago
  Yes, even though Sphinx seems the most obvious miss in the list, since it powers readthedocs.org
just_had_coffee 11y ago
Skribilo is missing: http://www.nongnu.org/skribilo/ http://www.nongnu.org/skribilo/ Guile for the win! :)
- davexunit 11y ago
  I'm also writing a Guile program specifically for the static site generator workflow called Haunt: http://haunt.dthompson.us/ http://haunt.dthompson.us/ I'm currently adding support for the Skribe syntax that Skribilo uses and it will be available in the next release, after I convert my existing blog to Haunt from Pelican and work out any transition pains.
  - just_had_coffee 11y ago
    OK, Haunt looks pretty nice. According to my TODO, i'm still supposed to convert my website from Hakyll to something with parens sometime in the future, so i'll definitely keep Haunt in mind :).
- bobfunk 11y ago
  Send a pull request :)
tca 11y ago
emacs-muse is also missing.
deleted 11y ago
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shazow 11y ago
https://staticsitegenerators.net/ https://staticsitegenerators.net/ has the most comprehensive list of static site generators I've seen. At this point what we really need is a list of static site generator lists.
- bobfunk 11y ago
  That list also includes all kind of stuff that's not actually static sure generators, like BitBalloon (hosting service) or Kirby (flat file CMS), etc... At staticgen we have far stricter rules of what we accept in the list. See https://www.staticgen.com/rules https://www.staticgen.com/rules
  - shazow 11y ago
    They're fairly clearly labelled and categorized. Might be easier to build a frontend to their open Public Domain data rather than asking everyone to re-submit their projects: https://github.com/bevry/staticsitegenerators-list/ https://github.com/bevry/staticsitegenerators-list/
    - bobfunk 11y ago
      As far as I can see there's no categorization. The only way to find the list of actual static site generators is to read through the description of each of them. And since some don't have descriptions, the only way to know for sure is to visit their website and try to read through the docs to figure out. That said it's a great list of tools around static web-tech - just not super useful if you're strictly looking for static site generators.
      - shazow 11y ago
        https://github.com/bevry/staticsitegenerators-list/blob/master/list.yaml https://github.com/bevry/staticsitegenerators-list/blob/mast... There are License and Language keys for most entries. Sounds like you want to filter out the Commercial and Web ones. If you find any that aren't categorized properly, I'm sure they'd appreciate a PR.
curiousjorge 11y ago
is there any one of these that will let me produce blog content like Medium? Really like how easy Medium is to read
- tombrossman 11y ago
  Yes, go with Jekyll and use this 'Clean Blog' theme: https://github.com/IronSummitMedia/startbootstrap-clean-blog-jekyll https://github.com/IronSummitMedia/startbootstrap-clean-blog... There are probably multiple ways to do it given Medium's clean design and popularity, but that's the way I've done it and I can recommend it.
MichaelMoser123 11y ago
Jekyll is used by github, each gitub project can roll its own jekyll blog, therefore its usage numbers are very high. https://help.github.com/articles/using-jekyll-with-pages/ https://help.github.com/articles/using-jekyll-with-pages/
arafalov 11y ago
Java and Java 8 are really the same language at the level of granularity you use for the site :-)
- bobfunk 11y ago
  Yeah, good catch - just pushed a fix for that :)
mrbill 11y ago
No listing for vi/vim/emacs/your-favorite-text-editor? Seriously - does nobody just do simple HTML sites by hand anymore?
- d2xdy2 11y ago
  I'll typically make a fairly simple template by 'hand' in my editor, then port it to Jekyll or WordPress or something else like that. As far as writing + deploying a simple HTML site, it's been 2-3 months since I've done that, if only because no one I contract with or work with wants to spend the time or money on me hand-writing and pushing a site-- templating it and then generating the rest of the site is at least a little quicker than that, and still doesn't come with the burden of using a backend language.
subpixel 11y ago
I'm surprised http://www.webhook.com http://www.webhook.com is missing. Edit: it fails rule #1: "The program must be able to output a static website that can be hosted in places like Netlify, S3 or Github Pages"

74 points by plurby 11y ago

znpy 11y ago

Emacs' org-mode is missing.

r0muald 11y ago
Yes, even though Sphinx seems the most obvious miss in the list, since it powers readthedocs.org

just_had_coffee 11y ago

Skribilo is missing: http://www.nongnu.org/skribilo/ http://www.nongnu.org/skribilo/ Guile for the win! :)

davexunit 11y ago
I'm also writing a Guile program specifically for the static site generator workflow called Haunt: http://haunt.dthompson.us/ http://haunt.dthompson.us/ I'm currently adding support for the Skribe syntax that Skribilo uses and it will be available in the next release, after I convert my existing blog to Haunt from Pelican and work out any transition pains.
- just_had_coffee 11y ago
  OK, Haunt looks pretty nice. According to my TODO, i'm still supposed to convert my website from Hakyll to something with parens sometime in the future, so i'll definitely keep Haunt in mind :).
bobfunk 11y ago
Send a pull request :)

tca 11y ago

emacs-muse is also missing.

deleted 11y ago

[deleted]

shazow 11y ago

https://staticsitegenerators.net/ https://staticsitegenerators.net/ has the most comprehensive list of static site generators I've seen. At this point what we really need is a list of static site generator lists.

bobfunk 11y ago
That list also includes all kind of stuff that's not actually static sure generators, like BitBalloon (hosting service) or Kirby (flat file CMS), etc... At staticgen we have far stricter rules of what we accept in the list. See https://www.staticgen.com/rules https://www.staticgen.com/rules
- shazow 11y ago
  They're fairly clearly labelled and categorized. Might be easier to build a frontend to their open Public Domain data rather than asking everyone to re-submit their projects: https://github.com/bevry/staticsitegenerators-list/ https://github.com/bevry/staticsitegenerators-list/
  - bobfunk 11y ago
    As far as I can see there's no categorization. The only way to find the list of actual static site generators is to read through the description of each of them. And since some don't have descriptions, the only way to know for sure is to visit their website and try to read through the docs to figure out. That said it's a great list of tools around static web-tech - just not super useful if you're strictly looking for static site generators.
    - shazow 11y ago
      https://github.com/bevry/staticsitegenerators-list/blob/master/list.yaml https://github.com/bevry/staticsitegenerators-list/blob/mast... There are License and Language keys for most entries. Sounds like you want to filter out the Commercial and Web ones. If you find any that aren't categorized properly, I'm sure they'd appreciate a PR.

curiousjorge 11y ago

is there any one of these that will let me produce blog content like Medium? Really like how easy Medium is to read

tombrossman 11y ago
Yes, go with Jekyll and use this 'Clean Blog' theme: https://github.com/IronSummitMedia/startbootstrap-clean-blog-jekyll https://github.com/IronSummitMedia/startbootstrap-clean-blog... There are probably multiple ways to do it given Medium's clean design and popularity, but that's the way I've done it and I can recommend it.

MichaelMoser123 11y ago

Jekyll is used by github, each gitub project can roll its own jekyll blog, therefore its usage numbers are very high. https://help.github.com/articles/using-jekyll-with-pages/ https://help.github.com/articles/using-jekyll-with-pages/

arafalov 11y ago

Java and Java 8 are really the same language at the level of granularity you use for the site :-)

bobfunk 11y ago
Yeah, good catch - just pushed a fix for that :)

mrbill 11y ago

No listing for vi/vim/emacs/your-favorite-text-editor? Seriously - does nobody just do simple HTML sites by hand anymore?

d2xdy2 11y ago
I'll typically make a fairly simple template by 'hand' in my editor, then port it to Jekyll or WordPress or something else like that. As far as writing + deploying a simple HTML site, it's been 2-3 months since I've done that, if only because no one I contract with or work with wants to spend the time or money on me hand-writing and pushing a site-- templating it and then generating the rest of the site is at least a little quicker than that, and still doesn't come with the burden of using a backend language.

subpixel 11y ago

I'm surprised http://www.webhook.com http://www.webhook.com is missing. Edit: it fails rule #1: "The program must be able to output a static website that can be hosted in places like Netlify, S3 or Github Pages"