I have tried lots of static rendering systems over the years. Userland Frontier, pyblosxom, Jekyll, Lektor, Pelican, Hugo, etc. One that I would note for being

I have tried lots of static rendering systems over the years. Userland Frontier, pyblosxom, Jekyll, Lektor, Pelican, Hugo, etc. One that I would note for being very simple for the end user while still having lots of potential configuration is Blot Blot allows you to organize files (.txt, .md, .docx, . odt, .html, images, bookmarks) in a Dropbox folder or Git. (That is plain git, no dependence on GitHub) A superset of Markdown is supported, with many of the most common additions plus some very interesting layout formats to support columns, call outs, side bars and more. A variety of site templates are provided and you can customize the templates. Blot is primarily a paid hosted service and as such is VERY simple. The code is open source but it is a complex nodejs app with some big dependencies. https://blot.im https://blot.im I have used blot in the past, and think it is very much worth consideration. At the very least I think it deserves attention for a variety of very cool features.