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This looks like a very cool project, but how many of these tools do we need and how can we differentiate between them? Just in the Ruby world we now have: Webge

by gorm 15y ago

This looks like a very cool project, but how many of these tools do we need and how can we differentiate between them? Just in the Ruby world we now have: Webgen, Webby, Nanoc, Staticmatic, Jekyll, Ace, SassRoku, Hobix, Middleman +++ If we include Python, Node and Perl, there should be plenty more to choose from.

tptacek 15y ago
Do any of those have the trivial controller/directory model that Stasis has? It seems like a major win.
- urza 15y ago
  Blogofile (python) has something like that. http://www.blogofile.com/ http://www.blogofile.com/
bonzoesc 15y ago
One for each person who wants to learn how to build them. I recommend building this kind of thing to other people pretty often.
asymmetric 15y ago
another nice one for ruby is frank[0] [0]: https://github.com/blahed/frank https://github.com/blahed/frank
ddfreyne 15y ago
There are a few more Ruby ones around. I have a list at [0] but even that one is outdated, as it does not include Ace or Stasis yet… and I’m not familiar enough with Python/Perl/JavaScript/etc to know the state of site generators there. Writing site generators is easy and homegrown site generators will fit the author’s need best, so there you have the reason why there are so many. Mind you that quite a few are no longer actively maintained. For example, StaticMatic and Webby have recently both been discontinued (see [1] and [2]) and their authors recommend MiddleMan and nanoc, respectively. [0]: http://nanoc.stoneship.org/docs/1-introduction/#similar-projects http://nanoc.stoneship.org/docs/1-introduction/#similar-proj... [1]: http://groups.google.com/group/staticmatic/browse_thread/thread/b641a3d9e16def23 http://groups.google.com/group/staticmatic/browse_thread/thr... [2]: http://groups.google.com/group/webby-forum/browse_thread/thread/41362c82c63f5276 http://groups.google.com/group/webby-forum/browse_thread/thr...

by gorm 15y ago

tptacek 15y ago

Do any of those have the trivial controller/directory model that Stasis has? It seems like a major win.

urza 15y ago
Blogofile (python) has something like that. http://www.blogofile.com/ http://www.blogofile.com/

bonzoesc 15y ago

One for each person who wants to learn how to build them. I recommend building this kind of thing to other people pretty often.

asymmetric 15y ago

another nice one for ruby is frank[0] [0]: https://github.com/blahed/frank https://github.com/blahed/frank

ddfreyne 15y ago

There are a few more Ruby ones around. I have a list at [0] but even that one is outdated, as it does not include Ace or Stasis yet… and I’m not familiar enough with Python/Perl/JavaScript/etc to know the state of site generators there. Writing site generators is easy and homegrown site generators will fit the author’s need best, so there you have the reason why there are so many. Mind you that quite a few are no longer actively maintained. For example, StaticMatic and Webby have recently both been discontinued (see [1] and [2]) and their authors recommend MiddleMan and nanoc, respectively. [0]: http://nanoc.stoneship.org/docs/1-introduction/#similar-projects http://nanoc.stoneship.org/docs/1-introduction/#similar-proj... [1]: http://groups.google.com/group/staticmatic/browse_thread/thread/b641a3d9e16def23 http://groups.google.com/group/staticmatic/browse_thread/thr... [2]: http://groups.google.com/group/webby-forum/browse_thread/thread/41362c82c63f5276 http://groups.google.com/group/webby-forum/browse_thread/thr...