1. Jekyll isn't a CMS per se. (I know this is a nitpicky thing) 2. GH-Pages actually performs a ton of server-side optimizations. I use it, and my site current

1. Jekyll isn't a CMS per se. (I know this is a nitpicky thing) 2. GH-Pages actually performs a ton of server-side optimizations. I use it, and my site currently scores 95 on YSlow. You can't use .htaccess on GH-Pages, yet, this is what they do for you: http://d.pr/i/81zP http://d.pr/i/81zP Note that the grade E in that is my fault. I have a favicon URI, but I never uploaded a favicon. Everything else is optimized automatically.