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24 alternatives to A static site generator that prettifies the output HTML

I recently stripped out Django from my personal site and converted it to a static site, using `staticjinja`. I found myself writing a lot of custom code to get my site going because I wanted to use Jinja templating inside Markdown. Once I was done, I decided to strip out `staticjinja` in favour of my own site generator. And so Jinjabread was born!

Jinjabread is a static site generator that produces prettified HTML output and supports Jinja templating within Markdown files. It is designed for developers who want to build static sites with dynamic templating… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A static site generator that prettifies the output HTML launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Minimalist Python library for building static websites with Jinja - staticjinja/staticjinja

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Jr. the static, static javascript site generator (you should see this) - xeoncross/jr

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    There are a lot of Python to web app frameworks going around these days but I wanted something that was a little more lightweight that just generates HTML pages and can be embedded in Flask or other Python web servers incrementally. PyVibe uses Python components to construct a page with styling that you can use in Flask, in a static site, or even in Pyodide.

    2023 · pyvibe.com · its alternatives →

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    Gatsby▲476

    Blazing fast static site generator for React

    2017 · gatsbyjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Slides 6▲412

    Static website generator, create animated websites easily

    2022 · designmodo.com · its alternatives →

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    hey yall, I made bearclaw because I just wanted an unopinionated static site generator with no toolchain and fancy stuff going on; it'd be my pleasure to show it to you today and answer any questions you might have. If you do end up trying out bearclaw, you can use nginx or your favorite webserver. Earlier this week I made eclaire - a static site webserver with compression, caching, and automatic HTTPS through letsencrypt. https://github.com/donuts-are-good/eclaire

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Simple, lightweight, and magic-free static site/blog generator for Python coders - sunainapai/makesite

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Eleventy▲281

    A simpler static site generator

    2022 · 11ty.dev · its alternatives →

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    Blazing fast dead simple static site generator

    2020 · getblades.org · its alternatives →

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    Template Language for SQL with Automatic Bind Parameter Extraction - sripathikrishnan/jinjasql

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    (spoiler: its XSLT) I've been working on a little demo for how to avoid copy-pasting header/footer boilerplate on a simple static webpage. My goal is to approximate the experience of Jekyll/Hugo but eliminate the need for a build step before publishing. This demo shows how to get basic templating features with XSL so you could write a blog post which looks like My Article some content hello hello Some properties which set this approach apart from other methods: - no build step (no need to setup Jekyll on the client or configure Github/Gitlab actions) - works on any webserver…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sphido▲111

    A rocket 🚀 fast, lightweight, static site generator.

    2015 · sphido.org · its alternatives →

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    Stitches▲135

    A template generator with functional CSS

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Static▲166

    Creating static sites should be super easy, now it is!

    2023 · static.devdojo.com · its alternatives →

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    Just run `marmite` on a folder full of markdown files and get a full website/blog running in seconds. "I'm a big user of other SSGs but it is frequently frustrating that it takes so much setup to get started. Just having a directory of markdown files and running a single command sounds really useful. — marmite user."

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The original askama repo, please go to https://github.com/askama-rs/askama - askama-rs/askama-old

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    thecookie.website is a memorable 9-character .website domain available for buy. Listed at $100 — secure it before someone else does.

    2020 · thecookie.website · its alternatives →

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    Generate static sites with code. Contribute to chr15m/motionless development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A stupid simple static site generator for markdown - rysolv/markdown_ssg

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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