Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A super clean Jekyll blog theme optimized for speed launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Jekyll 2.0▲126

   Transform your plain text into static websites and blogs.

   2014 · jekyllrb.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   A clean and minimalist theme for Jekyll▲220

   A clean and minimalist theme for Jekyll. Contribute to huangyz0918/moving development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hasty▲160

   A fast code snippet generator for WordPress

   2017 · wp-hasty.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   A no-nonsense Jekyll theme for sensible blogging▲57

   :art: A ridiculously elegant Jekyll theme. Contribute to amitmerchant1990/reverie development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Jekyll-Markdown▲75

   An elegant markdown blog generator using Jekyll

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Jekyll Themes▲101

   A curated directory of the best Jekyll themes around

   2018 · jekyllthemes.io · its alternatives →

7. 7AB
   A blog engine based on GitHub issue with the power of Next.js ISR▲6

   2022 · blog.sairinjs.com · its alternatives →

8. 8JM
   Jekyll meets Posterous – Static Blog and Email Posting▲9

   2013 · utterson.me · its alternatives →

9. 9GB
   Git-Based Static Website CMS for Jekyll Websites▲6

   2015 · staticwebsitemanager.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Jekyll SEO script▲30

    A script to help with seo on jekyll blog posts. Contribute to bhardin/jekyll-seo-script development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Polished js▲6

    A lightweight toolset for writing styles in JavaScript

    2017 · polished.js.org · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Bloggy - Add a Jekyll blog to your rails app in seconds▲5

    2012 · rubygems.org · its alternatives →

13. 13JI
    Jekyll + indextank = static websites with fulltext search▲6

    2011 · pwiddershoven.nl · its alternatives →

14. 14UA
    Ursprung, a complete blog without a back end area▲8

    2015 · onli.github.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Prettier 1.0▲11

    An opinionated JavaScript formatter

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A simple, beautiful, and powerful Jekyll theme for blogs▲9

    A simple, beautiful, and powerful Jekyll theme for blogs. - vszhub/not-pure-poole

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17CB
    CodeWrite – Blogging Tool for Developers▲6

    2021 · codewrite.io · its alternatives →

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    Monkberry▲6

    A JavaScript library for building web user interfaces

    2016 · monkberry.js.org · its alternatives →

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    Forestry.io▲11

    A simple CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

    2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →

20. 20BA
    Barf – An Minimal Blog Generator▲9

    2023 · barf.bt.ht · its alternatives →

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    I Created an Online Store with Jekyll and Stripe on GitHub Pages▲12

    2015 · jacobroy.quebec · its alternatives →

22. 22IM
    Introducing Moya Techblog, a blogging engine for coders and photographers▲7

    2015 · willmcgugan.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    ThemeMunk▲5

    Simplifying WordPress

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24FT
    Fast, turnkey static web site recipe (Terraform and Jekyll and AWS)▲6

    2021 · peterkong.com · its alternatives →

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