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. Git-Based Static Website CMS for Jekyll Websites launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Forestry▲187

   A lightweight CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

   2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Jekyll 2.0▲126

   Transform your plain text into static websites and blogs.

   2014 · jekyllrb.com · its alternatives →

3. 3AS
   A Static Site Generator That Deploys to GitHub Pages▲6

   2017 · snazziewebsite.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Urubu▲70

   A micro CMS for static websites

   2016 · urubu.jandecaluwe.com · its alternatives →

5. 5FT
   Fast, turnkey static web site recipe (Terraform and Jekyll and AWS)▲6

   2021 · peterkong.com · its alternatives →

6. 6GJ
   Git (& Jekyll) backed websites anyone can edit. Beta▲61

   2012 · spintoapp.com · its alternatives →

7. 7JI
   Jekyll + indextank = static websites with fulltext search▲6

   2011 · pwiddershoven.nl · its alternatives →

8. 8SY
   Serve your GitHub Gists as static websites▲8

   2023 · gistxy.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Gogs▲56

   A self-hosted Git service written in Go

   2014 · gogs.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Forestry.io▲14

    A lightweight CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

    2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →

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    Forestry.io▲11

    A simple CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

    2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →

12. 12HA
    HastySite – A self-contained static site generator▲6

    A minimalist but powerful static site generator

    2017 · hastysite.h3rald.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AS
    A super clean Jekyll blog theme optimized for speed▲6

    A blog on PHP, JavaScript, and more

    2020 · amitmerchant.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    GitHub Pages Generator – Comprehensive scaffolding with frameworks, tools▲8

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    JekyllPad▲18

    Static Sites Content Made Easy. Zero Markdown or Code.

    Oct 2025 · jekyllpad.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    I Created an Online Store with Jekyll and Stripe on GitHub Pages▲12

    2015 · jacobroy.quebec · its alternatives →

17. 17OA
    Obelix, a simple and extensible static site generator▲8

    2020 · obelix-site-builder.github.io · its alternatives →

18. 18AG
    A Git plugin that simplifies common development workflows▲8

    2015 · blog.originate.com · its alternatives →

19. 19IB
    Itsy-bitsy static site generator▲8

    2014 · itsy-bitsy.org · its alternatives →

20. 20GA
    Gitsu.app – A Linear-alternative built on GitHub Projects▲5

    6d ago · gitsu.app · its alternatives →

21. 21SA
    Statixite, a management solution for static websites▲7

    2016 · statixite.com · its alternatives →

22. 22JA
    Jinx – a link shortener you host free on GitHub Pages▲9

    Sep 2026 · jinx.fyi · its alternatives →

23. 23SH
    Self-hosted website builder and light CMS▲6

    2014 · trybuilder.com · its alternatives →

24. 24AA
    Almost-a-CMS an in browser visual HTML editor for live static websites▲5

    2020 · softaccel.net · its alternatives →

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