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. Itsy-bitsy static site generator launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1HA
   HastySite – A self-contained static site generator▲6

   A minimalist but powerful static site generator

   2017 · hastysite.h3rald.com · its alternatives →

2. 2OA
   Obelix, a simple and extensible static site generator▲8

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

3. 3
   Slides 6▲412

   Static website generator, create animated websites easily

   2022 · designmodo.com · its alternatives →

4. 4AS
   A Static Site Generator That Deploys to GitHub Pages▲6

   2017 · snazziewebsite.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Metalsmith▲116

   An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator.

   2014 · metalsmith.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Eleventy▲281

   A simpler static site generator

   2022 · 11ty.dev · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Cactus▲30

   A fast, easy and free static site generator

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8AD
   A dead simple static site generator – just two template tags▲94

   2014 · tags.brace.io · its alternatives →

9. 9FT
   Fast, turnkey static web site recipe (Terraform and Jekyll and AWS)▲6

   2021 · peterkong.com · its alternatives →

10. 10PP
    Pagegen, Python static site generator withunlimited page hierarchy▲6

    2015 · pagegen.phnd.net · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Simply Static▲73

    The static site generator for WordPress

    2021 · simplystatic.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    KORE.io▲88

    A fast SPDY capable web server for web development in C

    2015 · kore.io · its alternatives →

13. 13GB
    Git-Based Static Website CMS for Jekyll Websites▲6

    2015 · staticwebsitemanager.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Ivy▲6

    A static website generator built in Python

    2018 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Cory▲3

    A static site generator for JavaScript lovers

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Generate static sites in Node with plain JavaScript and HTML▲14

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

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Pancake▲17

    Make sites static.

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Toolsday - Static Site Generators▲3

    Static site gens, Jekyll 3.0 breaking things, and templating

    2016 · marcoroth.dev · its alternatives →

19. 19
    GitHub Pages Generator – Comprehensive scaffolding with frameworks, tools▲8

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    StaticGen▲10

    Top open source static site generators

    2015 · jamstack.org · its alternatives →

21. 21AS
    A smart Django/Node code generator written in Haskell▲7

    2021 · app.imagine.ai · its alternatives →

22. 22
    A simple static jinja2 site generator▲11

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

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23SA
    Sitestencil, a new way of building websites with flexbox and gutters▲9

    2016 · sitestencil.com · its alternatives →

24. 24PF
    PubStorm – Free CLI-based static web hosting with Let's Encrypt support▲9

    2016 · pubstorm.com · its alternatives →

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