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. Jekyll + indextank = static websites with fulltext search launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Jekyll 2.0▲126

   Transform your plain text into static websites and blogs.

   2014 · jekyllrb.com · its alternatives →

2. 2GB
   Git-Based Static Website CMS for Jekyll Websites▲6

   2015 · staticwebsitemanager.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Fuck Yeah Markdown▲121

   Turns websites into markdown

   2016 · fuckyeahmarkdown.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   JekyllPad▲18

   Static Sites Content Made Easy. Zero Markdown or Code.

   Oct 2025 · jekyllpad.com · its alternatives →

5. 5AS
   A super clean Jekyll blog theme optimized for speed▲6

   A blog on PHP, JavaScript, and more

   2020 · amitmerchant.com · its alternatives →

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

   2021 · peterkong.com · its alternatives →

7. 7PS
   Pyxxi – static website builder with client-side search▲6

   2017 · pyxxi.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Fuse.js▲10

   A lightweight JavaScript fuzzy-search tool

   2016 · fusejs.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Forestry.io▲11

   A simple CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

   2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Sonar▲14

    A linting tool for the web

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11SF
    Supersimplesearch – Fastest way to add search to your website▲9

    2020 · getsupersimplesearch.com · its alternatives →

12. 12BR
    Built RealTime Search for Google Chrome▲6

    2013 · apoorv.quora.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    I Created an Online Store with Jekyll and Stripe on GitHub Pages▲12

    2015 · jacobroy.quebec · its alternatives →

14. 14
    FindR, a fully-featured find and replace bar for Google Chrome▲8

    2017 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

15. 15TI
    Topl.io – democratized lists of Web resources▲5

    2015 · topl.io · its alternatives →

16. 16BF
    Bookmark full text search web app▲7

    2014 · linklet.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    (gle) a tiny but completely functional Google searcher lib in python▲9

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18DS
    Desktop Search Powered by Elasticsearch▲6

    2022 · alexmarquardt.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    A Search Engine for Rust▲8

    A search engine for Rust

    2024 · query.rs · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Google Search from the Terminal▲8

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21OA
    Obelix, a simple and extensible static site generator▲8

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

22. 22LF
    Lightning fast search for Rubygems▲7

    2015 · rubygems.algolia.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Cory▲3

    A static site generator for JavaScript lovers

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Hash-n-slash▲6

    A concept for Sentence based URLs

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →