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24 alternatives to JekyllPad

Static Sites Content Made Easy. Zero Markdown or Code.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   Jekyll 2.0▲126

   Transform your plain text into static websites and blogs.

   2014 · jekyllrb.com · its alternatives →

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   Jekyll-Markdown▲75

   An elegant markdown blog generator using Jekyll

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Pages CMS – A CMS for GitHub▲351

   In a nutshell: 1. You log in with your GitHub account. 2. You select the GitHub repo where your site/app is at (whether it's Next.js, 11ty, Hugo, Nuxt... as long as you're using flat files for content). 3. You add a single config file to your repo to define the content types and other settings (e.g. media folder). 4. Congrats: you now have a user friendly CMS to manage content + media BUT all changes are still tracked like regular commits (under your account) on GitHub. I started using Jekyll around 2009 and over the course of the past 10+ years, I've helped build major sites and tiny…

   2024 · pagescms.org · its alternatives →

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   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 →

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   JavaScript-free (X)HTML Includes▲211

   (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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   I created a URL shortener that can be entirely hosted on GitHub Pages▲355

   Minimal URL shortener that can be entirely hosted on GitHub pages. - nelsontky/gh-pages-url-shortener

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Forestry▲187

   A lightweight CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

   2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →

8. 8GJ
   Git (& Jekyll) backed websites anyone can edit. Beta▲61

   2012 · spintoapp.com · its alternatives →

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   Tailpages (Tailwind + Github Pages)▲12

   A Minimalist Jekyll Template for Personal Websites

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Punch - A Fun and Easy Way to Build Modern Websites▲91

    <p>Few months ago, <a href="http://laktek.com/2011/11/17/why-and-how-i-revamped-my-blog">I switched this blog</a> from Wordpress to Jekyll.

    2012 · laktek.com · its alternatives →

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    Level-up your Websites using Jekyll▲2

    Create static websites without coding - starter guide.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12MF
    My first Jekyll based documentation portal▲12

    2012 · docs.dokeeno.com · its alternatives →

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

    2015 · jacobroy.quebec · its alternatives →

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    MyJekyllBlog - an open source CMS and web host for Jekyll blogs▲66

    This is a multi-user CMS and hosting platform for Jekyll blogs. - symkat/MyJekyllBlog

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Dumbdown – A dumb alternative to Markdown▲107

    Scroll is a language for scientists of all ages. Scroll includes a command line app that builds static blogs, websites, CSVs, text files, and more. - breck7/scroll

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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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    Jekyll-post-via-web▲114

    Update your GitHub-hosted Jekyll blog from your browser

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Eleventy▲281

    A simpler static site generator

    2022 · 11ty.dev · its alternatives →

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    Markdown Blog▲4

    A pure black and white responsive markdown blog generator

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Markdown as web page/site▲83

    Markdown as Web Page/Site. Contribute to casualwriter/casual-markdown-page development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Jott – Command-line static blog generator for Node▲35

    Minimum viable blog generator. Markup in Jade. Static HTML output. - jonsherrard/jott

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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 →

23. 23KJ
    Kerning.js — Take control of your web typography▲154

    2011 · endtwist.github.com · its alternatives →

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    SkunkHTML – Markdown Blog with GitHub Pages▲53

    Markdown blog with GitHub Pages. Contribute to mg0x7BE/skunk-html development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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