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24 alternatives to StaticGen

Top open source static site generators

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. StaticGen launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Cactus▲30

   A fast, easy and free static site generator

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Static▲166

   Creating static sites should be super easy, now it is!

   2023 · static.devdojo.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Static Site Boilerplate▲214

   A better workflow for building modern static websites.

   2018 · staticsiteboilerplate.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Beautiful Open▲132

   Beautiful sites for Open Source projects

   2014 · beautifulopen.com · its alternatives →

5. 5AD
   A dead simple static site generator – just two template tags▲94

   2014 · tags.brace.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Slides 6▲412

   Static website generator, create animated websites easily

   2022 · designmodo.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Simply Static▲73

   The static site generator for WordPress

   2021 · simplystatic.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   My Static Page▲215

   Create your personal home page in just a few minutes

   2017 · mystaticpage.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Post Scheduler▲82

   Schedule posts for static site generators (Jekyll, etc.)

   2017 · serverless.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Shogun▲70

    Create and maintain all your static pages from one place

    2015 · getshogun.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Metalsmith▲116

    An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator.

    2014 · metalsmith.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    STATICMAN▲6

    Static sites with superpowers

    2016 · methstreams.click · its alternatives →

13. 13
    React-Static▲152

    A progressive static-site framework for React!

    2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Bedrock▲165

    A powerful static site generator

    2018 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    NerdyData▲93

    A Search Engine for Source Code

    2014 · nerdydata.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Technology Bullshit Generator▲138

    Create fancy tech jargon in seconds

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Programmar▲88

    A place for developers to read and write

    2015 · programmar.io · its alternatives →

18. 18HA
    HastySite – A self-contained static site generator▲6

    A minimalist but powerful static site generator

    2017 · hastysite.h3rald.com · its alternatives →

19. 19PS
    Personal Site, and the Static Site Generator I Wrote to Build It▲13

    Hi HN, This one's a twofer. First, I'm showing off my personal site and blog, garrettgoss.com [1]. I'm looking to make a career change — from biomedical engineering/biomedical research, to research and development engineering in the consumer product development/additive manufacturing space — and felt that my prior work experience inadequately reflected my true interests and skills, which are better exemplified by my side projects. I put this together for myself, to better document my own work, for the broader internet, to share some of the projects I've developed to those who might…

    2019 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Plant Link▲71

    Give your plants a voice

    2015 · scotts.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    ultra minimal markdown static site generator▲14

    A stupid simple static site generator for markdown - rysolv/markdown_ssg

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22IB
    Itsy-bitsy static site generator▲8

    2014 · itsy-bitsy.org · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Super Simple Static Site Compiler▲9

    Static HTML site generator. Contribute to rickr/site_builder development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    SumoMe▲45

    Grow your website traffic with SumoMe

    2014 · bdow.com · its alternatives →

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