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Open-source static site generators

17 static site generators whose code is public under an OSI-approved license, rated for privacy with evidence. Picks first, then by score.

  1. Bridgetown Grade B

    Ruby web framework and static site generator that builds sites from Markdown, Ruby templates and components, with optional server-side rendering through Roda.

    MIT-licensed. Source code

  2. Eleventy Grade B

    Static site generator for Node.js that works with many template languages and outputs plain HTML. Maintained by Font Awesome and being renamed Build Awesome.

    MIT-licensed. Source code

  3. Lume Grade B

    Static site generator for Deno that supports many template languages and processes assets through plugins.

    MIT-licensed. Source code

  4. mdBook Grade B

    Command-line tool written in Rust that builds online books from Markdown files, with search, themes and a preprocessor system.

    MPL-2.0 licensed. Source code

  5. Pelican Grade B

    Static site generator written in Python that builds websites from Markdown or reStructuredText content with Jinja templates.

    AGPL-3.0 licensed. Source code

  6. VitePress Grade B

    Static site generator built on Vite and Vue for documentation sites written in Markdown.

    MIT-licensed. Source code

  7. Zola Grade B

    Static site generator written in Rust, shipped as a single binary with templates, Sass compilation, syntax highlighting and search built in.

    Licensed under the EUPL-1.2, with older code under the MIT license. Source code

  8. Nextra Grade C

    Static site and documentation framework built on Next.js and React, which turns Markdown and MDX files into websites with themes for docs and blogs.

    MIT-licensed. Source code

  9. Starlight Grade C

    Documentation website framework built on Astro, with navigation, search, internationalization and theming included.

    MIT-licensed. Source code

  10. Sphinx Grade D

    Documentation generator written in Python that builds HTML, PDF, ePub and other formats from reStructuredText or Markdown, with cross-references and API docs extracted from code.

    BSD-2-Clause licensed. Source code

  11. Docusaurus Grade D

    Static site generator from Meta, built on React, for documentation websites with versioning, search and translations.

    MIT-licensed. Source code

  12. Hexo Grade D

    Blog framework and static site generator for Node.js that renders Markdown posts using themes and plugins.

    MIT-licensed. Source code

  13. Hugo Grade D

    Static site generator written in Go that builds websites from Markdown content and Go templates, distributed as a single binary.

    Apache 2.0 licensed. Source code

  14. Jekyll Grade D

    Static site generator written in Ruby that turns Markdown and Liquid templates into websites and blogs. It powers GitHub Pages.

    MIT-licensed. Source code

  15. Material for MkDocs Grade D

    Documentation theme for MkDocs with search, navigation and many Markdown extensions. The project is in maintenance mode and receives only critical bug and security fixes.

    MIT-licensed, including all former sponsor-only features. Source code

  16. MkDocs Grade D

    Static site generator written in Python for project documentation, built from Markdown files and a single YAML configuration file.

    BSD 2-Clause licensed. Source code

  17. Nikola Grade D

    Static site generator written in Python that builds blogs and websites from reStructuredText, Markdown, Jupyter notebooks and other formats.

    MIT-licensed. Source code

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