# Open-source static site generators

17 open-source static site generators rated against public privacy criteria.

1. [Bridgetown](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/bridgetown/): B (80/100). Ruby web framework and static site generator that builds sites from Markdown, Ruby templates and components, with optional server-side rendering through Roda.
2. [Eleventy](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/eleventy/): B (80/100). 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.
3. [Lume](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/lume/): B (80/100). Static site generator for Deno that supports many template languages and processes assets through plugins.
4. [mdBook](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/mdbook/): B (80/100). Command-line tool written in Rust that builds online books from Markdown files, with search, themes and a preprocessor system.
5. [Pelican](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/pelican/): B (80/100). Static site generator written in Python that builds websites from Markdown or reStructuredText content with Jinja templates.
6. [VitePress](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/vitepress/): B (80/100). Static site generator built on Vite and Vue for documentation sites written in Markdown.
7. [Zola](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/zola/): B (80/100). Static site generator written in Rust, shipped as a single binary with templates, Sass compilation, syntax highlighting and search built in.
8. [Nextra](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/nextra/): C (65/100). 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.
9. [Starlight](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/starlight/): C (65/100). Documentation website framework built on Astro, with navigation, search, internationalization and theming included.
10. [Sphinx](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/sphinx/): D (55/100). 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.
11. [Docusaurus](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/docusaurus/): D (50/100). Static site generator from Meta, built on React, for documentation websites with versioning, search and translations.
12. [Hexo](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/hexo/): D (50/100). Blog framework and static site generator for Node.js that renders Markdown posts using themes and plugins.
13. [Hugo](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/hugo/): D (50/100). Static site generator written in Go that builds websites from Markdown content and Go templates, distributed as a single binary.
14. [Jekyll](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/jekyll/): D (50/100). Static site generator written in Ruby that turns Markdown and Liquid templates into websites and blogs. It powers GitHub Pages.
15. [Material for MkDocs](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/material-for-mkdocs/): D (50/100). 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.
16. [MkDocs](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/mkdocs/): D (50/100). Static site generator written in Python for project documentation, built from Markdown files and a single YAML configuration file.
17. [Nikola](https://privacyratings.com/static-site-generators/nikola/): D (50/100). Static site generator written in Python that builds blogs and websites from reStructuredText, Markdown, Jupyter notebooks and other formats.

Source: https://privacyratings.com/open-source/static-site-generators/