After Dark Alternatives

Apps similar to After Dark include Jekyll, which is free and open source. Other options are Hugo, Gatsby, Pelican and VuePress. You can choose from more than 10 Static Site Generators like After Dark for self-hosting, Windows, Linux and Mac.

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  1. Jekyll icon
     128 likes

    Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator. It takes a template directory (representing the raw form of a website), runs it through and Liquid converters, and spits out a complete, static website suitable for serving with Apache or your favorite web server.

    142 Jekyll alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  2. Hugo icon
     95 likes

    Hugo is a general-purpose website framework for generating static web pages. Hugo flexibly works with many formats and is ideal for blogs, docs, portfolios and much more.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  3. Gatsby icon
     17 likes

    Gatsby provides development teams an open source frontend framework for creating dynamic, optimized websites and a cloud platform for delivering them on a blazing fast edge network.

    112 Gatsby alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • React
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  4. VuePress icon
     7 likes

    VuePress is a static site generator that uses markdown. It allows users to create content like blogs and documentation. Originally designed for Vue.js documentation, it now serves a wider user base. It emphasizes simplicity, with a minimal setup and markdown-centered structure.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Vue.js
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  5. Hexo icon
     11 likes

    Hexo is a fast, simple and powerful blog framework powered by Node.js which have extensive plugins selections for a Static Site Generator and a great communities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  6. shokunin icon
     1 like

    A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator written in Rust 🦀.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Rust
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  7. Bridgetown icon
     2 likes

    In a nutshell, Bridgetown is a static site generator. You give it text written in an author-friendly markup language like Markdown, and it uses layouts and templates to build a website and save the compiled HTML, CSS, and Javascript to an output folder.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • RubyGems
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  8. Hakyll icon
     7 likes

    Hakyll is a Haskell library for generating static sites, mostly aimed at small-to-medium sites and personal blogs. It is written in a very configurable way and uses an xmonad-like DSL for configuration.

    92 Hakyll alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9.  1 like

    Teeny is a super simple static site generator built to suit my needs and my needs only.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  10. MiddleMan icon
     2 likes

    Middleman is a static site generator using all the shortcuts and tools in modern web development. Check out middlemanapp.com for detailed tutorials, including a getting started guide. You can also follow @middlemanapp for updates.

    78 MiddleMan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Ruby
    • Ruby on Rails
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  11. Verless icon
     1 like

    verless (pronounced like serverless) is a Static Site Generator designed for Markdown-based content with focus on simplicity and performance. It reads your Markdown files, applies your HTML templates and renders them as a website.

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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