Bridgetown AlternativesStatic Site Generators and other similar apps like Bridgetown

Bridgetown is described as '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' and is a static site generator in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Bridgetown for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Mac apps. The best Bridgetown alternative is Ghost. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Ghost or Jekyll. Other great apps like Bridgetown are Astro Web Framework, Grav, WriteFreely and Next.js.

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  1. Ghost icon
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    The world's most popular modern publishing platform for creating a new media platform.

    271 Ghost alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
     
    • Ghost is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Bridgetown.

    • Ghost is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Bridgetown.

    • Ghost is Free Personal and Open SourceBridgetown is Free and Open Source
    • Ghost is Privacy focusedBridgetown is not according to our users
  2. Jekyll icon
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    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.

    129 Jekyll alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Jekyll is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Bridgetown.

    • Jekyll is Free and Open SourceBridgetown is also Free and Open Source
  3. Hugo icon
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    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.

    103 Hugo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Grav icon
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    Grav is an easy to use, yet powerful, opensource CMS that requires no database. In a nutshell, installing Grav is a matter of unzipping the file. It is fast, has sophisticated caching, and a light footprint for optimal performance.

    183 Grav alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  5. WriteFreely icon
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    WriteFreely is an open-source, minimalist, federated, self-hosted blogging platform. It was built for and by Write.as and can be used to power a similar community or just a single blog.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Next.js icon
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    Next.js gives you the best developer experience with all the features you need for production: hybrid static & server rendering, TypeScript support, smart bundling, route pre-fetching, and more. No config needed.

    32 Next.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • React
     
  7. Gatsby icon
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    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.

    105 Gatsby alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • React
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Gatsby is the most popular SaaS alternative to Bridgetown.

    • Gatsby is Freemium and Open SourceBridgetown is Free and Open Source
  8. Nuxt.js icon
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    Nuxt is an open source framework that makes web development intuitive and powerful.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Vue.js
    • Nuxt.js
     
  9. OverBlog icon
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    OverBlog is a blogging platform, active and evolving. Create a blog, without any technical knowledge, and find everything you post ! Create your blog has never been easier.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • OverBlog is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Bridgetown.

    • OverBlog is Freemium and ProprietaryBridgetown is Free and Open Source
  10. Zola icon
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    Everything you need to make a static site engine in one binary.

    48 Zola alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. Eleventy icon
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    Simpler static site generator.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
     
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