Hexo Alternatives

Apps similar to Hexo include Jekyll, which is free and open source. Other options are Hugo, Grav, Gatsby and Kalmia. There's no shortage of Static Site Generators like Hexo, with more than 25 alternatives for self-hosting, Linux, Windows, Mac and the web.

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  1. Outstatic icon
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    Outstatic is a static site CMS that lives inside your Next.js install. No need for databases, external services or complicated setups. It allows you to create, edit and save content that is automatically commited to your repository and deployed to your live website.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  2. Wemebox icon
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    Wemebox is a product for people who want to create and deploy websites faster. It's a hybrid content management system that sits right in between Wordpress and Hugo. Made to be simple and work out of the box.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  3. Nikola icon
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    Nikola is a static website and blog generator. Its original goal is to create blogs, but it supports most kind of sites and can be used as a CMS, as long as what you present to the user is your own content instead of something the user generates.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. A static site generator for Dart.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Zox icon
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    Zox.js is a web framework for static sites and GraphQL API.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Glyph is a static site generator that uses Github issues and GitHub Pages. It essentially converts Issues into full-fledged blog posts which yields an advanced but accessible comment system hosted through GitHub with posts created using the very popular .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Lego is a fast Static Site Generator that generates optimised, performant websites. Build your site with a boringly simple stack, yet get amazing performance. Transpiles and minifies JS using Terser, autoprefixes and minifies CSS with PostCSS, inlines critical styles using...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  8. Nift icon
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    It's lightning fast, developed from the ground up in C++, and released for free under the MIT license, use it for any of your personal or commercial projects – just be sure to preserve copyright and license notices!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Easily create and share a free universal online gift registry that works with any online store by adding gifts from any website, including specialist retailers. Guests claim gifts anonymously, avoiding duplicates and spoilers, for weddings, showers, holidays, or any special event.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. After Dark is open source software you can use to build a secure website, blog or app. One command is all you need to start a new website.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. Static Site Boilerplate is a free, open-source tool for developers that enables a better workflow for building modern static websites. Automated build processes, a local development server, production minification and optimizations, and the latest standards for static websites.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    yst is a tool for generating a static website by filling string templates with data taken from YAML or CSV text files or SQLite3 file based databases. This approach combines the speed, security, and ease of deployment of a static website with the flexibility and...

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haskell
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