Jekyll AlternativesBlog Publishing Tools & Static Site Generators like Jekyll

Jekyll is described as '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' and is a very popular Blog Publishing tool in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Jekyll for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best Jekyll alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Jekyll are Ghost, Hugo, Drupal and Astro Web Framework.

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  1. WordPress icon

    WordPress

     1694 likes

    Create a website or blog with open-source software focused on accessibility, ease of use, performance, and security. Minimal setup, powerful growth features, and a large community supporting democratization of publishing.

    151 WordPress alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
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    WordPress vs Jekyll Comments
    Alec Kinnear
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    WordPress is a full CMS with database, PHP. Something like a nightmare to admin. Grav is flat file CMS. Supposed to be easy to admin (not easy enough, but that's another conversation).

    Guest
    Negative
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    Wordpress is not a static website generator.

    Guest
    Negative
    0

    It is a mess security-wise and it is not a static site generator

    • WordPress is Freemium and Open SourceJekyll is Free and Open Source
    • WordPress is CustomizableJekyll is not according to our users
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    Ghost

     263 likes

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

    289 Ghost alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
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  4. Hugo icon

    Hugo

     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.

    115 Hugo alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Drupal icon

    Drupal

     496 likes

    Open source CMS with modular architecture, structured content support, and thousands of modules for extensibility. Offers custom themes, robust security, integration capabilities, starter distributions, active community support, and is free under the GPL license with no vendor lock-in.

    213 Drupal alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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    Drupal vs Jekyll Comments
    Alec Kinnear
    Negative
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    Drupal is a full CMS with database, PHP. Something like a nightmare to admin. Jekyll is a flat file CMS. Supposed to be easy to admin.

    rrbaker
    Negative
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    Jekyll is meant for lightweight, static page websites while Drupal is a bloated CMS

    • Drupal is Free and Open SourceJekyll is also Free and Open Source
    • Drupal is a CMS Jekyll is a Blog Publishing Tool
    • Drupal is CustomizableJekyll is not according to our users
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    Grav

     139 likes

    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.

    194 Grav alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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    EmDash CMS

     14 likes

    Full-stack TypeScript CMS built on Astro and Cloudflare featuring extensible architecture, sandboxed plugins in Worker isolates, WordPress migration, visual schema builder, role-based access, rich text editing, AI integration, media management, and open source deployment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Typescript
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    Gatsby

     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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • React
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Zola

     5 likes

    Everything you need to make a static site engine in one binary.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Nuxt.js

     16 likes

    Nuxt is an open source framework that makes web development intuitive and powerful.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Vue.js
    • Nuxt.js
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