Jekyll
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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.
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- Free • Open Source
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
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Static site generator Jekyll releases version 4.4.0 with notable changes and enhancementsJekyll, the static site generator maintained by GitHub, has released version 4.4.0, bringing some n...
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Jekyll requires the following: Ruby version 2.5.0 or higher RubyGems GCC and Make
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Jekyll information
Developed by
Tom Preston-Werner, Nick QuarantoLicensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.Written in
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Development, Social & Communications, Photos & Graphics, OS & Utilities, Online ServicesGitHub repository
- 49,531 Stars
- 10,027 Forks
- 198 Open Issues
- Updated Jan 29, 2025
Comments and Reviews
You can use github pages to serve up static HTML, CSS, and JS
There's a number of static blog site generators like
Jekyll is the only one directly supported by github for regenerating content with ruby / gem packages, which is done server-side. Everything else (Hugo, Hexo) you have to install your own dependecies locally and serve up the HTML / CSS /JS into github pages yourself
So it makes for a very lightweight and potentially feature-rich blog page all run through github, and very easy to use without much work once everythings setup
Strongly suggest you use
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[Edited by Kagerjay, June 21]
Jekyll requires the following: Ruby version 2.5.0 or higher RubyGems GCC and Make