notes-computer-staticWebsiteGenerators

Some oft-mentioned static site generators:

• Jekyll
  • most popular, many plugins
  • used on Github pages
  • focused on blogs?
  • Octopress is a layer of extensions to and tools for Jekyll
  • Ruby
• Hugo
  • one binary, easy install and upgrades -- this seems to be its competitive advantage
  • powerful but no plugins [1]
  • fast
  • "For those wondering what to do with an asset pipeline, check out Victor Hugo (https://github.com/netlify/victor-hugo), a boilerplate for using gulp and webpack too manage the asset pipeline around a hugo based project." -- Bobfunk [2]
• Hexo
  • fast (but not as fast as Hugo)
  • javascript
  • people seem to use it because it's javascript? related, Ruby doesn't work well on Windows, apparently
• Pelican
  • supports rest, markdown (and asciidoc with a plugin) [3] https://blog.getpelican.com/]
  • Python
  • people seem to use it because it's Python
• Middleman
  • the most customizable/extensible -- some people seem to say it's the only thing extensible enough for them
  • lots of attention to asset pipeline
  • "A stated goal of its author is to make Middleman feel like Ruby on Rails for static websites." [4]
  • "Think of it as Jekyll, but for everything that isn’t a blog." [5]
  • "The websites for MailChimp?, Nest and Simple are all built with Middleman." [6]
  • Incremental generation (only regenerates changes) [7]
  • Ruby

Others:

• Gitbook
  • for writing books and documentation sites
  • supports collaborators
  • hosted (free for public books), but also foss so you can download and run locally
  • supports markdown asciidoc?
• Gatsby
  • React (for building SPAs?)
  • Example: http://stateofjs.com/
• http://www.metalsmith.io/
  • simple workflow/transformation pipeline, similar to my own EasyLatex?

Lists:

• https://www.staticgen.com/
• http://alternativeto.net/software/jekyll/
• https://staticsitegenerators.net/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/staticgen/top/?sort=top&t=all

Reviews:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/3dy5w1/jekyll_vs_hugo_best_static_site_generator_out_of/
• https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/11/static-website-generators-jekyll-middleman-roots-hugo-review/
• https://www.dannycrichton.com/2015/10/23/a-new-website-and-the-dangers-of-stupid-optimization/
• https://www.netlify.com/blog/2016/05/24/5-bullst-reasons-not-to-use-a-static-generator/
  • "Do you want to create a blog? Well, my friend, you should check out Jekyll, Hexo or Pelican. Setting up your portfolio? Try out Expose or Cactus. Need to set up a highly polished corporate or marketing site? Creative agencies love Middleman and Roots. Gatsby and Phenomic, both built with React, give you blogs that function like single page apps."
• https://blog.engineyard.com/2015/middleman-static-sites-arent-just-for-blogs
• https://www.netlify.com/blog/2016/05/24/5-bullst-reasons-not-to-use-a-static-generator/
• Hugo hackernews discussion
• Gitbook hackernews discussion
• http://rogueleaderr.com/post/62880352206/tumblr-eats-a-pelican-the-problem-with-static
• https://www.notionsandnotes.org/tech/web-development/pelican-static-blog-setup.html
• http://atchai.com/blog/the-cms-is-dead-long-live-hugo-wercker-proseio-and-cloudfront/
• https://www.sitepoint.com/6-static-blog-generators-arent-jekyll/
• http://www.dougbromley.com/2015/05/Why-Hexo/
• https://stackshare.io/stackups/jekyll-vs-middleman-vs-hugo
• https://www.designernews.co/stories/53136-ask-dn-favorite-static-site-generator
• http://www.staticwebtech.com/
• https://www.sitepoint.com/static-blogging-g-face-middleman-vs-jekyll/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/5lnr13/deploy_a_cmsbacked_hugojekyllmiddleman_static/
• http://www.westerndevs.com/jekyll/hexo/Migrating-from-Jekyll-to-Hexo/
• http://thecodebarbarian.com/2015/02/06/static_site_generators

Benchmarks:

• "I am using Jekyll, Hugo, Octopress and Hexo for my hobby projects. I have 29 post and its test on all Above stated blog. Jekyll render in 1 to 2 minuts and Octopress done same. Hexo generate in 45. Seconds to 90 seconds. Where Hugo Generate it in 700ms. Use hugo if you want speed and if you want many function than use jekyll. " -- https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/3dy5w1/jekyll_vs_hugo_best_static_site_generator_out_of/cwdncb4/

Hosting:

• Github: integrated with/suggests Jekyll
• Gitlab: integrated with/suggests Jekyll, Middleman, Hexo, Hugo, Pelican, "and more"
• Netify: integrated with/suggests with Jekyll, Roots, Hexo and Pelican
• Contentful: integrated with/suggests with Jekyll, Roots, Middleman and Metalsmith
• prose.io

See also:

• http://brunch.io/ static site generator ( review: http://adminuser.org/brunch-the-static-site-generator/ )

Notes to self:

• i'd probably like Middleman or Hugo the best out of these. Jekyll sounds too blog-centric for my website. Many ppl use Hexo, but I don't see many blog posts expounding its advantages over the others; i feel like people really just like it because it's not Ruby. Similarly, I feel like people only use Pelican because it's Python.