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Static site generators

Static site generators

Pandoc-based

  • Quarto: an open-source scientific and technical publishing system built on Pandoc.

R-based

  • Bookdown : Write HTML, PDF, ePub, and Kindle books with R Markdown. Written in R.

Ruby-based

Rust-based

  • mdBook : Create book from markdown files. Like Gitbook but written in Rust. See also GitHub actions for mdbook.
  • zola : A fast static site generator in a single Rust binary with everything built-in. See also the GitHub actions for Zola.
  • zensical : Zensical builds scalable Open Source tools for technical writing, built by Material for MkDocs.

Python-based

  • Jupyter book : Building beautiful, publication-quality books and documents from jupyter notebooks.
  • Nikola : Static Site Generator written in Python.
  • Sphinx : Creating Python documentation websites.

Julia-based

JS-based

  • 11ty : a simple SSG written in JavaScript.
  • Publii : A content management system (CMS) for creating static websites fast and hassle-free, even for beginners.

Docsify

Docsify renders Markdown files to HTML on-the-fly. Technically docsify is a single page application (SPA) rather than a static site generator (SSG).

Hexo

Hexo is a fast, simple & powerful blog framework powered by Node.js.

A list of Hexo themes

Hugo

See Hugo

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