Awesome Static Site Generators

A curated list of static site generators for creating websites, blogs, documentation, and more.

Contents

• Frameworks by Type
  • Documentation Generators
  • Blog and Website Generators
  • API Documentation
  • Book and eBook Generators
• Frameworks by Language
  • JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • Go
  • Rust
  • .NET
  • Java/JVM
  • PHP
  • Other Languages
• Themes and Templates
• Deployment Solutions
• Tools and Utilities
• Resources
• Contributing
• License

Frameworks by Type

Documentation Generators

Name	GitHub Stars	Language	Templates	Description
VitePress		JavaScript	Vue	Vue-powered static site generator based on Vite
Docusaurus		JavaScript	React	Documentation website generator built with React
MkDocs		Python	Jinja2	Project documentation with Markdown
mdBook		Rust	Markdown	GitBook alternative implemented in Rust
Docsify		JavaScript	Markdown, Vue	A magical documentation site generator
Slate		Ruby	Markdown	Beautiful static documentation for your API
Astro Starlight		JavaScript	Astro	Documentation theme for Astro
Fumadocs		TypeScript	Next.js	Next.js-based documentation framework
Docus		JavaScript	Vue, Nuxt	Documentation theme for Nuxt
Sphinx		Python	Jinja2	Python documentation generator

Blog and Website Generators

Name	GitHub Stars	Language	Templates	Description
Hugo		Go	Go	The world's fastest framework for building websites
Jekyll		Ruby	Liquid	Simple, blog-aware, static sites
Eleventy		JavaScript	Multiple	A simpler static site generator
Gatsby		JavaScript	React	Build blazing fast, modern apps and websites with React
Next.js		JavaScript	React	The React Framework for Production
Astro		TypeScript	Multiple	Build faster websites with less client-side JavaScript
Zola		Rust	Tera	A fast static site generator in a single binary
Pelican		Python	Jinja2	Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax
Hexo		JavaScript	EJS, Pug	A fast, simple & powerful blog framework
SvelteKit		JavaScript	Svelte	The fastest way to build Svelte apps

API Documentation

Name	GitHub Stars	Language	Templates	Description
Slate		Ruby	Markdown	Beautiful static documentation for your API
Redoc		TypeScript	React	OpenAPI/Swagger-generated API Reference Documentation
Docz		TypeScript	React	Documentation builder using MDX and Gatsby

Book and eBook Generators

Name	GitHub Stars	Language	Templates	Description
mdBook		Rust	Markdown	GitBook alternative implemented in Rust
GitBook		JavaScript	Markdown	Modern documentation format and toolchain
Bookdown		R	R Markdown	R package for writing books and long-form articles/reports

Frameworks by Language

JavaScript/TypeScript

Name	GitHub Stars	Templates	Description
Next.js		React	The React Framework for Production
Gatsby		React	Build blazing fast, modern apps and websites with React
Nuxt.js		Vue	The Intuitive Vue Framework
Eleventy		Multiple	A simpler static site generator
Astro		Multiple	Build faster websites with less client-side JavaScript
Docusaurus		React	Easy to maintain open source documentation websites
VuePress		Vue	Vue-powered Static Site Generator
Hexo		EJS, Pug	A fast, simple & powerful blog framework
Gridsome		Vue	Build super fast, modern websites with Vue.js
Remix		React	Full stack web framework

Python

Name	GitHub Stars	Templates	Description
MkDocs		Jinja2	Project documentation with Markdown
Pelican		Jinja2	Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax
Sphinx		Jinja2	Python documentation generator
Nikola		Jinja2, Mako	A static website and blog generator
Lektor		Jinja2	A flexible and powerful static content management system

Ruby

Name	GitHub Stars	Templates	Description
Jekyll		Liquid	Simple, blog-aware, static sites
Middleman		ERB, Tilt, Haml	Hand-crafted frontend development
Slate		Markdown	Beautiful static documentation for your API
Nanoc		ERB, eRuby, Mustache, Haml, Slim	A flexible static site generator
Octopress		Liquid	A blogging framework for hackers, based on Jekyll

Go

Name	GitHub Stars	Templates	Description
Hugo		Go	The world's fastest framework for building websites
Docsy		Go	A Hugo theme for creating great technical documentation sites
InkPaper		Markdown, Go	An elegant static blog generator
Plenti		Svelte	Dead simple SSG that lets you focus on being productive

Rust

Name	GitHub Stars	Templates	Description
Zola		Tera	A fast static site generator in a single binary
mdBook		Markdown	GitBook alternative implemented in Rust
Cobalt		Liquid	A static site generator written in Rust
rspress		MDX	Simple, efficient and easy to extend static site generator

.NET

Name	GitHub Stars	Templates	Description
Statiq		Razor, Markdown	Flexible static site generator written in .NET
DocFX		Mustache, Liquid	API documentation generator for .NET
Wyam		Razor	Highly modular and extremely configurable static content generator

Java/JVM

Name	GitHub Stars	Templates	Description
JBake		Freemarker, Groovy, Thymeleaf, Jade	A static site/blog generator for developers & designers
Cryogen		Selmer	A simple static site generator built with Clojure
Franklin.jl		Julia	A simple, customizable static site generator in Julia

PHP

Name	GitHub Stars	Templates	Description
Jigsaw		Blade	Static sites for Laravel developers
Sculpin		Twig, HTML, Markdown	Static site generator written in PHP
WP2Static		PHP, WordPress	WordPress static site generator

Other Languages

Name	GitHub Stars	Language	Templates	Description
Hakyll		Haskell	Hakyll	A configurable static site generator library in Haskell
Bookdown		R	R Markdown	R package for writing books and long-form articles/reports
Blogdown		R	R Markdown	Create blogs and websites with R Markdown
bashblog		Bash	HTML	A single Bash script to create blogs
Expose		Bash	HTML	A simple static site generator for photoessays

Themes and Templates

• Jekyll Themes - A collection of free and premium Jekyll themes.
• Hugo Themes - A gallery of themes for the Hugo static site generator.
• Gatsby Starters - Collection of starters for Gatsby.
• Hexo Themes - Theme list for Hexo.
• MkDocs Themes - Themes for MkDocs.

Deployment Solutions

• Netlify - All-in-one platform for automating modern web projects.
• Vercel - Platform for frontend frameworks and static sites.
• GitHub Pages - Websites for you and your projects, hosted directly from your GitHub repository.
• Cloudflare Pages - JAMstack platform for frontend developers to collaborate and deploy websites.
• Surge - Static web publishing for Front-End Developers.
• Render - Unified platform to build and run all your apps and websites.

Tools and Utilities

• Forestry.io - Git-based CMS for static sites.
• NetlifyCMS - Open-source content management system for Git workflows.
• Algolia - Search as a service for static sites.
• Lunr.js - Javascript search library for browser-based search.
• Stork - Impossibly fast web search for static sites.
• Staticman - User-generated content for Git-based static sites.

Resources

• JAMstack.org - Community hub for the JAMstack architecture.
• StaticGen - A leaderboard of top open-source static site generators.
• Awesome JAMstack - A curated list of JAMstack resources.
• Headless CMS - A list of content management systems for JAMstack sites.
• Static Site Generators - A comprehensive list of static site generators.

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Read the contribution guidelines first.

License

To the extent possible under law, the author has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.