The current list of static site generators

Current as of 2017-01-28

Name Website Description Language Templates License
Jekyll jekyllrb.com A simple, blog-aware, static site generator. Ruby Liquid MIT
Hugo gohugo.io/ A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator. Go Go Templates APL 2.0
Hexo hexo.io/ Hexo is a fast, simple and powerful blog framework. JavaScript EJS, Swig MIT
GitBook www.gitbook.com/ A modern publishing toolchain. Simply taking you from ideas to finished, polished books. JavaScript Jinja2 APL 2.0
Octopress octopress.org A blogging framework for hackers based on Jekyll. Ruby Liquid MIT
Gatsby github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby Transform plain text into dynamic blogs and websites using React.js JavaScript React.js MIT
Pelican blog.getpelican.com/ A static site generator, imports from Wordpress, multi-lang publishing. Python Jinja2 AGPL
Brunch brunch.io/ An ultra-fast HTML5 build tool. Capable of static site generation. JavaScript Any JS MIT
Middleman middlemanapp.com Hand-crafted, modern frontend development. Ruby ERB/Tilt MIT
Metalsmith www.metalsmith.io/ An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator. JavaScript HBS/Any JS MIT
Harp harpjs.com/ Harp is a static web server that can also compile your project down to static assets. JavaScript EJS, Jade MIT
Expose github.com/Jack000/Expose A simple static site generator for photoessays Bash custom MIT
MkDocs www.mkdocs.org/ Project documentation with Markdown. Python Jinja2 BSD
Assemble assemble.io/ Static site generator for Grunt.js, Yeoman and Node.js JavaScript Handlebars MIT
Wintersmith wintersmith.io/ A flexible static site generator with awesome plugins. CoffeeScript Jade, + plugins MIT
Cactus github.com/koenbok/Cactus/ Static site generator for designers. Python Django BSD
Docpad docpad.org/ Feature rich, configurable and language agnostic. CoffeeScript ECO/Any JS MIT
HubPress hubpress.io/ A web application to build your Blog on GitHub. Javascript Handlebars MIT
Lektor www.getlektor.com/ A static content management system that can deploy to any webserver. Python Jinja2 BSD
Nanoc nanoc.ws/ Simple but very flexible static site generator Ruby eRuby MIT
Roots roots.cx/ roots is a toolbox for building simple, beautiful, and efficient products for the web. CoffeeScript Jade MIT
Phenomic phenomic.io A modern static website generator to create dynamic website using React components. JavaScript JavaScript (React) MIT
Hakyll jaspervdj.be/hakyll/ A configurable Haskell library, for small-to-medium sites. Haskell Hakyll Templates BSD
Wheat github.com/creationix/wheat A blog engine for coders written in node.JS JavaScript Custom MIT
Hyde hyde.github.io/ Jekyll's evil Python powered twin Python Jinja2 MIT
Punch laktek.github.io/punch/ Simple, intuitive. It delights designers and developers alike. JavaScript Mustache MIT
Nikola www.getnikola.com A static website and blog generator Python Jinja2, Mako MIT
Sculpin sculpin.io Sculpin is a static site generator written in PHP PHP Twig MIT
Sphinx www.sphinx-doc.org/ A tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation, written by Georg Brandl. Python Jinja2 BSD
markdown-styles github.com/mixu/markdown-styles Markdown to static HTML generator and multiple CSS themes for Markdown JavaScript Handlebars BSD
simple isnowfy.github.io/simple/ Simple is a pure static static blog generator. Javascript Markdown MIT
Stasis stasis.me/ Static Sites Made Powerful with Ruby gems. Ruby Tilt (erb, haml, ...) MIT
Ruhoh ruhoh.com/ The Universal Static Blog API. Ruby Mustache MIT
Flatmarket json.expert/flatmarket/ A free, open source e-commerce platform for static websites. JavaScript Any MIT
Blacksmith github.com/flatiron/blacksmith A generic static site generator built using flatiron, plates, and marked. JavaScript Plates MIT
Cryogen cryogenweb.org/ A simple static site generator shipped on Leiningen Clojure Selmer EPL
bashblog github.com/cfenollosa/bashblog A single Bash script to create blogs. Bash None GPL 3
Pollen pollenpub.com A web book-publishing system written in Racket with static html as default output target. Racket ... LGPL
Couscous couscous.io/ Couscous turn Markdown documentation into beautiful websites. PHP Twig MIT
Poet jsantell.github.io/poet/ A node.js blog engine. JavaScript Jade MIT
Gor github.com/wendal/gor A static websites and blog generator engine written in Go Go Mustache BSD
JBake jbake.org/ A static site/blog generator for developers & designers Java Freemarker, Groovy, Thymeleaf MIT
Jigsaw jigsaw.tighten.co/ Static sites for Laravel developers PHP Blade MIT
pretzel code52.org/pretzel.html A site generation tool (and then some) for .NET platforms. .Net Liquid MS-PL
InkPaper www.inkpaper.io/ InkPaper is an elegant, extremely fast static blog generator. Go GO Template MIT
Bookdown bookdown.org/ An eBook authoring platform that generates GitBook-styled static sites R Custom R code / knitr / rmarkdown GPL-3
Frozen-Flask pythonhosted.org/Frozen-Flask/ Frozen-Flask freezes a Flask application into a set of static files. Python Jinja2 BSD
Wyam wyam.io A simple to use, highly modular, and extremely configurable static content generator. .Net Razor, Markdown MIT
Frog github.com/greghendershott/frog Frog is a static web site generator implemented in Racket, targeting Bootstrap. Racket Racket MIT
Blogofile blogofile.com A static website compiler and blog engine, written and extended in Python Python Mako MIT
Heckle github.com/marijnh/heckle A minimal Jekyll clone in node.js. JavaScript Mold MIT
Misaki liquidz.github.io/misaki/ A Jekyll inspired static site generator in Clojure. Clojure Hiccup EPL
Cabin www.cabinjs.com/ Simple and extensible static site generator powered by Grunt. JavaScript Jade & EJS MIT
Gostatic github.com/piranha/gostatic#speed A fast static site generator written in Go. Go Go Templates ISC
Acrylamid posativ.org/acrylamid/ Static blog or site generator Python Jinja, Mako BSD
Silex www.silex.me A drag and drop editor mixed with an online CSS editor Javascript HTML/CSS GPL
Webby webby.rubyforge.org/ Webby is a fantastic little website management system. Ruby Erb MIT
Spress spress.yosymfony.com Spress is a static site generator and blog engine written in PHP PHP Twig MIT
Awestruct awestruct.org/ A static site-baking tool Ruby Haml MIT
Tinkerer tinkerer.me Tinkerer is a blogging engine/static website generator powered by Sphinx Python Jinja2 BSD
Techy krasimir.github.io/techy/ The geeky way of writing JavaScript Custom MIT
yst github.com/jgm/yst Static websites from YAML and string templates Haskell String Templates GPL
Coleslaw github.com/kingcons/coleslaw Flexible Lisp Blogware. Lisp Closure Templates BSD
Ikiwiki ikiwiki.info/ a wiki compiler Perl HTML::Template GPL
Tags tags.brace.io/ The simplest static site generator Python Tags MIT
Yellow datenstrom.se/yellow/ Yellow is for people who make websites. PHP PHP GPL
Perun perun.io/ Composable static site generator build with Clojure and Boot Clojure Hiccup EPL
Urubu urubu.jandecaluwe.com A micro CMS for static websites Python Jinja2 AGPL
gloria gloriajs.com Gloria is a static site generator, a beginners friendly project JavaScript Handlebars Apache 2
staticjinja staticjinja.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ Effortlessly deploy static sites with Jinja2. Python Jinja2 MIT
thumbsup github.com/thumbsup/node-thumbsup Static photo & video gallery generator JavaScript N/A MIT
Hastie github.com/mkaz/hastie A static site generator written in Go Go Go templates MIT
Tarbell tarbell.io Simple static sites for storytellers. Python Jinja BSD
Grow grow.io/ Grow is a declarative, file-based static site generator for building maintainable, high-quality websites. Python Jinja2 MIT
Lingon www.lingon.io/ Lingon is a performant single-page application dev tool that focuses on developer happiness. JavaScript ejs Apache 2
Luapress luapress.org/ Luapress is yet another static blog generator, written in Lua. Lua LHTML MIT
Serif aprescott.com/posts/serif Serif is a static site generator and an optional admin interface Ruby Liquid MIT
Spike github.com/static-dev/spike An opinionated static build tool, powered by webpack Javascript Jade MIT
Photish github.com/henrylawson/photish Fast, simple, configurable photo portfolio website generator. Ruby Slim MIT
Grain sysgears.com/grain A generator for sites, blogs & documentation, supports Markdown, AsciiDoc and RST Groovy Groovy-based Apache
Zodiac github.com/nuex/zodiac A static site generator powered by awk and sh. Awk Mustache-like MIT
Reptar reptar.github.io/ A modern static site generator written in next generation (ES2015+) JavaScript. JavaScript Nunjucks MIT
wok wok.mythmon.com/ Toss some content, templates, and media in a pan and fry it up! Python Jinja2 MIT
Gulp Site github.com/ducksoupdev/gulp-site-generator Static site generator using Gulp JavaScript Handlebars None
ghost-render github.com/mixu/ghost-render Render static blog sites from Markdown using Ghost themes JavaScript Ghost BSD
Webgen webgen.gettalong.org/ Static website generation made easy Ruby ERB + More GPL
Enfield github.com/fortes/enfield Node.js Jekyll Port CoffeeScript Liquid MIT
Broccoli Taco broccoli-taco.com/ A fast, simple, and flexible static site generator based on Broccoli. JavaScript Handlebars MIT
graze mikaelkoskinen.net/graze-static-site-generator-using-razor Static site generator using Razor. .Net Razor MIT
Carew carew.github.io/ The tiny website generator PHP Twig MIT
Statik getstatik.com/ A simple, generic, static web site generator for developers. Python Jinja2 MIT
blogc blogc.rgm.io/ A blog compiler. C Custom BSD
Spelt github.com/njdehoog/Spelt Delightfully simple static site generator written in Swift. Swift Stencil MIT
jus jus.js.org dev server and build tool with no configuration and no boilerplate code JavaScript Handlebars MIT
Cory www.npmjs.com/package/cory A static site generator for JavaScript lovers. JavaScript Handlebars MIT
pub-server jldec.github.io/pub-doc/ static HTML generator + editor with npm-based themes JavaScript Handlebars MIT
Stog zoggy.github.io/stog/ Stog is a static blog and website generator, like Jekyll but in OCaml. OCaml XML GPL
Monkeyman github.com/wspringer/monkeyman Simple static site generator for Scala and middleman lovers Scala Haml GPL
Dimples github.com/waferbaby/dimples A very, very, very simple static site generator gem. Ruby Tilt MIT
Zas github.com/imdario/zas Most zen static website generator in Golang. Go Go Templates AGPL v3
JAQ github.com/asciidoctor/jekyll-asciidoc-quickstart A shortcut to Asciidoc templating on Github's Jekyll hosting infrastructure. Ruby Liquid MIT
Templer steve.org.uk/Software/templer/ Templer is a modular extensible static-site-generator written in perl. Perl HTML::Template Perl
Misakai Baker baker.misakai.com Slice and Optimize with Razor and Markdown .Net Razor Apache
drupan github.com/fallenhitokiri/drupan trying to hit the sweet spot between simplicity and being feature rich enough for every use case. Python Jinja2 BSD
StaGen github.com/wiztools/stagen StaGen is the static site generator behind WizTools.org Java StringTemplate 4 Apache
Ace github.com/botanicus/ace Ace is a static page generator. Ruby Haml, ... MIT
simple-website github.com/alexanderteinum/simple-website simple-website is a static site generator written in Go Go Markdown BSD
Polo github.com/agonzalezro/polo#just-markdown Static site generator written in Go and "compatible" with Jekyll & Pelican content Go Go Templates MIT
Madoko www.madoko.net One-page article-styled website from Markdown and LaTex. Javascript false Apache
PyKwiki pykwiki.nullism.com Markdown based authoring with static search. Python Jinja 2 MIT
Serum github.com/Dalgona/Serum A simple static website generator written in Elixir. Elixir EEx MIT
Easystatic easystatic.com/ Static site generator powered by Markdown It, Postcss, Babel, Browsersync JavaScript Markdown, EJS Apache 2
Dapper vanilladraft.com/dapper/ Dapper is a simple, flexible, and pragmatic static site generator written in Perl. Perl TT3 MIT
SuSi github.com/AVGP/susi The SUper SImple site generator. JavaScript Markdown ISC
Prosopopee github.com/Psycojoker/prosopopee A static website generator that allows you to tell a story with your pictures (somehow a clone of exposure.co or Medium) Python custom GPL
Tclssg github.com/tclssg/tclssg A static site generator that uses Tcl for both code and templates. Tcl custom MIT
adm-dev-kit github.com/iamfrntdv/adm-dev-kit ADM-DEV-KIT is static web server and build tool built with plugins and tools like Node.js, JSPM, Express.js, Browser-Sync, Gulp.js, PostHTML, PostCSS and others. JavaScript pug MIT
Go-Static! github.com/colynb/generator-go-static Yeoman generator for building static sites/blogs. JavaScript Swig MIT
Bolt argyleink.github.io/Bolt ⚡ is a fast, organized, mobile first Grunt seed project for fast static apps. Javascript Jade, Your Choice MIT
Reem github.com/andrejewski/reem JavaScript static site generator for anything JavaScript Consolidate ISC
Poole bitbucket.org/obensonne/poole/ A simple Markdown static site generator. Python HTML GPL3+
Motyl www.cambus.net/motyl/ Opinionated static site generator written in Lua. Lua Mustache BSD
Rosid rosid.electerious.com/ Just-in-time development server and static site exporter. JavaScript Any MIT
Pagegen pagegen.phnd.net Manage sites and blogs, SEO friendly. Python Pagegen GPLv3
PieCrust2 bolt80.com/piecrust PieCrust is a static website generator and flat-file CMS Python Jinja Apache
Blogo github.com/kevin14/blogo Blogo is a blog generator based on JS and Jade JavaScript Jade MIT
Griffin github.com/pawandubey/griffin Blazing fast, simple, static site generator Java Handlebars Apache
Waffel moonwave99.github.io/waffel/ Static site generation done tasty. JavaScript Nunjucks MIT
CopperSmith charlgottschalk.co.za/projects/coppersmith CopperSmith is a very simple command powered static site generator that uses markdown files. JavaScript handlebars MIT
Handle handlecli.com Handle is a static site generator powered by PHP and the command line. PHP Blade MIT
Rinco github.com/rincojs/rinco-sg A simple static site generator. JavaScript Mustache MIT
Scalatic functionalprogramming.ro/scalatic Dead simple static blog generator written in Scala. Scala GitHub flavored Markdown MIT
sblg kristaps.bsd.lv/sblg simple off-line blog utility C None ISC
SKF skf.jeannedhack.org/ Plugin-based static website generator inspired by Suckless Web Framework. Bash Custom GPLv3
LitePub github.com/mirovarga/litepub A Lightweight Static Blog Generator Go Go Templates MIT
jssg github.com/agrison/jssg A static site/blog generator in Java Java Freemarker MIT
Static Lite github.com/BrandonRomano/static-lite A minimalist configuration for generating static sites, powered entirely by NPM scripts. Javascript Jade MIT
Halwa github.com/mhlakhani/halwa Halwa is a single file static site generator written in Python. Python Jinja2 MIT
Makdoc github.com/pismute/gulp-makdoc A (Gulp) task library for generating documents JavaScript Handlebars MIT
django-distill github.com/mgrp/django-distill django-distill lets you to create and publish a static website from any Django project. Python Django MIT
Bake ctrl-c.club/~philips/90s/ The blogging tool for minimalists & make lovers. C++ {vars} Do What The Fuck You Want Public License V2
grunt-flats github.com/adamduncan/grunt-flats Grunt task for generating static pages from templated partials. JavaScript Hogan.js MIT
Styx styx-static.github.io/styx-site/ Nix based static site generator. Nix Nix MIT
Minerl github.com/neevek/minerl Minerl is a blog-aware static site generator written in Perl. Perl HTML::Template Artistic License (2.0)
Sunstreet github.com/zalando/sunstreet Responsive SPA with on-the-fly markdown translation, Github API, and a CMS. Javascript Markdown MIT
Wainwright github.com/wprl/wainwright A streaming static site generator for Gulp JavaScript consolidate.js MIT
PHPoole phpoole.org Light and easy static website generator written in PHP. PHP Twig MIT
HasClunk github.com/jellehermsen/HasClunk Simple dependency light blog generator Haskell Header+footer html and Html.hs BSD3
s2gen appliedscala.com/s2gen/ A dead-simple Scala-based site generator Scala FreeMarker MIT
Blo github.com/savuir/blo Static site generator for easy personal blogging Python Jinja2 BSD
Gustav gustav.futape.de Gustav is a powerful static-site generator written in PHP. PHP BSD
YASBE github.com/underr/yasbe Yet Another Static Blog Engine Python Mako WTFPL
Taft github.com/fitnr/taft Static site generator for the command line JavaScript Handlebars GPL-3.0
Desi dear.desi/ middleware enabled static site generator that builds in the browser (or node.js), powered by desirae.js. JavaScript via plugin Apache2
Bang github.com/squdle/Bang Quirky text processor and static website generator. Python custom MIT
onessg github.com/RyanZim/onessg The Static Site Generator that does only one thing: compile your html and markdown. JavaScript Any MIT
deadsimplelog github.com/tallesl/node-deadsimplelog Static blog generator with simplistic configuration that aims for being dead simple. JavaScript HTML MIT
Asimov www.asimovjs.org/ Static site generator, powered by asimov.js and asimov-server. JavaScript Handlebars MIT
Weaver davidsiaw.github.io/weaver-docs A simple DSL-based web generator Ruby None MIT
Blended jmroper.com/blended/ Static Site Generation Using Python Python HTML GPL 3.0
Lerret github.com/jgrh/lerret A static site generator for image galleries. JavaScript Jade APL 2.0
BootDown project.geekweaver.com/ Extremely simple static sites with Markdown and BootStrap. Python BootStrap AGPL
Expansive embedthis.com/expansive Expansive is a static site generator. It is written in Ejscript, and is blazing fast. C,Ejscript Ejscript GPL-2.0, Embedthis Commercial License
Rocadocs rocadocs.com Opinionated static documentation generator using Markdown Python false Apache-2.0
Usmu usmu.io A small, extensible, static site generator. Ruby Slim, Markdown MIT
Static Stuff github.com/javimosch/staticstuff Generates simple static web content blazing fast using handlebars templates. JavaScript Handlebars Apache
PFT dacav.roundhousecode.com/pages/pft.html PFT is a Static, Unicode-ready, Hacker-friendly, Free-as-in-freedom, Privacy-preserving website generator written in Perl. Perl TT3 GPL3
Gerablog github.com/paulohrpinheiro/gerablog Gerablog is a simple and small static blog generator. Ruby Markdown MIT