Build your own static site generator.
HTML files on a server are the most durable publishing format ever invented.
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live from source · api.github.com · Oct 29, 1:45 AM UTCnext.js
The React Framework
hugo
The world’s fastest framework for building websites.
astro
The web framework for content-driven websites.
nuxt
The full-stack Vue framework.
gatsby
React-based framework with performance, scalability, and security built in.
jekyll
:globe_with_meridians: Jekyll is a blog-aware static site generator in Ruby
hexo
A fast, simple & powerful blog framework, powered by Node.js.
buildawesome
A simpler site generator. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.
decap-cms
A Git-based CMS for Static Site Generators
zola
A fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in. https://www.getzola.org
quarkdown
🪐 Markdown with superpowers: from ideas to papers, presentations, websites, books, and knowledge bases.
nextra
Simple, powerful and flexible site generation framework with everything you love from Next.js.
quartz
🌱 a fast, batteries-included static-site generator that transforms Markdown content into fully functional websites
pelican
Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax. Powered by Python.
core
A toolchain for building scalable, enterprise-ready component systems on top of TypeScript and Web Component standards. Stencil components can be distributed natively to React, Angular, Vue, (+ more) and traditional web applications from a single, framework-agnostic codebase.
kit
🧱 Describe your site, AI builds it, you own it as Markdown. Snap together Tailwind blocks like Lego — landing pages, blogs, portfolios, docs & more. No AI slop. Free to deploy anywhere 👇
starlight
🌟 Build beautiful, accessible, high-performance documentation websites with Astro
metalsmith
An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator for Node.js
Publii
The most intuitive Static Site CMS designed for SEO-optimized and privacy-focused websites.
middleman
Hand-crafted frontend development
astrowind
⭕️ AstroWind: A free template using Astro v7 and Tailwind CSS v4. Astro starter theme.
zensical
A modern static site generator by the Material for MkDocs team
vike
(Replaces Next.js/Nuxt) 🔨 Build mission-critical applications with stability and development freedom.
beautiful-jekyll
✨ Build a beautiful and simple website in literally minutes. Demo at https://beautifuljekyll.com
actions-gh-pages
GitHub Actions for GitHub Pages 🚀 Deploy static files and publish your site easily. Static-Site-Generators-friendly.
astro-paper
A minimal, accessible and SEO-friendly Astro blog theme.
react-snap
👻 Zero-configuration framework-agnostic static prerendering for SPAs
docfx
Static site generator for .NET API documentation.
pagescms
The simplest CMS you'll ever need. Manage content and media right in your GitHub repository.
lektor
The lektor static file content management system