Poll: What's your favorite static site generator? • Hacker News Board

Hyde has not been significantly modified in nearly a year. If you're looking for a Python-based static site generator, Pelican http://getpelican.com/> is under active development.

(Disclaimer: I'm a Pelican project committer.)

Re: Poll: What's your favorite static site generator?

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Post by zzzeek » Sat, Dec 01, 2012, 3:50 PM UTC

Blogofile: http://blogofile.com/

Re: Poll: What's your favorite static site generator?

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Post by asselinpaul » Sat, Dec 01, 2012, 3:52 PM UTC

Old post on my now defunct blog on Static Sites. Had a look at quite a few.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mk9w8r0zjkkwpqi/static_sites.md

Re: Poll: What's your favorite static site generator?

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Post by SnowLprd » Sat, Dec 01, 2012, 3:54 PM UTC

Pelican http://getpelican.com/> is a Python-based static site generator with a very active community behind it. It has a good mix of features without being overly complicated. Check it out!

(Disclaimer: I'm a Pelican project committer.)

Re: Poll: What's your favorite static site generator?

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Post by madhukarah » Sat, Dec 01, 2012, 3:55 PM UTC

Octopress FTW!

Re: Poll: What's your favorite static site generator?

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Post by bookcasey » Sat, Dec 01, 2012, 4:37 PM UTC

jnotarstefano wrote: post #59

NestaCMS got my vote, because it's what I use for my blog. Is it really a static site generator, though? It can be used as one, I guess, but I think of it as a dyamic Sinatra app.

I've used NestaCMS and it's great, but I also wouldn't really consider it a static site generator.

Re: Poll: What's your favorite static site generator?

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Post by bookcasey » Sat, Dec 01, 2012, 4:41 PM UTC

I've used NestaCMS (which I would consider a more dynamic Sinatra app than a static site generator) and my current site is built with Jekyll. A lot of these seem interesting (specifically Middleman), but I really don't have the endurance to try them all out.

So, let's hear it. What makes your favorite better than Jekyll?

Re: Poll: What's your favorite static site generator?

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Post by edwinyzh » Sat, Dec 01, 2012, 4:53 PM UTC

Just plain html/css plus Mustache (the logic-less tempaltes).

Not much new things to learn, literally no limits and a lot of freedom.

And here is my toolset:

LIVEditor: Edit html and css and see the result instantly (http://liveditor.com, my own project, you can imagine LIVEditor = Web Browser + Code Editor + Html Inspector like the one in Firebug).

Mustache: Use this logic-less template system to represent reusable content in the html.

Python: Call pystache to stuff the {{mustache}} templates in the html files.