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A collection of awesome static website compiler / builder / generator goodies (tools, templates 'n' themes, plugins 'n' extensions, guides, services, etc.)
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A collection of awesome static website compiler / builder / generator goodies (tools, templates 'n' themes, plugins 'n' extensions, guides, services, etc.)

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# Awesome Static



A collection of awesome static website compiler / builder / generator goodies (tools, templates 'n' themes, plugins 'n' extensions, guides, services, etc.)



#### _Contributions welcome. Anything missing? Send in a pull request. Thanks._



Table of Contents



- [**General**](#general)

- [**Quick References (Cheat Sheets)**](#quickrefs)

- [**By Language**](#by-language)

  - [**Ruby**](#ruby)

  - [**Python**](#python)

  - [**PHP**](#php)

  - [**JavaScript / Node.js**](#javascript--nodejs)

  - [**Go**](#go)

  - [**Haskell**](#haskell)

- [**Events / Meetups**](#events--meetups)



## General



_All Static Website Compilers / Builders / Generators_



[Directories / Listings](#directories--listings) •

[Showcases](#showcases)



### Directories / Listings



_Let a thousand website compiler bloom_



**Static Gen** (web: [`staticgen.com`](http://staticgen.com))  -- top 100+ static site builders / generators; sort by github stars or by programming language and more



**Static Site Generators** (web: [`staticsitegenerators.net`](https://staticsitegenerators.net))  -- 400+ static site builders / generators; sort by github stars or by programming language and more



### Showcases



_One sample, many static website builds_



**Stay Static Website Compiler Samples** (web: [`staystatic.github.io`](http://staystatic.github.io), github: [`staystatic`](https://github.com/staystatic)) -- covers Jekyll (Ruby), Middleman (Ruby), Hugo (Go), Metalsmith (JavaScript/Node.js) and others; showing how to use pages, posts and custom types (e.g. bookmarks 'n' links)



**Adventure Time! Static Website Samples** (github: [`remotesynth/Static-Site-Samples`](https://github.com/remotesynth/Static-Site-Samples))

by Brian Rinaldi -- covers Jekyll (Ruby), Middleman (Ruby), Harp (JavaScript), Hexo (JavaScript), Wintersmith (JavaScript/CoffeeScript), Hugo (Go)



## Quick References (Cheat Sheets)



- [Gatsby Quick Reference (Cheat Sheet)](GATSBY.md)

- [Hugo Quick Reference (Cheat Sheet)](HUGO.md)



## By Language



[**Ruby**](#ruby) •

[**Python**](#python) •

[**PHP**](#php) •

[**JavaScript / Node.js**](#javascript--nodejs) •

[**Go**](#go) •

[**Haskell**](#haskell)



### Ruby



1. [**Jekyll**](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll) ★24,888  (gem: [`jekyll`](https://rubygems.org/gems/jekyll) ⇓2,196,090)

2. [**Middleman**](https://github.com/middleman/middleman) ★5,118  (gem: [`middleman`](https://rubygems.org/gems/middleman) ⇓1,035,325)

3. [**Nanoc**](https://github.com/nanoc/nanoc) ★1,347  (gem: [`nanoc`](https://rubygems.org/gems/nanoc) ⇓233,529)

4. [**Awestruct**](https://github.com/awestruct/awestruct) ★226 (gem: [`awestruct`](https://rubygems.org/gems/awestruct) ⇓139,452)

5. [**webgen**](https://github.com/gettalong/webgen) ★90 (gem: [`webgen`](https://rubygems.org/gems/webgen) ⇓90,154)



Note: If no update for 1+ year than tool no longer listed e.g.

[Statis](https://github.com/winton/stasis) ★715 (Nov 2013; gem v0.2.0 - Jan 2013),

[Ruhoh](https://github.com/ruhoh/ruhoh.rb) ★627 (Sep 2014; gem v2.6 - Dec 2013),

[~~Webby~~](https://github.com/TwP/webby) ★278 (officially discontinued, Aug 2011; v0.9.4 - Apr 2009)



Links



- **Awesome Jekyll** (github: [`planetjekyll/awesome-jekyll`](https://github.com/planetjekyll/awesome-jekyll)) -- a collection of awesome Jekyll goodies (tools, templates, plugins, guides, etc.)

- [Jekyll @ {Static is} The New Dynamic](https://www.thenewdynamic.org/tool/jekyll)

- [Middleman @ {Static is} The New Dynamic](https://www.thenewdynamic.org/tool/middleman)



### Python



1. [**Pelican**](https://github.com/getpelican/pelican) ★5,687  (pypi: [`pelican`](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pelican) ⇓9,395/month)

2. [**Nikola**](https://github.com/getnikola/nikola) ★979  (pypi: [`Nikola`](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Nikola) ⇓4,360/month)

3. [**Cactus**](https://github.com/koenbok/Cactus) ★2,704  (pypi: [`Cactus`](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Cactus) ⇓1,623/month)

4. [**Lektor**](https://github.com/lektor/lektor) ★1,732  (pypi: [`Lektor`](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Lektor) ⇓1,519/month)

5. [**Hyde**](https://github.com/hyde/hyde) ★1,278  (pypi: [`hyde`](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/hyde) ⇓1,013/month)



### PHP



1. [**Sculpin**](https://github.com/sculpin/sculpin) ★952  (composer: [`sculpin/sculpin`](https://packagist.org/packages/sculpin/sculpin) ⇓13,312)

2. [**Jigsaw**](https://github.com/tightenco/jigsaw) ★370  (composer: [`tightenco/jigsaw`](https://packagist.org/packages/tightenco/jigsaw) ⇓327)

3. [**This Is Not A Wiki**](https://github.com/lens0021/this-is-not-a-wiki) ★12



### JavaScript / Node.js



1. [**Hexo**](https://github.com/hexojs/hexo) ★9,610 (npm: [`hexo`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/hexo) ⇓15,792/month)

2. [**Metalsmith**](https://github.com/metalsmith/metalsmith) ★4,692 (npm: [`metalsmith`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/metalsmith) ⇓22,053/month)

3. [**Harp**](https://github.com/sintaxi/harp) ★3,782 (npm: [`harp`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/harp) ⇓8,015/month)

4. [**Wintersmith**](https://github.com/jnordberg/wintersmith) ★2,806 (npm: [`wintersmith`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/wintersmith) ⇓2,971/month)

5. [**Gatsby**](https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby) ★2,650 (npm: [`gatsby`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/gatsby) ⇓2,898/month)



Links



- **Awesome Metalsmith** (github: [`metalsmith/awesome-metalsmith`](https://github.com/metalsmith/awesome-metalsmith))

- [Metalsmith @ {Static is} The New Dynamic](https://www.thenewdynamic.org/tool/metalsmith)



### Go



1. [**Hugo**](https://github.com/spf13/hugo) ★9,476

2. [**gor**](https://github.com/wendal/gor) ★472

3. [**Ink**](https://github.com/InkProject/ink) ★336

4. [**gostatic**](https://github.com/piranha/gostatic) ★298



Links



- [Hugo @ {Static is} The New Dynamic](https://www.thenewdynamic.org/tool/hugo)



### Haskell



1. [**Hakyll**](https://github.com/jaspervdj/hakyll) ★1,228 (hackage: [`hakyll`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hakyll) ⇓33,613)

2. [**yst**](https://github.com/jgm/yst) ★198 (hackage: [`yst`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/yst) ⇓3,745)



### Java



1. [**JBake**](https://github.com/jbake-org/jbake) ★392



### .NET / C-Sharp



1. [**Pretzel**](https://github.com/Code52/pretzel) ★443



### Lua



1. [**Luapress**](https://github.com/Fizzadar/Luapress) ★101 (luarocks: [`fizzadar/luapress`](https://luarocks.org/modules/fizzadar/luapress) ⇓211)



### Erlang



1. [**Lambda Pad**](https://github.com/gar1t/lambdapad) ★84



## HTML Tester / Checker / Linter / Proofer



[**htmltest**](https://github.com/wjdp/htmltest) ★20 -- html test tool (in go)



## More Bookmarks 'n' Links



**Awesome Static Website Services** (github: [`aharris88/awesome-static-website-services`](https://github.com/aharris88/awesome-static-website-services))



**Awesome Static Website Generators** (github: [`myles/awesome-static-generators`](https://github.com/myles/awesome-static-generators))



**Awesome Markdown** (github: [`writekit/awesome-markdown`](https://github.com/writekit/awesome-markdown)) -- write your article and posts in plain text with markdown formatting and conventions



**{Static is} The New Dynamic** (web: [`thenewdynamic.org`](https://www.thenewdynamic.org)) -- static site links, showcases, events and more



## Meta



**License**



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