Cactus
Static site generator for designers. Uses Python and Django templates. (by eudicots)
Lektor
The lektor static file content management system (by lektor)
| Cactus | Lektor | |
|---|---|---|
| - | 22 | |
| 3,469 | 3,885 | |
| 0.0% | 0.2% | |
| 0.0 | 5.8 | |
| over 1 year ago | 10 days ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Cactus
Posts with mentions or reviews of Cactus.
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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.
Lektor
Posts with mentions or reviews of Lektor.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-05-16.
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Building PicoSSG: 'Just Enough Code'
The static site generator (SSG) landscape is crowded with feature-rich but increasingly complex solutions. As I looked at and used tools like lume, 11ty, lektor, or jekyll, I found myself drowning in configuration options, plugins, and middleware. What started as a simple desire to convert Markdown content into HTML had evolved into learning complex frameworks with steep learning curves.
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WordPress Alternatives
I haven't used it since forever ago, but Lektor [0] is this weird in between. You need to be able to pip install and run `lektor serve` in the terminal but most else is done in the browser.
[0] https://www.getlektor.com/
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Tech Debt: My Rust Library Is Now a CDO
Guess I'm one of the annoying users who complained when armin's Lektor (https://github.com/lektor/lektor) started going dormant back when, but I loved it for a while. I'm on Astro now, but a big thanks for helping a younger version for me.
- Show HN: Pages CMS – A CMS for GitHub
- Ask HN: Looking for lightweight personal blogging platform
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5 Best Static Site Generators in Python
Lektor is a modern and flexible static content management system that utilizes Python as its core language. It comes with an intuitive web-based admin interface, making it easy for content creators to manage and update the site. Lektor supports a variety of content types and has an active community that contributes to its continuous improvement.
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The theory versus the practice of “static websites”
Lektor CMS is sort of a prototype-ish thing doing this: https://www.getlektor.com/
It has (used to have? Can't find them on the site now) pre-packaged binaries that you would drop into a folder structure generated by the technically-minded person, and the content editor can simply click on that binary, which opens the backend of the CMS in the web browser, make changes and click deploy.
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Flask CMS - Wordpress alike
There have been several Flask-based CMS's but I don't remember most of them. IIRC Lektor is based on Flask.
- Why isn’t there a python version of Jekyll / Hugo
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A SvelteKit template for building CMS-free editable websites
Static hosting could be enough for many sites and one could combine the technical and UX advantages of your dynamic interface with the advantages of static sites for security and distribution.
I found that useful when i worked with https://www.getlektor.com/ years ago. In lektor the dynamic part runs on a users desktop machine, but it of course wouldn't need to.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Cactus and Lektor you can also consider the following projects:
Pelican - Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax. Powered by Python.
Nikola - A static website and blog generator
Hyde - A Python Static Website Generator (Presently Unmaintained).