Pelican
Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax. Powered by Python. (by getpelican)
Jekyll
:globe_with_meridians: Jekyll is a blog-aware static site generator in Ruby (by jekyll)
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| Pelican | Jekyll | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 167 | |
| 11,067 | 45,117 | |
| 0.6% | 0.4% | |
| 7.0 | 9.0 | |
| 10 days ago | 8 days ago | |
| HTML | Ruby | |
| GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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.
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.
Pelican
Posts with mentions or reviews of Pelican.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-11.
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Static website builder for a completely non technical person
https://getpelican.com/, can't get easier than that.
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Should I use Ghost or Hugo for a blog ?
I just switched from Ghost to Pelican (a static site generator) to create my own website. Among the elements that convinced me to change is the portability of the data that gives you to use a static site generator and write everything in Markdown. They are simple text files and I can edit them as I please (also offline). Another great thing is that Pelican adapts according to the tags and categories I use.
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Comparing Static and Dynamic Websites
Pelican
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who is self-hosting a static website and what are you using to build it?
I do (The Wombelix Post) and use Pelican with a customized Theme and a few Plugins. Took me initially some time to setup and adjust based on my needs but works great since then :)
- Ask HN: Share Your Personal Site
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I built a serverless blog using Pelican, AWS CDK, S3, and Cloudfront!
Pelican as the static blog generator
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What do you use for public publishing your Zettlekasten?
I think pelican (https://getpelican.com/) is a little bit more beginner friendly. It still requires some technical knowledge though.
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Static site generators to watch in 2021
For me it was the license that made me not pick it: https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/issues/1397.
A while ago I was picking a new SSG and I would have preferred something written in Python so I can hack on it more easily. I ended up moving on because of the license.
I am now very happily using Hugo.
Jekyll
Posts with mentions or reviews of Jekyll.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-13.
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Static Site Generators(SSG), what are they and why I'm using one.
Jekyll a ruby based SSG created in 2008 by GitHub co-founder Tom Preston-Werner. It gained a lot of popularity due to support on github pages.
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Blogging from my phone with GitJournal
My blog is made with Jekyll, GitHub Pages and Cloudflare. Up to now, the only practical way to actually publish a new post has been to use git on my laptop. (Well, I could use github.com, but with all the necessary frontmatter and the poor mobile experience, it's not really practical).
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Create your GitHub profile page in 1 minute without 1 line of code for free.
Jekyll
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What framework or service do you use to build your documentation?
Jekyll munges HTML to a static site.
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static website forms
If you are using a static site generator SSG like Hugo or Jekyll, there will come a time that you may ask yourself, how do I handle forms.
- Ask HN: Libraries You Enjoy Using?
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Simple selfhosted note taking
If you wanted it to be EXACTLY like TechnoTim's docs site, you could use Jekyll with Chirpy theme (I viewed the source to figure out how it was made).
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Infosec Blogger & Podcaster - AMA!
I use GitHub pages for hosting which leverages Jekyll for dynamic page generation. I originally used this theme, but it doesn't look like I can find it via the jekyllthemes site anymore... I took some design inspiration for the site from this blog actually, but heavily modified it from there. Particles.js is used for the floaty red circles. Font Awesome for the various iconography you see throughout.
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Guys, be honest please...
There are frameworks like Jekyll that let you write out your posts as markdown and then run the compiler to spit out static HTML/CSS/JS.
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What are the barebones technologies I need to learn before building a personal website?
Just to totally set the floor, you don't need to know any language at all to make a website. You could use something like Jekyll or Wordpress.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Pelican and Jekyll you can also consider the following projects:
Nikola - A static website and blog generator
Lektor - The lektor static file content management system
Hugo - The world’s fastest framework for building websites.
Hyde - A Python Static Website Generator
Middleman - Hand-crafted frontend development
Cactus - Static site generator for designers. Uses Python and Django templates.
Nanoc - A powerful web publishing system
Bridgetown - A next-generation progressive site generator & fullstack framework, powered by Ruby
Hexo - A fast, simple & powerful blog framework, powered by Node.js.