The Top Five Static Site Generators (SSGs) for 2023 — and when to use them!

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on dev.to

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  • bookshop

    📚 A component development workflow for static websites.

    Bookshop is a component development workflow for static websites. Bookshop defines a convention for building self-contained components in the templating languages supported by common SSGs. Using these conventions, Bookshop provides developer tooling that empowers you to integrate these components with your stack, build and browse UI components locally, and provide rich live editing experiences for your editors.

  • eleventy 🕚⚡️

    A simpler site generator. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.

    Eleventy

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  • pagefind

    Static low-bandwidth search at scale

    Pagefind is a fully static search library that runs after Hugo, Eleventy, Next.js, Astro, SvelteKit, or any other SSG. It aims to perform well on large sites, while using as little of your users’ bandwidth as possible, and without hosting any infrastructure. It’s a fantastic alternative to a paid search solution, and its bandwidth requirements are nothing short of incredible.

  • Next.js

    The React Framework

    Next.js

  • SvelteKit

    web development, streamlined (by sveltejs)

    SvelteKit

  • Hugo

    The world’s fastest framework for building websites.

    Hugo

  • astro

    The web framework for content-driven websites. ⭐️ Star to support our work!

    Astro

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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