Why I am Migrating From Zola Back to Hugo

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  1. MkDocs

    Project documentation with Markdown.

    MkDocs

  2. SaaSHub

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  3. hextra

    🔯 Modern, batteries-included Hugo theme for creating beautiful doc, blog and static websites

    I have a local site I use as a knowledge base, journal and scratchpad. I recently migrated it from mdBook to Hugo, using the Hextra theme. The result was so good that I started questioning my use of Zola as my primary static site generator.

  4. gutenberg

    A fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in. https://www.getzola.org

    This post is a summary of my recent decision to go back to Hugo after using Zola. I also report on how LLM assistants with Web access can aid in such decisions, not as an authority but as a research assistant.

  5. eleventy 🕚⚡️

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

    Eleventy

  6. mdBook

    Create book from markdown files. Like Gitbook but implemented in Rust

    I have a local site I use as a knowledge base, journal and scratchpad. I recently migrated it from mdBook to Hugo, using the Hextra theme. The result was so good that I started questioning my use of Zola as my primary static site generator.

  7. Jekyll

    :globe_with_meridians: Jekyll is a blog-aware static site generator in Ruby

    Jekyll

  8. Hugo

    The world’s fastest framework for building websites.

    This post is a summary of my recent decision to go back to Hugo after using Zola. I also report on how LLM assistants with Web access can aid in such decisions, not as an authority but as a research assistant.

  9. astro

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

    Astro

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