Metalsmith Alternatives
Similar projects and alternatives to Metalsmith
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Syncfusion
Build stunning web applications quickly using Syncfusion JavaScript UI controls.. The Syncfusion JavaScript suite offers more than 65 cross-platform, responsive, and lightweight JS/HTML5 UI controls for building modern web applications.
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Pelican
Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax. Powered by Python.
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gray-matter
Smarter YAML front matter parser, used by metalsmith, Gatsby, Netlify, Assemble, mapbox-gl, phenomic, and many others. Simple to use, and battle tested. Parses YAML by default but can also parse JSON Front Matter, Coffee Front Matter, TOML Front Matter, and has support for custom parsers.
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Jekyll
:globe_with_meridians: Jekyll is a blog-aware static site generator in Ruby
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gutenberg
A fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in. https://www.getzola.org
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Octopress
Octopress is an obsessively designed framework for Jekyll blogging. It’s easy to configure and easy to deploy. Sweet huh?
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eleventy 🕚⚡️
A simpler static site generator. An alternative to Jekyll. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.
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Publii
Publii is a desktop-based CMS for Windows, Mac and Linux that makes creating static websites fast and hassle-free, even for beginners.
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gatsby-source-sanity
Gatsby source plugin for building websites using Sanity.io as a backend.
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slick
Static site generator built on Shake configured in Haskell (by ChrisPenner)
Reviews and mentions
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Why I built my own static site generator
A static site generator I've been enjoying lately (and using for my blog) is Metalsmith: https://metalsmith.io/
It feel like it's the best of both worlds, because it's simple to learn and customize, but there are plugins for the things you don't want to spend time writing yourself.
For example, I'm using plugins to: check for broken links, generate an RSS feed, and run a test server with automatic reloading.
But then I was able to easily add in my own code to handle relative links, generate Graphviz diagrams, and format dates.
One other recommendation: I hated almost every template language I ran across (Hugo's, Liquid, Nunjucks, EJS), but I'm thrilled with the simplicity of Handlebars (https://handlebarsjs.com/), although it is a bit limiting and the "block helper with parameters" syntax is strange (perhaps an indicator that I'm trying to do too much in the templating language!).
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Zola, A fast static site generator in a single binary
I believe Metalsmith [1] is trying that approach
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