Hexo Alternatives

Hexo is described as 'Fast, simple and powerful blog framework powered by Node.js which have extensive plugins selections for a Static Site Generator and a great communities' and is a static site generator in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Hexo for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Linux, Windows, Mac and Web-based apps. The best Hexo alternative is Jekyll, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Hexo are Hugo, Grav, Gatsby and Kalmia.

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  1. Flexible, minimalistic, multi-platform static site generator built on top of node.js.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Wemebox icon
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    Wemebox is a product for people who want to create and deploy websites faster. It's a hybrid content management system that sits right in between Wordpress and Hugo. Made to be simple and work out of the box.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
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  3. Nikola icon
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    Nikola is a static website and blog generator. Its original goal is to create blogs, but it supports most kind of sites and can be used as a CMS, as long as what you present to the user is your own content instead of something the user generates.

    14 Nikola alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. A static site generator for Dart.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Zox icon
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    Zox.js is a web framework for static sites and GraphQL API.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Glyph is a static site generator that uses Github issues and GitHub Pages. It essentially converts Issues into full-fledged blog posts which yields an advanced but accessible comment system hosted through GitHub with posts created using the very popular .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Lego is a fast Static Site Generator that generates optimised, performant websites. Build your site with a boringly simple stack, yet get amazing performance. Transpiles and minifies JS using Terser, autoprefixes and minifies CSS with PostCSS, inlines critical styles using...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  8. Nift icon
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    It's lightning fast, developed from the ground up in C++, and released for free under the MIT license, use it for any of your personal or commercial projects – just be sure to preserve copyright and license notices!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Easily create and share a free universal online gift registry that works with any online store by adding gifts from any website, including specialist retailers. Guests claim gifts anonymously, avoiding duplicates and spoilers, for weddings, showers, holidays, or any special event.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. After Dark is open source software you can use to build a secure website, blog or app. One command is all you need to start a new website.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. Static Site Boilerplate is a free, open-source tool for developers that enables a better workflow for building modern static websites. Automated build processes, a local development server, production minification and optimizations, and the latest standards for static websites.

    76 Static Site Boilerplate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
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    yst is a tool for generating a static website by filling string templates with data taken from YAML or CSV text files or SQLite3 file based databases. This approach combines the speed, security, and ease of deployment of a static website with the flexibility and...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haskell
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