Hugo Alternatives

Hugo is described as 'General-purpose website framework for generating static web pages. Hugo flexibly works with many formats and is ideal for blogs, docs, portfolios and much more' and is a popular Website Builder in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Hugo for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Windows, Mac and Linux apps. The best Hugo alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Hugo are Ghost, Jekyll, Astro Web Framework and Grav.

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  1. Hexo icon
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    Hexo is a fast, simple and powerful blog framework powered by Node.js which have extensive plugins selections for a Static Site Generator and a great communities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. Kalmia icon
     2 likes

    Kalmia is a Go tool with a web interface for managing RsPress documentation. It supports multiple versions, multiple users, and includes a Markdown editor for easy edits.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Docker
     
  3. Nicepage icon
     10 likes

    1st Website Designer breaking limitations of website builders with the freehand positioning. Nicepage generates mobile-friendly websites with the clean HTML code. Only Nicepage is available for Windows, Mac OS, WordPress, Joomla and online.

    148 Nicepage alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Joomla
    • Wordpress
     
  4. Bridgetown icon
     2 likes

    In a nutshell, Bridgetown is a static site generator. You give it text written in an author-friendly markup language like Markdown, and it uses layouts and templates to build a website and save the compiled HTML, CSS, and Javascript to an output folder.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • RubyGems
     
  5. VuePress icon
     7 likes

    VuePress is a static site generator that uses markdown. It allows users to create content like blogs and documentation. Originally designed for Vue.js documentation, it now serves a wider user base. It emphasizes simplicity, with a minimal setup and markdown-centered structure.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Vue.js
     
  6. Gojekyll icon
     1 like

    Gojekyll is a partially-compatible clone of the Jekyll static site generator, written in the Go programming language. It provides build and serve commands, with directory watch and live reload.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Tilda helps you build websites for business and media. With Tilda you can create long forms and articles, as well as landing pages, websites, photo stories, blogs and all other kinds of content oriented web projects.

    154 Tilda Publishing alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. Bedrock icon
     1 like

    Bedrock is a tool to efficiently work together, document HTML/CSS components, and provide a single source of truth for what an application should look like.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Gridsome icon
     1 like

    Gridsome is a free & open source Vue JS powered framework for building websites & apps that are fast by default.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. shokunin icon
     1 like

    A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator written in Rust 🦀.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Rust
     
  11. Site.pro icon
     50 likes

    White label tool for hosting providers and site owners featuring multilingual editing in 40+ languages, website import, modern templates, responsive layouts, drag-and-drop editor, billing panel support, blog and store builder, and direct publishing capabilities.

    127 Site.pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. Lume (pronounced /lume/) is the Galician word for fire but also a static site generator for Deno.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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