Pelican

Hugo

gohugoio/hugo

Popular

Single-binary Go static site generator known for extremely fast builds of large sites.

Astro

withastro/astro

Trending

Content-first web framework with islands architecture; ships zero JS by default and supports any UI library.

Build Awesome

11ty/buildawesome

Simple, template-agnostic static site generator (renamed from Eleventy/11ty in 2026) that outputs plain HTML.

Jekyll

jekyll/jekyll

Legacy

Ruby static site generator behind GitHub Pages; still common for blogs and docs but slow-moving.

Gatsby

gatsbyjs/gatsby

Legacy

React static-site framework with a GraphQL data layer; largely unmaintained, migrate to Astro or Next.js.

Hexo

hexojs/hexo

Fast Node.js blog framework with a big theme ecosystem, especially popular in Asia.

Zola

getzola/zola

Single-binary Rust SSG with built-in Sass, search index and syntax highlighting.

Lume

lumeland/lume

Deno-based static site generator supporting many template engines and a flexible plugin system.