Static site generators

Static site generators mix the maintainability of dynamically rendered sites with the speed and ease of hosting of static sites. It comes at a cost, which is interactivity. Hence typically static sites are enriched client side JavaScript communicating with API's, which has been labeled JAMstack by an org pushing this market.

I’m currently in the process of selecting a static site generator. Based on Github stars this is the current top 10 at Jamstack.org’s overview of static site generators:

1. Next.js (JS/React)
2. Hugo (Go) (Smashing Magazine was made with Hugo)
3. Gatsby (JS/React)
4. Jekyll (Ruby/Liquid) (powers Github Pages) (my review of Jekyll)
5. Nuxt (JS/Vue)
6. [Hexo](ht…