I am trying to curate a list of the best and also the best one to use for my new open source project.
Below is a list of popular static site generator (the ones I know):
Pick one and explain why it is better. If the one you chose is not listed above, just say it and explain why you are choosing it over others.
I cannot compare as I just worked with Hugo so far. I was very impressed initially with Hugo, and I think it is quite intuitive. I liked that there are no plugins.
Right now, I have my site working, but I am not completely satisfied. There are quite a few bugs showing up from time to time. And even though standard things are well documented, there isn't enough information to quickly solve those issues.
So, for the next project, I will use something else. I plan on using Gatsby or Jekyll.
staticgen.com has even more. Basically, filter to the language and template syntax you want to use and play with whatever has a few stars. If it does what you need, use it! :)
Enrique Bruzual
CO-founder
I am using Hugo, because I found good documentation on integration with github and netlify. Hugo is the only gen. I have used.
It allows me to push my .md file to github and netlify builds the page. I also liked their template library. I am sure there are others, but as I implied, documentation goes a long way, when time to invest on trial an error with peripheral technology is limited.
Thanks for compiling the list and the suggestion by others, I will definitely look at some of them, Gatsby is one I see show up a lot, and I like the idea of a Python base generator like getnikola