Ask HN: Best Static Site Builder?

Re:Ask HN: Best Static Site Builder? by KajMagnus on Saturday November 23, 2019 @06:38PM (#21617356)

And for people who want "Hugo but written in Rust" or "Hugo but written in Javascript" — then, there's Zola (Rust): https://github.com/getzola/zola, and 11ty (Javascript): https://github.com/11ty/eleventy. (Or at least that's how I think about these two.)

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Re:Ask HN: Best Static Site Builder? by nicoburns on Saturday November 23, 2019 @08:30PM (#21617767)

Why would you want that? I generally prefer Rust or JavaScript over Go. But with a static site generator, you're not actually using the language at all, and Hugo has a much bigger ecosystem.

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Re:Ask HN: Best Static Site Builder? by mynegation on Saturday November 23, 2019 @09:32PM (#21617988)

Some people may want to tinker with the generator, write some plugins (if supported) or just see how it is built.

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Re:Ask HN: Best Static Site Builder? by DarthGhandi on Sunday November 24, 2019 @01:12AM (#21618729)

Exactly, I've tried a bunch and ended up with one written in a language I know absolutely nothing about.

Find it incredibly strange when people say ”static site generator written in X” as though it means anything to the end user.

And truly if compilation speed is actually of any importance to you as a blogger perhaps you are too big to be a "blogger".

There's no major static site generator out there that doesn't have enough customisation for well over 99% of users.

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Re:Ask HN: Best Static Site Builder? by armonraphiel on Monday November 25, 2019 @04:37AM (#21626652)

Could be helpful when writing your own plugins or simplifying/speeding up what your CD server needs to do.

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Re:Ask HN: Best Static Site Builder? by nine_k on Saturday November 23, 2019 @09:49PM (#21618033)

Looking in the sources? Fixing a bug?

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