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Re:Ask HN: What's the simplest static website generator? by satvikpendem on Friday March 29, 2024 @05:27AM (#39862095)
Zora is nice, written in Rust so there's really no setup compared to the Ruby gems mess that is Jekyll.
Re:Ask HN: What's the simplest static website generator? by snarkyturtle on Friday March 29, 2024 @09:05AM (#39863618)
I think you're thinking about Zola: https://github.com/getzola/zola

But yes, if I were to recommend something, it'd be Zola given that there's just one executable that you need to run and there's absolutely no setup required.

Re:Ask HN: What's the simplest static website generator? by satvikpendem on Friday March 29, 2024 @09:13AM (#39863705)
Yep Zola nor Zora, it's pretty nice.
Re:Ask HN: What's the simplest static website generator? by thibaultamartin on Friday March 29, 2024 @09:54AM (#39864135)
We used Zola for https://matrix.org and it was an overall pleasant experience!

One major upside of Zola is that it's very stable, so you don't end up updating your dependencies every other day.

One significant downside is that Zola seems to be sometimes a bit creative with the slugs generation, which can generate slug collisions where there shouldn't be any. It's possible to override them manually though.