Top 3 static site generators

If you are a web developer or a content writer and looking for a slim and simple CMS without an overhead of deploying and managing any database, I have compiled a quick picks that might help you to keep going.

Jekyll

Jekyll is a simple, blog-aware, static site generator perfect for personal, project, or organization sites. Think of it like a file-based CMS, without all the complexity. Jekyll takes your content, renders Markdown and Liquid templates, and spits out a complete, static website ready to be served by Apache, Nginx or another web server. Jekyll is the engine behind GitHub Pages, which you can use to host sites right from your GitHub repositories.

Next.js

If you know the basics of React you can easily get started with Next.js with just few commands you will already have your site ready and then it’s just a matter of customisation.

Next.js 13 introduces layouts, React Server Components, and streaming in the app directory, as well as Turbopack, etc. You can Deploy instantly, scale automatically with Vercel’s platform which is made by the creators of Next.js, designed for Next.js applications.

Gatsby

Gatsby is a free and open-source framework based on React that helps developers build blazing fast websites and apps. It combines the control and scalability of dynamically rendered sites with the speed of static-site generation, creating a whole new web of possibilities.

It’s Free for launching personal projects, Now that Gatsby is joining Netlify lot of tools will be natively available.

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