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A simpler static site generator
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Jekyll
Transform plain text into static websites
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About Jekyll
Jekyll is a free, open-source static site generator that transforms Markdown and templates into complete websites, powering GitHub Pages. It is blog-aware with permalinks, categories and layouts, and remains a default choice for developer blogs. It suits people who want a dependable tool for this job that stays fast, stays focused and does not demand a long learning process before it becomes useful.
Jekyll key facts
- Category: Developer Tools
- Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
- Focus areas: static site, blog, ruby
- Official site: jekyllrb.com
About the Developer Tools category
Editors, platforms, and services developers rely on to build and ship software. The Developer Tools category on Tools Hub currently lists 738 tools. Alongside Jekyll, it includes Eleventy, Gatsby, Hexo, Pelican.
More in Developer Tools
Comparing tools in the Developer Tools category? These related listings are worth a look: Eleventy — A simpler static site generator; Gatsby — A React framework for fast websites; Hexo — A fast blogging framework powered by Node.