The modern web sucks. My band's website doesn't.

https://tinkerbetter.tube/videos/watch/79457371-7251-4386-940f-03535f111acb

Inspired by @coffeentacos recommending kiki to me (thank you!!), what lesser-known static site generators/website toolkits are you all liking these days?

I'm especially interested in simple/minimal generators with blog support, pleasing defaults, and user-friendly customization, like Quartz, MkDocs + Material for MkDocs, etc. It's pretty common to see Astro or Hugo recommended for just about everything, but I'd really like to learn about some of the interesting smaller projects that are surely out there!

(and for anyone who's curious about kiki: https://tomo-dashi.itch.io/kiki)

For folks who are using static site generators, but are self-hosting your sites, how are you handling deployment if building automatically? I've got Woodpecker CI building my site automatically.

I know I could use SFTP to push it to my web server... but am wondering if there's a more clever way to do this.

Nanoc 1.0 was released 18 years ago today.

https://nanoc.app/release-notes/#1-0-2007-05-03

What a wild milestone.

Announcing BSSG 0.15.0: Performance Boosts, Smarter Builds, and Homepage Customization

https://blog.bssg.dragas.net/2025/04/21/announcing-bssg-0-15-0-performance-boosts-smarter-builds-and-homepage-customization/

Ok, maybe I should wait a bit, but I feel like giving a little preview, incomplete...

I’ll make a proper post to announce it when ready, but you can already take a look at the themes

Pictures are random from picsum and will change at reload

The code hasn't been released, yet. I need to fix some things.

https://bssg.dragas.net

Recently, I asked for advice about choosing a new static site generator. I have converted troz.net to Eleventy, and here's a post detailing why and how: https://troz.net/post/2025/eleventy/

Anyone have any recommendation for a *modern* tiny #cms solution? Something like #tinyCms or #picoCms that is in active development?

Cool if it is for #staticSiteGenerator
Cool if it is dynamic but fast

Bonus points for a #php or #python solution!

I got inspired by @grumpygamer and re-made my static site using @publii (because, you know, I'm a Designer, not a Programmer ). It's here: https://test.damianvila.com So far, it works as intended and it's going to save me a lot of time if everything goes ok. #staticsitegenerator #staticsite #blog

I'm thinking about using a static site generator #ssg for my #homepage / #blog. I'm currently wavering between #jekyll, #Pelican and #hugo. What would you recommend and why?

The #ProgrammingLanguage does not play the most important role for me, as I have already come into contact with all languages ( #ruby , #python & #golang ), albeit to varying degrees.

Hello @astro fans!

I just moved my (very opinionated) theme from #vercel to #netlify because the CEO openly supports a fascist.

You can find it here now:

https://astro-naut.netlify.app/

I've sent an e-mail to the press account of #astro cause I couldn't find anything else, hope you can forward my request to change the URL here?

https://astro.build/themes/details/astronaut/

#UnpopularOpinion: Creating a #StaticSiteGenerator in #NodeJS is like building a blimp out of concrete

(Yes, I get that the SSG runs once per publish and serving up the static content is as lean as it would be if the SSG were written in hand-optimized assembly. Still, the idea just rubs me the wrong way. Sorry)

P.S. Heh, I do love the pushback. You guys are awesome.

Kennt jemand eine #Webagentur in der Schweiz, welche mit #StaticSiteGenerator oder #HeadlessCMS coole Websites erstellt, bei denen ausgewählt Inhalte (Termine, Blog-Beiträge, Bilder-Galerien) über ein Interface für Nicht-Techies und alle anderen Inhalte durch Techies bearbeitet werden können?

Gerne #Boost für mehr Reichweite.

Verliebt in #Publii
Total easy zu benutzen und es gibt sauschnelle, übersichtliche und datenschutzfreundliche Webseiten. I #SSG #StaticSiteGenerator
Verwendet sonst noch jemand in meiner Reichweite einen SSG? Was sind deine Erfahrungen?
#LowTech #PrivacyMatters #notracking

Is there any Static Site Generator which will make pages based on SQL queries? I have a database with 70k rows, and I want to make a webpage for each one?

#StaticSiteGenerator #staticsite #webdev #web #sql

I've been on a quest to find the best #StaticSite out there. Enter Static.Quest, https://static.quest !

This has been a side project of mine for a little while and happy to announce the initial release of Static.Quest. A simple web ring idea to list all the other amazing static websites to highlight the owners, web hosting, and static site generators.

Even have a few resources on how to get started with static sites.

How have people done the “mastodon” site verification thing (rel=me) when using the #nikola #staticsitegenerator?

Lately, I’ve been experimenting with creating a very basic system for publishing #CulturalHeritage #Collections based on the #StaticSiteGenerator #Pelican. Think #Wax or #CollectionBuilder, but way less polished. It’s not a product, it’s an exercise in #MinimalComputing and a proof-of-concept. Since it now has a home on GitHub and basic documentation, I thought I could also share it for people to tinker with. #DigitalHumanities
GitHub: https://github.com/frederik-elwert/pelican-collection-demo
Live demo: https://frederik-elwert.github.io/pelican-collection-demo/