Awesome Static Web Site Generators
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A static web site generator is an application that takes plain text files and compiles them to HTML files.

- [Awesome Static Web Site Generators](#awesome-static-web-site-generators)
  - [Blogs](#blogs)
  - [Wikis](#wikis)
  - [Frameworks](#frameworks)
- [Related Lists](#related-lists)

Blogs
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* [Jekyll](/jekyll/jekyll) - Jekyll is a simple, blog-aware, static site generator perfect for personal, project, or organization sites.  - `#Ruby`
* [Pelican](/getpelican/pelican) - Uses Markdown or ReST for content and Jinja 2 for themes. - `#Python`
* [Hyde](/hyde/hyde) - `#Python`
* [Octopress](/imathis/octopress) - Similar to Jekyll but where everything you need is already setup. - `#Ruby` `#Jekyll`
* [Hexo](/hexojs/hexo) - A fast, simple & powerful blog framework. - `#JavaScript` `#Node.js`

Wikis
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* [Gollum](/gollum/gollum) - Gollum is a simple wiki system built on top of Git. - `#Ruby`

Frameworks
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* [Flask-Frozen](/SimonSapin/Frozen-Flask) - Freezes a Flask application into a set of static files. - `#Python` `#Flask`
* [MiddleMan](/middleman/middleman) - Middleman is a static site generator using all the shortcuts and tools in modern web development. - `#Ruby`
* [Metalsmith](/segmentio/metalsmith) - An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator. - `#JavaScript` `#Node.js`

Related Lists
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* [Awesome Bootstrap](/therebelrobot/awesome-bootstrap) - A curated list of free Bootstrap themes.