ABlog - A Sphinx extension that converts any documentation or personal website project into a full-fledged blog. - #Python
Hexo - A fast, simple & powerful blog framework. - #JavaScript #Node.js
Hyde - #Python
Jekyll - Jekyll is a simple, blog-aware, static site generator perfect for personal, project, or organization sites. - #Ruby
Journey - #Go
Nikola - #Python
Octopress - Similar to Jekyll but where everything you need is already setup. - #Ruby #Jekyll
Orchid Posts - Add Jekyll-like blogging functionality to your Orchid site. - #Orchid #Java #Kotlin
Pelican - Uses Markdown or ReST for content and Jinja 2 for themes. - #Python
Spress - #PHP
Static - Supports org-mode and markdown. - #Clojure
Tinkere - #Python

CMS

Lektor - An easy to use static CMS and blog engine. - #Python
Publii - Easy-to-use desktop app to generate static websites. - #JavaScript #Electron
Tipe - An easy to use API-first CMS engine to generate static sites. - #JavaScript
Yellow - For people who make websites. - #PHP

Documentation

DocPad - #JavaScript #CoffeeScript #Node.js
Docusaurus - Easy to maintain open source documentation websites. - #JavaScript #React
Orchid Javadoc - Create beautiful Javadocs for your project within your Orchid site. - #Orchid #Java #Kotlin
Slate - #Ruby
Sphinx - #Python

Frameworks

Assemble - #JavaScript #Node.js
Cactus - #Python
coil - #elixir
Complexity - for those who like to work in HTML - #Python
Cuttlebelle - The react static site generator that separates editing and code concerns = #JavaScript #Node.js #React.js
Flask-Frozen - Freezes a Flask application into a set of static files. - #Python #Flask
Gaiden - A tool that makes it easy to create documentation with Markdown. - #Groovy
Gatsby - #JavaScript #Node.js #React.js
Grain - #Groovy
Hakyll - Hakyll is a Haskell library for generating static sites, mostly aimed at small-to-medium sites and personal blogs. It is written in a very configurable way and uses an xmonad-like DSL for configuration. - #Haskell
Harp - #JavaScript #Node.js
Hugo - It is optimized for speed, easy use and configurability. - #Go
Ivy - It's small, elegant, and easy to use. - #Python
JBake #Java
LambdaPad - #Erlang
m4-bakery - #make #m4
Metalsmith - An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator. - #JavaScript #Node.js
Middleman - Middleman is a static site generator using all the shortcuts and tools in modern web development. - #Ruby
nanoc - Felxiable support for small personal to large corporate web sites. - #Ruby
obelisk - #elixir
Orchid - A beautiful and truly unique documentation engine and static site generator. - #Java #Kotlin
Pagegen - #Python
Phenomic - Modern static website generator based on the React and Webpack ecosystem. - #Javascript #Node.js #React.js
Phrozn - #PHP
React Static - A progressive static-site framework for React. - '#React.js'
Roots - #Node.js
Sculpin - #PHP
Sitegen - #Lua #MoonScript
Tags - #Python
Urubu - #Python
VuePress - Vue.js powered static site generator. - #JavaScript
webgen - #Ruby
Wintersmith - #JavaScript #Node.js
yst - Powered by YAML. - #Haskell

Photography

Expose - for photoessays - #Bash
Sigal - #Python

Single Page

Flatdoc - a small JavaScript file that fetches Markdown files and renders them as full pages. - #JavaScript

Wikis

Gollum - Gollum is a simple wiki system built on top of Git. - #Ruby
ikiwiki - #Haskell
Orchid Wiki - A Gitbook-like wiki for your Orchid site. - #Orchid #Java #Kotlin

Helpful Tools and Services

Chartspree - Creats svg based charts for your static web sites.
Formspree - Adds functional forms to your static web sites.
git-annex - Configure git-annex for a public repository for a static web site.

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