HubPress
A simple static site generator for blogs, powered by GitHub Pages and a clean web-based admin interface.
Summary
Pros
- Simple web-based admin interface
- Hosted on GitHub Pages (free hosting)
- Built-in AsciiDoc support
- No database required
- Minimal configuration
Cons
- Limited customization options
- Requires a GitHub account
- Not actively maintained
- Limited theme selection
- Basic feature set compared to alternatives
Pricing
Free (open source)
Features
| Feature | Support |
|---|---|
| Core Features | |
| SEO | LimitedBasic SEO features through theme templates |
| Sitemap | YesAutomatic sitemap generation |
| RSS Feed | YesBuilt-in RSS feed generation |
| Theming system | LimitedSmall selection of pre-built themes with limited customization |
| Plugin system | NoNo extensible plugin system |
| Content Management | |
| Emoji | Via AsciiDocLimited support through AsciiDoc syntax |
| Image optimization | NoNo built-in image optimization |
| Taxonomies | LimitedBasic tagging system only |
| Pagination | YesBasic pagination for post listings |
| Table of contents | Via AsciiDocCan be generated through AsciiDoc syntax |
| Comments | YesDisqus integration included |
| Integrations | |
| Social media integration | PartialBasic social sharing options included in themes |
| Analytics | YesGoogle Analytics integration included |
| Newsletter | NoNo built-in newsletter support |
| Search | NoNo built-in search functionality |
| Headless CMS integration | NoWorks directly with GitHub as content storage |
| Advanced Features | |
| Multilingual | NoNo multilingual support |
| AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) | NoNo AMP support |
| PWA (Progressive Web App) | NoNo PWA support |
| Specialized Content | |
| PlantUML | NoNot supported natively |
| Mermaid | NoNot supported natively |
| KaTeX (math) | Via AsciiDocLimited math support through AsciiDoc syntax |
| GitHub Gists integration | Via AsciiDocCan be embedded using AsciiDoc syntax |
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