Jekyll
A simple, blog-aware static site generator perfect for personal, project, or organization sites.
Summary
Pros
- Fast and secure static sites
- GitHub Pages integration
- Simple to use for developers
- Great for blogs and documentation
Cons
- Requires Ruby knowledge for customization
- Not suitable for dynamic content
- No visual editor for non-technical users
- Build time increases with site size
Pricing
Free (open source)
Features
| Feature | Support |
|---|---|
| Core Features | |
| SEO | PartialBasic features built-in, but requires 'jekyll-seo-tag' plugin for full functionality |
| Sitemap | Via pluginRequires 'jekyll-sitemap' plugin |
| RSS Feed | Via pluginRequires 'jekyll-feed' plugin |
| Theming system | YesBuilt-in theming system with many available themes |
| Plugin system | YesRich plugin system with many extensions available |
| Content Management | |
| Emoji | Via pluginRequires 'jemoji' plugin |
| Image optimization | Via pluginOptions include 'jekyll-picture-tag', 'jekyll-responsive-image', or manual integration |
| Taxonomies | PartialNative support for categories and tags, but limited for custom taxonomies without plugins |
| Pagination | Via pluginNative in older versions, but requires 'jekyll-paginate' or 'jekyll-paginate-v2' for recent versions |
| Table of contents | Via pluginRequires 'jekyll-toc' plugin or using kramdown with toc option |
| Comments | Via integrationIntegration with third-party services like Disqus, Utterances, or staticman |
| Integrations | |
| Social media integration | PartialBasic support via Liquid templates, but requires customization for advanced integration |
| Analytics | Via integrationEasily integrable via snippets in Liquid templates |
| Newsletter | Via integrationRequires third-party services integration like Blogtally, Mailchimp, ConvertKit, etc. |
| Search | Via pluginOptions include 'jekyll-algolia', 'simple-jekyll-search', or 'jekyll-lunr-js-search' |
| Headless CMS integration | Via integrationCompatible with Forestry, Netlify CMS, CloudCannon, Contentful via custom configuration |
| Advanced Features | |
| Multilingual | LimitedBasic support via collections or plugins like 'jekyll-polyglot' or 'jekyll-multiple-languages-plugin' |
| AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) | Via pluginRequires 'jekyll-amp-pwa-plugin' or custom configuration |
| PWA (Progressive Web App) | Via pluginRequires 'jekyll-pwa-plugin' or custom configuration |
| Specialized Content | |
| PlantUML | Via pluginRequires 'jekyll-plantuml' or 'jekyll-diagrams' plugin |
| Mermaid | Via pluginRequires 'jekyll-mermaid' plugin or custom JavaScript integration |
| KaTeX (math) | Via pluginRequires 'jekyll-katex' plugin or custom JavaScript integration |
| GitHub Gists integration | Via pluginRequires 'jekyll-gist' plugin |
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