How many simple static site generators do you know? We found a new one! Eleventy is an alternative to Jekyll. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML. Ready to try?
Eleventy is a simpler static site generator. Works with HTML, Markdown, Liquid, Nunjucks, Handlebars, Mustache, EJS, Haml, Pug, and JavaScript Template Literals.
QUICK START
npm install -g @11ty/eleventy
echo '# Page header' > README.md
eleventy
This will compile any files matching valid template file extensions in the current directory into the output folder (defaults to _site
).
Writing _site/README/index.html from ./README.md
Wrote 1 file in 0.10 seconds
Run eleventy --serve
to start up a hot-reloading web server. Then open http://localhost:8080/README/
in your web browser of choice to see your Eleventy output.
Major Roadmapped Features
Feel free to check more detailed information here.
FInd some information about the other site generator – Gridsome, Vue-powered static site generator CDN-ready websites and apps.
However, if you want to develop something from scratch, ask Syndicode about custom software development!