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Jekyll
Jekyll transforms plain text and Markdown files into static websites, ready to deploy on any web server with no database or server-side processing.
About Jekyll
Jekyll is a static site generator written in Ruby, originally created by Tom Preston-Werner and now maintained by a community of contributors under the Jekyll organization. You write your content in Markdown or Textile, define layouts using Liquid templates, and Jekyll compiles everything into a folder of static HTML files. It works out of the box with GitHub Pages, which made it hugely popular for project docs and personal blogs. You can build entire sites without touching a database or running a CMS. Features include permalink customization, feed generation, Sass/SCSS support, and a built-in development server with live reload. There are hundreds of plugins and themes available through RubyGems or as remote themes. The project is open source under the MIT license and runs on any operating system with Ruby 2.5 or higher. Jekyll is a solid choice for developers who want a simple, version-controlled website that loads fast and stays secure because there is no dynamic backend to attack.
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Quick Facts
- Pricing
- Free
- License
- Open Source
- Platform
- Any Platform
- Version
- 4.3.3
- Developer
- Jekyll Core Team and Contributors