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A fast, simple & powerful blog framework and static site generator powered by Node.js. With Hexo, you can quicly build static websites and blogs that generates at an increaible speed. Hexo generates hundreds of files per seconds and quickly builds and push your website to deployment, with a single command. You can have your site up and running in minutes on well known hosts and platforms like GitHub Pages, Heroku, Digital Ocean and other platforms. The framework support all features of  GitHub Flavored Markdown and most Octopress plugins by default. Hexo is released free and open-source under the MIT License.

Ghost is a free and open-source headless CMS and blogging platform developed by Ghost Foundation. With Ghost you can manage content in style, the user experience provided by the software is intuitive and encourages writing. Ghost is written in JavaScript for the Node.js platform and is released under the MIT license.

WordPress powers roughly 30% of all web pages online. It's a free and open source CMS designed and developed for self-hosted publishing by Automattic, Inc. The software is written in PHP and utilize either MySQL or MariaDB as a database, and is compatible with most web hosts. Wordpress includes a plugin architecture and a templating system that can be used to extend and customize your website. These are commonly known as WordPress plugins and WordPress themes and make up a whole open source and commercial eco-system where anyone is free to create products for the platform. 

Next.js is a free an open-source JavaScript framework for building production grade React web applications that scale. World's leading companies use the framework to buil both static and dynamic websites and web applications.

Nuxt.js is an intuetive Vue framework that supports generating a static website based on your Vue application. It provides the best of both worlds, as you don't need a server, yet can reap the SEO benefits. Nuxt achives this by pre-rendering all pages and include the necessary HTML. And when you are ready to deploy, Nuxt.js got you covered with simple integrations to serverless and third-party providers such as Netlify, Vercel and GitHub pages.

Vue.js is a free and open-source intuitive and composable MVVM framework for building interactive UIs with JavaScript. The library was first created and released by Evan You back in 2014, and saw a meteoric rise in the open-souce community. Possibly due to the accessible nature of the project and the library itself. With Vue.js you can get started by simply importing the script via CDN, and start building. Today, Vue.js is used in a multitude of web applications and powers interactive interfaces for people to enjoy across the globe.

Sapper is a free and open source application framework for Svelte. With Sapper developers can build server-side rendered applications that does not compromise on SEO, load times or progressive enhancement. Your Sapper app will handle navigation instantaneously, much like any other SPA.

Gatsby is a free and open source framework and site generator that helps developers to build blazing fast websites and apps. The framework is based on React and include a plugin ecosystem that can be used to extend the capabilities of Gatsby. With Gatsby you can pull data from headless CMSs, SaaS services, APIs, databases, even your file system with the help of GraphQL. If you are looking to build a fast website that scales with time, Gatsby might your best pick.

Are you tiered of the complexity when it comes to setting up a website? A static site generator like Plenti might be your solution. Plenti is a static site generator written in Go for speed and utilize Svelte for ease of use on the frontend. With Plenti, you can ditch the headaces of maintaing a content management system and SQL databases. Plenti simply connects to your Git backend and be pushed to production using GitHub Action or Gitlab Pipelines.

JungleJS is a free and open-source static site framework for Svelte. JungleJS generates completely static code that doesn't have to be hydrated into a single page application, or SPA.

Jekyll is a static site generator written in Ruby. With Jekyll, you can transform your plain text into static websites or blogs. No more database, and cumbersome updates and install, simply focus on your content. In Jekyll, permalinks categories, pages, posts, and custom layouts are factored into the design, so you can get started writing content, right away. For layouts and template, Jekyll uses the Liquid templating language which allow you to design and structure a site to your liking. In a nutshell Markdown, Liquid, HTML and CSS goes in, and out comes a static site ready for deployment.

Grav is a modern free and open source flat-file content management system. With Grav, you can publish content and build sites in a fast, flexible and simple manner with the file-based web platform. Grav requires zero installation and is just an zip archive that can be extracted to start using the CMS. Grave also comes with a powerful package management system that allow you to extend the feature set of Grav CMS. With the package management system you can install and upgrade themes and plugins written specifically for Grav. The software is written in PHP and released fully free and open-source under the MIT License.