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Hugo vs Metalsmith

A side-by-side look at Hugo and Metalsmith. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Hugo

Hugo

Development

Hugo is an open-source static site generator written in Go. It is optimized for speed, ease of use, and configurability. Hugo takes Markdown, JSON, YAML and TOML files and uses layouts to create static HTML pages very quickly.

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Metalsmith

Metalsmith

Development

Metalsmith is a simple, pluggable static site generator based on Node.js. It allows developers to build static sites and blogs by plugging in their own plugins to transform source content into HTML. It's lightweight, customizable, and easy to extend.

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