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Jekyll vs Metalsmith

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

Jekyll

Jekyll

Development

Jekyll is a static site generator that allows you to convert your plain text into static websites. It's commonly used for blogs. Key features include: creation of blog posts and web pages with Markdown, templates for layout, support for taxonomies for better organization, and easy customization

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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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