5 alternatives to hugo
gohugoio/hugo — The world’s fastest framework for building websites. (90,193 stars, Apache-2.0, dev-tools, integration, ui).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 514 licence-cleared components from gohugoio/hugo itself.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hugoblox/awesome-hugo | 5.3 | MIT | 88 |
| 2 | jekyll/jekyll | 3.9 | MIT | 51,744 |
| 3 | osteele/gojekyll | 5.2 | MIT | 393 |
| 4 | hugoblox/kit | 7.5 | MIT | 9,786 |
| 5 | bahdotsh/blogr | 4.9 | MIT | 344 |
The alternatives in detail
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Automate batch edits to your Markdown content. Integrates with static website generators such as Hugo and Gatsbyscore 5.3/10 · MIT permissive · 88 stars · 6 components · search them
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:globe_with_meridians: Jekyll is a blog-aware static site generator in Ruby
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A fast Go implementation of the Jekyll blogging enginescore 5.2/10 · MIT permissive · 393 stars · 90 components · search them
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🧱 Describe your site, AI builds it, you own it as Markdown. Snap together Tailwind blocks like Lego — landing pages, blogs, portfolios, docs & more. No AI slop. Free to deploy anywhere 👇score 7.5/10 · MIT permissive · 9,786 stars · 66 components · search them
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Write, edit, and publish your blog without ever leaving your terminal!score 4.9/10 · MIT permissive · 344 stars · 51 components · search them
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