Static Site Generator
Static Site Generators (SSGs) are development software applications for building websites. Popular for blogs and other static content that doesn’t change so frequently, though of course you can add JavaScript for interactivity.
SSGs Through the Ages
Cloudcannon did an awesome blog post series on the history of SSGs. Here it is, linked and archived for convenience:
- SSGs through the ages: The ‘Before Jekyll’ era CloudCannon (Archived)
- SSGs through the ages: The ‘After Jekyll’ era CloudCannon (Archived)
- SSGs through the ages: The ‘Reinvention’ era’ CloudCannon (Archived)
- SSGs through the ages: The ‘SPAs are awesome’ era CloudCannon (Archived)
- SSGs through the ages: The ‘Maybe Static Wasn’t So Bad’ era CloudCannon (Archived)
- SSGs through the ages: The ‘Let’s Recreate Rails’ era CloudCannon (Archived)
- SSGs through the ages: The ‘Islands’ era CloudCannon (Archived)
Popular Static Site Generators
General-purpose SSGs
Special-purpose SSGs
- MkDocs, for documentation
- Quartz (SSG)
Password Protection for Static Sites
One challenge with static sites is password protection. Netlify offers login services. Another option is robinmoisson/staticrypt (Archived), which uses JS-based cryptography to encrypt the contents of the site.
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Quartz (SSG)
Quartz is a purpose-built [[Static Site Generator
SSG]] for creating [[Digital Garden
digital gardens]].