Flextype VS Metalsmith

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Metalsmith mentions (6)

• Top ten popular static site generators (SSG) in 2023

  Metalsmith — the best customizable SSG. - Source: dev.to / about 1 year ago

• who is self-hosting a static website and what are you using to build it?

  I use Metalsmith. Been happy with it. I build my site into a self-contained nginx docker image. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Configuration error even if nothing changed since last successful deploy

  Const Metalsmith = require('metalsmith') Const markdown = require('@metalsmith/markdown') Const layouts = require('metalsmith-layouts') Const permalinks = require('@metalsmith/permalinks') Const collections = require('metalsmith-collections') Metalsmith(__dirname) .metadata({ sitename: 'Website Name', description: "Website description.", generator: 'Metalsmith', url: 'https://metalsmith.io/' ... Source: almost 2 years ago

• Why I built my own static site generator

  A static site generator I've been enjoying lately (and using for my blog) is Metalsmith: https://metalsmith.io/ It feel like it's the best of both worlds, because it's simple to learn and customize, but there are plugins for the things you don't want to spend time writing yourself. For example, I'm using plugins to: check for broken links, generate an RSS feed, and run a test server with automatic reloading. But... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• What to use? Frustrated over choice...

  I really like using Metalsmith as a static site generator myself. It's incredibly lightweight and you can extend it in any direction you like if you feel the need. But if you want an out-of-the-box solution, grab something like Gatsby or Hugo. This site has a big list of them. Source: almost 3 years ago