Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Hexo

Product categories

Blogging Blogging Platform CMS Static Site Generators Web Content Management Website Builder

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Hexo are Hugo, GatsbyJS, and Jekyll. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Hugo Landing Page
1

Hugo

Hugo is a general-purpose website framework for generating static web pages.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Static Site Generators #Blogging #Blogging Platform 353 social mentions
GatsbyJS Landing Page
2

GatsbyJS

Blazing-fast static site generator for React
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 14 social mentions
Jekyll Landing Page
3

Jekyll

Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 180 social mentions
Nikola Landing Page
4

Nikola

Nikola is s static site generator tool written in Python.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Blogging #CMS #Blogging Platform 8 social mentions
Ghost Landing Page
5

Ghost

Ghost is a fully open source, adaptable platform for building and running a modern online publication. We power blogs, magazines and journalists from Zappos to Sky News.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $36.0 / Monthly (100k views/month, 2 users)
#Blogging #CMS #Blogging Platform 173 social mentions
Grav Landing Page
6

Grav

The modern open source flat-file CMS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Website Builder #Blogging 47 social mentions
Pelican Landing Page
7

Pelican

A static site generator, written in Python, that requires no database or server-side logic
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 24 social mentions
Metalsmith Landing Page
8

Metalsmith

An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Blogging #CMS #Blogging Platform 6 social mentions
MiddleMan Landing Page
9

MiddleMan

A static site generator using all the shortcuts and tools in modern web development
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Blogging #CMS #Blogging Platform 11 social mentions
Gridsome Landing Page
10

Gridsome

Gridsome is a free & open source Vue.js-powered framework for building websites & apps that are fast by default 🚀.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Static Site Generators #Blogging #CMS 21 social mentions
WordPress Landing Page
11

WordPress

WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. We like to say that WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 764 social mentions
VuePress Landing Page
12

VuePress

A static site generator by Vue.js 🛠️
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 31 social mentions