Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Hugo

The top open-source alternatives to Hugo are Jekyll, Ghost, and WordPress. 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.

Jekyll Landing Page
1

Jekyll

Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 180 social mentions
Ghost Landing Page
2

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
WordPress Landing Page
3

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
GatsbyJS Landing Page
4

GatsbyJS

Blazing-fast static site generator for React
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 14 social mentions
Hexo Landing Page
5

Hexo

A fast, simple & powerful blog framework, powered by Node.js
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Blogging #CMS #Blogging Platform 20 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
Next.js Landing Page
8

Next.js

A small framework for server-rendered universal JavaScript apps
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #JavaScript Framework 923 social mentions
GitHub Pages Landing Page
9

GitHub Pages

A free, static web host for open-source projects on GitHub
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Static Site Generators #Cloud Computing #Blogging 466 social mentions
Docusaurus Landing Page
10

Docusaurus

Easy to maintain open source documentation websites
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Documentation #Documentation As A Service & Tools #Static Site Generators 192 social mentions
MiddleMan Landing Page
11

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
Eleventy Landing Page
12

Eleventy

Simpler static site generator.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Blogging #Static Site Generators #CMS 35 social mentions