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Fast, flexible, and well-maintained static site generator written in node.

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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Roots

Wintersmith Nikola Hexo GatsbyJS Jekyll Metalsmith Hugo JBake MiddleMan GitHub Pages

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Blogging Blogging Platform Business & Commerce CMS Cloud Computing Social & Communications Static Site Generators Website Builder

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Roots are Wintersmith, Nikola, and Hexo. 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.
  1. Wintersmith Landing Page
    Wintersmith Landing Page
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    Wintersmith

    Flexible, minimalistic, multi-platform static site generator built on top of node.js
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Blogging #CMS #Blogging Platform

  2. Nikola Landing Page
    Nikola Landing Page
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    Nikola

    Nikola is s static site generator tool written in Python.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Blogging #CMS #Blogging Platform 8 social mentions

  3. Hexo Landing Page
    Hexo Landing Page
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    Hexo

    A fast, simple & powerful blog framework, powered by Node.js
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Blogging #CMS #Blogging Platform 20 social mentions

  4. GatsbyJS Landing Page
    GatsbyJS Landing Page
    4

    GatsbyJS

    Blazing-fast static site generator for React
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 14 social mentions

  5. Jekyll Landing Page
    Jekyll Landing Page
    5

    Jekyll

    Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 180 social mentions

  6. Metalsmith Landing Page
    Metalsmith Landing Page
    6

    Metalsmith

    An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Blogging #CMS #Blogging Platform 6 social mentions

  7. Hugo Landing Page
    Hugo Landing Page
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    Hugo

    Hugo is a general-purpose website framework for generating static web pages.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Static Site Generators #Blogging #Blogging Platform 354 social mentions

  8. JBake Landing Page
    JBake Landing Page
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    JBake

    "Jekyll of the JVM"
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Blogging #CMS #Blogging Platform 3 social mentions

  9. MiddleMan Landing Page
    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

  10. GitHub Pages Landing Page
    GitHub Pages Landing Page
    10

    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

  11. WordPress Landing Page
    WordPress Landing Page
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    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

  12. Octopress Landing Page
    Octopress Landing Page
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    Octopress

    A static blogging framework for hackers, based on Jekyll
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #CMS #Blogging #Social & Communications 2 social mentions

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