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Static Site Generators

Self-hosted alternatives to Squarespace, Wix and GitHub Pages.

What people say

• a simple website with no logins
• a documentation site
• a portfolio

Why people self-host it

People leave Squarespace, Wix, GitHub Pages for it. Why, strongest first: cost, control.

Does it suit a machine of your own?

Usually better elsewhere a static site is usually best on free static hosting (Cloudflare Pages, Netlify, GitHub Pages), with no machine to keep up; self-host it only if the person wants it on their own machine

Questions that decide it

• does anything need a login or an editor?

How to publish it

Usually

none

Cards for it

• websitePublic React site, its editor, open tracker, locked dashboard, locked monitornot tested yet

Category from awesome-selfhosted.