Static Site Generatoropen-source
Eleventy (11ty)
Simpler static site generator with zero-config and flexible templating
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Scalability
high
Performance
very high
Learning Curve
easy
Maturity
mature
Languages: JavaScript
Architecture: static, template-driven
When to Use
- +Simple content sites
- +Template-based workflows
- +Performance-first approach
- +Government accessibility
When Not to Use
- -Complex SPAs
- -Need React/Vue ecosystem
- -Heavy client interactivity
Strengths
- Zero config
- Fast builds
- Template flexibility
- No client JS
- Simple mental model
Weaknesses
- No built-in bundler
- Manual asset pipeline
- Smaller community than Next.js
Operations
Maintenance
low
Monitoring
low
Backup/Recovery
simple
Hosting: static-hosting, self-hosted
Quick Facts
- Category
- Static Site Generator
- License
- open source
- Pricing
- free (free tier)
- Community
- medium
- Docs Quality
- excellent
- Trend
- stable
- Vendor Lock-in
- none
- Data Portability
- easy
Compliance
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
PCI-DSS
Encryption
Audit Logs
RBAC
MFA
Best For
startupsmallmedium
Use Cases
- Blogs
- Documentation
- Personal sites
- Government sites
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