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Static output means the software runs once at build time and writes finished HTML, CSS and JavaScript files. Those files can be served from any web server or CDN, with no runtime or database on the host. Content changes need a new build and deploy, and anything personal or interactive runs in the browser or calls a separate service. A record holds this value when its documentation describes generating a complete static site as a supported output.

55 projects render static output, listed alphabetically. Mostly site and docs generators, web frameworks and content management systems, of 11 categories in all. 140 records do not record this field, and cannot appear here either way. For 371 the question does not apply. Counts only projects with momentum; the full list has the rest.

A

  • Analog

    Full-stack meta-framework for building Angular applications and websites, with Vite builds and Nitro server integrations.

  • Angular

    TypeScript-based web application framework with client-side, server-side and prerendered rendering.

  • Astro

    Web framework for content-driven websites that prerenders pages to static HTML and can render routes on demand.

B

  • Bagatto

    Static site generator in which each site is a Janet program that declares its data and its output files.

  • Blazor

    Web UI framework for building interactive web apps with C# and Razor components, shipped as part of ASP.NET Core.

  • Bokeh

    Python library for interactive plots and data applications that render in web browsers.

  • BSSG

    Static site generator written in Bash that builds a website from Markdown posts and pages.

D

  • Dioxus

    Rust framework for building fullstack web, desktop and mobile apps from one codebase.

  • Docusaurus

    React-based static site generator for documentation websites and blogs written in Markdown and MDX.

E

  • Eleventy

    Static site generator that transforms a directory of templates in various languages into HTML.

  • Expo Router

    File-based router for universal React Native apps that run on Android, iOS and the web, part of the open-source Expo platform.

F

  • Faircamp

    Static site generator that builds a website from a folder of audio files, for audio producers.

  • Fumadocs

    React documentation framework that composes into an existing React framework to build docs sites.

G

  • Goshtoso

    Go UI component library of templ components for server-rendered web applications.

H

  • HastySite

    Static site generator written in Nim that builds a site from Markdown contents and Mustache templates.

  • Histoire

    Vite-based tool that builds interactive story books of components for Vue, React and Svelte.

  • Hugo

    Static site generator written in Go that builds websites from Markdown content and Go templates.

I

  • ikiwiki

    Wiki compiler that builds wiki pages into a static website, storing page history in a revision control system, with blogging support.

J

  • Jekyll

    Ruby static site generator that turns plain text, Markdown and Liquid templates into websites and blogs.

K

  • Kart

    Python static site generator that uses Jinja2 templates and Markdown, with blog and tag index support.

L

  • Ladle

    Component workshop that runs React component stories in a Vite dev server and builds them into a static app.

M

  • Makko

    Markdown-based static site generator for blogs and websites, written in Zig.

  • Marko

    HTML-based language and runtime for building web applications and user interfaces, with the Marko Run application framework.

  • Material for MkDocs

    Documentation framework on top of MkDocs that builds static documentation sites from Markdown.

  • minista

    Static site generator that builds websites from React JSX components with Vite.

  • Movable Type

    Commercial publishing and blogging system from Six Apart that publishes static pages, dynamic pages or both from templates.

N

  • Next.js

    React framework for building full-stack web applications, with routing, rendering and data fetching.

  • Nift

    Dependency-aware command-line build tool and template language that generates websites from HTML, content and data files.

  • Nuxt

    Vue-based framework for building server-rendered, static and hybrid websites and web apps.

  • Nuxt Content

    File-based content module for Nuxt that queries Markdown, YAML, CSV and JSON files from a Vue application.

P

  • Payload

    TypeScript framework that runs inside a Next.js app and generates an admin panel, database schema and REST, GraphQL and local APIs from one config, used as a headless CMS or application backend.

  • Pollen

    Book-publishing system written in Racket that embeds code in text documents for multiple-output publishing.

  • Publii

    Desktop CMS for Windows, macOS and Linux that builds static websites on the author's computer.

  • Pushword

    Symfony-based content management system for websites, with Markdown or database content and an optional static export.

Q

  • Quasar

    Vue.js framework with UI components and a CLI that builds single-page, server-rendered, static, PWA, mobile, desktop and browser extension apps.

  • Qwik

    Framework for web apps that resumes on the client instead of hydrating, with Qwik City for routing and server rendering.

R

  • React Router

    Router for React whose framework mode adds server rendering, static pre-rendering and data loading for building full-stack web apps.

  • Reflex

    Python library for building full-stack web apps, with the frontend compiled to React and the backend run as a Python server.

  • Rspress

    Static site generator built on Rsbuild that turns Markdown and MDX files into documentation websites.

S

  • Slidev

    Markdown-based slides maker and presenter that builds slide decks as web pages with Vue and Vite.

  • SolidStart

    Full-stack application framework for Solid, built on Vite.

  • Starlight

    Documentation theme and integration for the Astro framework that builds documentation websites from Markdown, Markdoc and MDX.

  • Statamic

    Laravel-based content management system that stores content in flat files or a database, with a control panel and optional static site generation.

  • Stencil

    Toolchain that compiles TypeScript components into web components, distributable as custom elements, framework wrappers or prerendered websites.

  • Stog

    Static site and blog generator written in OCaml that compiles XML documents, with Markdown sources through a plugin.

  • Svelte

    Compiler that turns Svelte components into JavaScript that updates the DOM directly, used to build web applications.

  • SvelteKit

    Svelte-based framework for building web applications with server rendering, prerendering and client-side rendering.

T

  • TanStack Start

    Full-stack framework for React and Solid, powered by TanStack Router, for server-rendered, static and client-only web apps.

  • Tome

    Drupal module that generates static HTML from a Drupal site and keeps its content as files.

V

  • Vinxi

    JavaScript toolkit for composing full stack applications and frameworks from Vite and Nitro primitives.

  • VitePress

    Static site generator built on Vite and Vue that turns Markdown content into content-centric websites.

  • Vocs

    Documentation framework that builds Markdown and MDX sources into docs sites, powered by Vite.

  • Vue

    JavaScript framework for building user interfaces on the web, with a reactive rendering system and optional server rendering.

Z

  • Zas

    Static site generator written in Go that renders Markdown and HTML pages through a shared layout.

  • Zola

    Static site generator distributed as a single binary, with the Tera template engine, Sass compilation and search built in.

Which of these is best?

We don't know. A portfolio, a shop and a documentation site need different things from their software, and so does a team of one against an agency. Nobody pays to be listed here and the order is alphabetical.