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Static files means the software produces HTML, CSS, JavaScript and assets ahead of time, and the live site is only those files. Nothing of the software runs when a visitor requests a page, so the cheapest web space, a CDN or an object storage bucket can serve it. The build itself runs on a developer machine or in CI. A record holds this value when its documentation describes deploying such a build. Hugo, Eleventy and Docusaurus are examples.

60 projects deploy as static files, listed alphabetically. Mostly site and docs generators, web frameworks and content management systems, of 13 categories in all. 106 records do not record this field, and cannot appear here either way. For 133 the question does not apply. Counts only projects with momentum; the full list has the rest.

A

  • Angular

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

  • Apache ECharts

    JavaScript library for interactive charts and data visualization that runs in the browser.

  • 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.

  • BSSG

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

C

  • CookieConsent

    Vanilla JavaScript consent management library that shows a cookie banner and blocks scripts until visitors consent.

D

  • D3

    JavaScript library for bespoke data visualization that runs in the browser.

  • Decap CMS

    Git-based content management interface, delivered as a single-page admin app, that edits the content files of a static site.

  • 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.

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.

  • Hono

    Web framework built on Web Standards that runs on any JavaScript runtime.

  • 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.

  • Leaflet

    JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps that runs in the browser.

  • Leptos

    Rust framework for building reactive web applications, client-side or full-stack with server rendering and server functions.

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.

  • Mercur

    Open-source headless platform for building multi-vendor marketplaces, built on the Medusa commerce core.

  • minista

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

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

  • Pagefind

    Static search library that builds a search index from built HTML at build time and serves search from static files.

  • 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 Cosmos

    Sandbox for developing and testing React UI components in isolation, with file-based fixtures, a playground interface and a static export.

  • React Router

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

  • Rspress

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

S

  • Scalar

    Open-source API reference renderer that turns OpenAPI and AsyncAPI documents into interactive API documentation.

  • Slidev

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

  • Staatic

    WordPress plugin that crawls a WordPress site into a static copy and publishes that copy to static hosting.

  • 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.

  • SvelteKit

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

  • Sveltia CMS

    Git-based headless CMS, a single-page admin interface for editing content stored in a Git repository of a static site.

  • Symfony AssetMapper

    Symfony component that maps asset directories to versioned public files and loads JavaScript through browser importmaps, without a bundler.

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.

Y

  • Yew

    Rust framework for building client-side web applications that run as WebAssembly in the browser.

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.

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