🆚 Gridsome vs. Hexo

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data
Gridsome
Hexo

Type

Static site generator
Static site generator

About

Gridsome is a Vue.js powered Jamstack framework for building statically generated websites and applications.

It uses GraphQL as a unified data layer to source content from APIs, files, and headless CMSs, generates static HTML with Vue components, provides image optimization and code splitting, and supports plugins.

Hexo is a Node.js-powered static site generator.

Website

gridsome.org #3,945,116
hexo.io #214,341

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Static Site Generators › Rank #16
Static Site Generators › Rank #9

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Hexo static site generator is 2 times more popular than Gridsome.
Total websites

Market share

Static Site Generators

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Hexo is more popular in China, the United States, and Japan, while Gridsome is more popular in Germany, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
China
United States
Germany
Australia
United Kingdom
France
Canada
Japan
Poland
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Hexo is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, software and hardware, and technical information, while Gridsome is more commonly used on business, Internet services, and finance and banking sites.
Blogs/Wiki
Business
Internet Services
Software/Hardware
Technical Information
Finance/Banking
Marketing/Merchandising
Technical/Business Forums
Travel
Education/Reference

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#3,218
#25,619
#60,490
#68,221
#110,031
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Name
Rank
#13,371
#20,359
#64,263
#141,588
#151,878
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See also

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