⚡ Static Site Generators

Static site generators (SSG) are software applications that create complete static HTML websites from raw content and templates.

Commonly used for blogs and documentation sites, static site generators offer fast load times, lower server requirements, and improved security by eliminating the need for dynamic content generation on the server.

According to our statistics, static site generators are used on 0.6% of all websites.
99.2% of these sites use only one static site generator, 0.7% use two.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading static site generators in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Astro with a share of 24.8%, followed by Gatsby with 24.8% and Hugo with 22.6%.

Astro 24.8%
Gatsby 24.8%
Hugo 22.6%
Jekyll 9.9%
Docusaurus 3.3%
MkDocs 1.7%
Sphinx 1.5%
Hexo 1.5%
GitBook 1.4%
Eleventy 1.1%
Publii 1.1%
ReadMe 1%
VitePress 0.9%
Read the Docs 0.9%
Other 3.5%

You can also drill down by country:

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of static site generators that are especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

Gatsby is #1 in the United States ^(-1)
Hugo is #1 in Germany ^(-2)

✨ Best Static Site Generators

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 36 static site generators we detect, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Astro A web build tool optimized for creating fast, content-driven websites using server-rendered HTML and an Islands architecture for partial hydration. FreeOpen source	24.8%
2	Gatsby San Francisco, California, United States An open-source static site generator built on React and Node.js that creates fast pre-rendered websites. FreeOpen source	24.8%
3	Hugo A static site generator written in Go that focuses on speed, flexibility and structured content organization. FreeOpen source	22.6%
4	Jekyll A static site generator written in Ruby. FreeOpen source	9.9%
5	Docusaurus Menlo Park, California, United States A static site generator for React-powered documentation websites that uses MDX and a React-based theme system. FreeOpen source	3.3%
6	MkDocs A fast and simple static site generator for building project documentation. FreeOpen source	1.7%
7	Sphinx A documentation generator written and used by the Python community. FreeOpen source	1.5%
8	Hexo A Node.js-powered static site generator. FreeOpen source	1.5%
9	GitBook Covina, California, United States A cloud-based documentation platform for creating and publishing product documentation, API references, and knowledge bases. FreeOpen source$79+/site/month	1.4%
10	Eleventy A high-performance, production-ready, open-source static site generator written in JavaScript. FreeOpen source	1.1%
11	Publii Krynica-Zdrój, Poland A desktop-based website builder for Windows, Mac, and Linux that creates static websites using the Handlebars templating language. FreeOpen source	1.1%
12	ReadMe San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based documentation platform that helps teams create, publish, and manage interactive API documentation hubs. Free$99+/month	1%
13	VitePress A Vue.js-powered static site generator and successor to VuePress, built on top of the Vite build tool. FreeOpen source	0.9%
14	Read the Docs Portland, Oregon, United States A continuous documentation deployment platform that automatically builds, versions, and hosts software documentation from Git repositories. FreeOpen source$5+/month	0.9%
15	Gridsome A Vue.js powered Jamstack framework for building statically generated websites and applications. FreeOpen source	0.8%
16	VuePress A static site generator based on Vue.js and Markdown for building documentation and content-focused websites. FreeOpen source	0.8%
17	Quarto Boston, Massachusetts, United States An open-source scientific and technical publishing system based on Markdown that allows users to write in plain-text Markdown or work with Jupyter notebooks and embed executable code in Python, R, Julia, or Observable JS. FreeOpen source	0.6%
18	📖 Docutils An open-source text processing system for transforming plain text documentation into useful formats such as HTML, LaTeX, man pages, OpenDocument, or XML. FreeOpen source	0.4%
19	Scully A static site generator for Angular projects looking to embrace the Jamstack. FreeOpen source	0.3%
20	Pelican A Python-powered static site generator powered that requires no database or server-side logic. FreeOpen source	0.3%
21	📖 Pandoc Berkeley, California, United States A Haskell library and command-line tool for converting documents between markup formats such as Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, DOCX, and EPUB. FreeOpen source	0.3%
22	Docsify Turns one or more Markdown files into a Website, with no build process required. FreeOpen source	0.3%
23	Slate Helps you create beautiful, intelligent, responsive API documentation. FreeOpen source	0.2%
24	Zola A fast static site generator written in Rust. FreeOpen source	0.2%
25	Obsidian Publish Toronto, Ontario, Canada A cloud-based service that lets you publish your Obsidian notes as a wiki, knowledge base, documentation, or digital garden. $10/month	0.1%

👉 See Also

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Data is based on the analysis of 3,324,765 websites.
Statistics were last calculated on March 29, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.