⚡ Static Site Generators in Portugal

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

Portugal is a Southern European country with a population of around 10.3 million people.

According to our statistics, static site generators are used on 0.5% of websites from Portugal.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Astro with an impressive share of 39%, followed by Hugo with 32.5% and Gatsby with 14.3%.

Astro 39%
Hugo 32.5%
Gatsby 14.3%
Jekyll 6.5%
Publii 2.6%
Hexo 1.3%
Eleventy 1.3%
📖 Docutils 1.3%
Pelican 1.3%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top static site generators that are more popular in Portugal than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. Astro ^(-1)
2. Hugo ^(-1)
5. Publii ^(-6)
6. Hexo ^(-2)
7. Eleventy ^(-3)
8. 📖 Docutils ^(-10)
9. Pelican ^(-11)

✨ Best Static Site Generators

Below is a more detailed list of 9 static site generators used on sites from Portugal, 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	39%
2	Hugo A static site generator written in Go that focuses on speed, flexibility and structured content organization. FreeOpen source	32.5%
3	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	14.3%
4	Jekyll A static site generator written in Ruby. FreeOpen source	6.5%
5	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	2.6%
6	Hexo A Node.js-powered static site generator. FreeOpen source	1.3%
7	Eleventy A high-performance, production-ready, open-source static site generator written in JavaScript. FreeOpen source	1.3%
8	📖 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	1.3%
9	Pelican A Python-powered static site generator powered that requires no database or server-side logic. FreeOpen source	1.3%

👉 See Also

🌎 Static Site Generators in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 14,630 websites from Portugal.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.