Hexo

Hexo is a Node.js-based static site generator that builds fast blog and documentation sites from Markdown content.

It provides more than 400 ready-to-use themes and over 500 plugins, and includes deployment tooling for platforms such as GitHub Pages, Netlify, and Vercel.

According to our data, Hexo is the 9th most popular static site generator on the web.
It has 1.1% of the static site generator market share and is present on 0.008% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.8M+ analyzed websites. About this data

💸 Pricing

Hexo is available for free.

Free ✔️ Open source

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Hexo Awards

⚡ Sites Built With Hexo

We have data on 317 websites that use the Hexo static site generator. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Hexo is ckeditor.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 ckeditor.com #13,371 Poland English
2 flourish.studio #20,359 Australia English
3 rainmeter.net #64,263 English
4 ftqq.com #101,097 China English
5 xbext.com #141,588 China Chinese
6 gorm.io #151,878 China English
7 hanks.pub #196,792 China Chinese
8 casadamoeda.gov.br #209,895 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
9 mintimate.cn #211,703 China Chinese
10 hexo.io #214,341 English
11 solar2d.com #230,219 United States English
12 screeps.com #249,891 Finland English
13 binds.co #253,872 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
14 coderscat.com #270,708 English
15 simpala.net #279,428 Cameroon French
16 tarotdeck.top #401,881 English
17 adaptivecards.io #424,480 United States English
18 buttplug.io #426,892 English
19 rime.im #442,011 China Chinese
20 hhming.moe #451,226 Taiwan Chinese

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Hexo:

Most of the sites using Hexo are from China and the United States.

  • China 59%
  • United States 12.3%
  • Japan 3.3%
  • Taiwan 3.3%
  • Canada 1.6%
  • Germany 1.6%
  • Sweden 1.6%
  • Turkey 1.2%
  • Brazil 0.8%
  • Other 15.3%

Most Hexo users speak Chinese or English.

  • Chinese 48.9%
  • English 44.2%
  • Japanese 2.2%
  • Portuguese 0.9%
  • German 0.6%
  • Spanish 0.6%
  • French 0.6%
  • Korean 0.6%
  • Russian 0.3%
  • Other 1.1%

The Hexo static site generator is especially popular on .com, .cn, and .io top-level domains.

  • .com 45.4%
  • .cn 7.9%
  • .io 6.3%
  • .net 5.7%
  • .org 5.7%
  • .me 3.5%
  • .top 2.5%
  • .tw 1.6%
  • .xyz 1.6%
  • Other 19.8%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Hexo include blogs and wiki, business, and software and hardware.

  • Blogs/Wiki 45.5%
  • Business 12.1%
  • Software/Hardware 7.6%
  • Technical/Business Forums 7.6%
  • Internet Services 6.1%
  • Technical Information 6.1%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 3%
  • Education/Reference 3%
  • Online Shopping 1.5%
  • Other 7.5%

🔢 Hexo Versions

The most widespread version of Hexo is 7.3, used by 16.7% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 15.4% of sites use Hexo 6.3, and 13.7% use Hexo 5.4.

  • 7.3 16.7%
  • 6.3 15.4%
  • 5.4 13.7%
  • 4.2 10.4%
  • 3.9 8.7%
  • 8.1 7.7%
  • 3.8 4.3%
  • 6.2 4.3%
  • 6.0 3%
  • Other 15.8%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Hexo alternatives.

RankName
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
10
Eleventy
Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

A high-performance, production-ready, open-source static site generator written in JavaScript.

FreeOpen source
12
VitePress

A Vue-powered static site generator and successor to VuePress, built on top of the Vite build tool.

FreeOpen source
16
VuePress

A static site generator based on Vue and Markdown for building documentation and content-focused websites.

FreeOpen source
22
Scully
Sandy, Utah, United States

A static site generator for Angular applications that pre-renders Angular routes into static HTML at build time to improve loading performance and SEO.

FreeOpen source

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use Hexo for free?

Yes, it is a free static site generator.
It is also open source, and you can find its code on GitHub.

Which country uses Hexo the most?

The majority of Hexo users are from China.

Who uses Hexo?

According to our data, Hexo is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as ckeditor.com, flourish.studio, and rainmeter.net.

Is Hexo used on government websites?

Yes, for example, it is used by casadamoeda.gov.br.

How does Hexo compare to its competitors?

Hexo is a moderately popular static site generator, ranking ahead of 29 other static site generators we track.

What are the alternatives to Hexo?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Hexo may include Scully, Gatsby, and Eleventy.

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