Ask HN: So, static website generators and hosting in 2023/24. What's out there?

4 points·finnkauski··3 comments

Im curious to kick my blog back up. Ive used Hugo before. Whats the tooling that folks are using now for it?

Im thinking Markdown to HTML as a core functionality requirement is probably a must have.

And once the website is up, are we still doing like Github Pages hosting or are there nicer ways to host that don't cost tons.

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I've used Zola (https://github.com/getzola/zola) for a static project homepage a few years ago to showcase examples with a simple description and a wasm app embedded in the page, it worked perfectly for me and the docs was clear on how to use it. It was very easy to set up along with a GitHub action to automatically update the wasm binaries when needed. It is definitely a tool I keep in my mental toolbox as a good default.

As for SSGs, Eleventy and Astro are popular options. I’ve been using SvelteKit for my blog.

For hosting, many providers offer free tiers. You could check out Netlify or Vercel.

I am using Hugo with a minimal no-Javascript no-tracking theme. It does the job, I don't see a reason to change.

I host on SourceHut pages [1], because SourceHut is great and it is not GitHub. Also I find that the mailing lists are a good way to let users comment (not that I get tons of emails, let's be honest).

[1]: https://srht.site/

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