I switched from Hugo to Zola for a reason similar to the author's.

I've been using Zola now for years, and I'm really happy with it. Good features, and nice and stable.

This is what I use and I’ve been very happy with it for many years. It hasn’t caused me any trouble and as far as I can tell it hasn’t changed in the whole time I’ve used it.

I don't know about "better" but I like Nikola (https://getnikola.com)

I've used Zola and it gets the job done in a few commands, nothing else I need from it tbh.

I’ve used Zola for years and I love it. Good maintainer, does what it needs to, and it’s fast.