Ask HN: Help choose a static site generator
I'd like to use a static site generator for a small/medium site and have read about them, including Jekyll, Pelican, Octopress, Middleman, Punch, Wintersmith, Frog, Hugo and some others.
I narrowed down to Wintersmith because of its perceived flexibility and then learned about Frog and Hugo. I tend to struggle with such decisions and don't want to spend a lot of time on one without knowing more about others. I'm sure many will say that there's it's a personal thing, but I would like to seek opinions from people who have used different site generators. I did try a bit of Middleman and Punch but didn't like either much.
Considering:
1. Wintersmith (offers a plugin architecture)
2. Frog (Racket looks different, LISPy and maybe something cool to learn if I need to)
3. Hugo (says that site generation is very quick)
4. Anything else...?
My requirements:
1. Easy to learn templating language (preferably closer to HTML than something that's translated to HTML).
2. Allow meta tags for individual pages/posts so that SEO information can be easily included.
3. Includes Twitter Bootstrap templates or has such templates available since I struggle with design.
4. Should not just be focused on blogs. It should allow individual pages (unrelated articles, sections) as well as blog posts (with categories and/or tags).
5. Good defaults so that I can focus on writing stuff and not spend a lot of time on learning about the generator (at least initially).
6. Easy setup and simplicity are preferred.
7. Optional: Support for formats beyond Markdown (or different flavors of Markdown) would be nice.