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Gatsby vs HubPress
Compare Gatsby and HubPress to find the best tool for your needs.
Gatsby
A React-based static site generator with powerful data layer and plugin ecosystem.
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HubPress
A simple static site generator for blogs, powered by GitHub Pages and a clean web-based admin interface.
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Pricing
Free (open source), paid Gatsby Cloud services
Free (open source)
Pros & Cons
Gatsby
Pros
- React-based architecture
- GraphQL data layer
- Large plugin ecosystem
- Progressive image loading
Cons
- Requires React knowledge
- Steep learning curve
- Build time can be slow for large sites
- Complex for simple projects
HubPress
Pros
- Simple web-based admin interface
- Hosted on GitHub Pages (free hosting)
- Built-in AsciiDoc support
- No database required
- Minimal configuration
Cons
- Limited customization options
- Requires a GitHub account
- Not actively maintained
- Limited theme selection
- Basic feature set compared to alternatives
Features comparison
| Feature | Gatsby | HubPress |
|---|---|---|
| Core Features | ||
| SEO | Yes Strong SEO support through gatsby-plugin-react-helmet and other official plugins | Limited Basic SEO features through theme templates |
| Sitemap | Via plugin Available through gatsby-plugin-sitemap | Yes Automatic sitemap generation |
| RSS Feed | Via plugin Available through gatsby-plugin-feed | Yes Built-in RSS feed generation |
| Theming system | Yes Supports themes through gatsby-theme architecture with component shadowing | Limited Small selection of pre-built themes with limited customization |
| Plugin system | Yes Extensive plugin ecosystem with thousands of plugins available | No No extensible plugin system |
| Content Management | ||
| Emoji | Via plugin Supported through gatsby-remark-emoji or other emoji plugins | Via AsciiDoc Limited support through AsciiDoc syntax |
| Image optimization | Yes Advanced image optimization with gatsby-plugin-sharp, gatsby-image, and built-in responsive images | No No built-in image optimization |
| Taxonomies | Via GraphQL Custom taxonomies can be implemented through GraphQL queries and data structures | Limited Basic tagging system only |
| Pagination | Via API Pagination available through createPage API and GraphQL queries | Yes Basic pagination for post listings |
| Table of contents | Via plugin Supported through gatsby-remark-table-of-contents or similar plugins | Via AsciiDoc Can be generated through AsciiDoc syntax |
| Comments | Via integration Integration with Disqus, Commento, Utterances via React components | Yes Disqus integration included |
| Integrations | ||
| Social media integration | Via plugin Social sharing, cards, and integrations available through various plugins | Partial Basic social sharing options included in themes |
| Analytics | Via plugin Easy integration with Google Analytics, Plausible, Fathom through official plugins | Yes Google Analytics integration included |
| Newsletter | Via integration Can be integrated through React components for services like Mailchimp, ConvertKit | No No built-in newsletter support |
| Search | Via plugin Options include Algolia (gatsby-plugin-algolia), Lunr.js, Elasticsearch integrations | No No built-in search functionality |
| Headless CMS integration | Yes First-class support for most headless CMS platforms with official plugins for Contentful, WordPress, Sanity, Strapi, etc. | No Works directly with GitHub as content storage |
| Advanced Features | ||
| Multilingual | Via plugin i18n support through plugins like gatsby-plugin-intl or gatsby-plugin-i18n | No No multilingual support |
| AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) | Via plugin Available through gatsby-plugin-amp or custom implementation | No No AMP support |
| PWA (Progressive Web App) | Yes First-class PWA support through gatsby-plugin-manifest and gatsby-plugin-offline | No No PWA support |
| Specialized Content | ||
| PlantUML | Via plugin Can be integrated through custom components or markdown remark plugins | No Not supported natively |
| Mermaid | Via plugin Can be used with gatsby-remark-mermaid plugin | No Not supported natively |
| KaTeX (math) | Via plugin Supported through gatsby-remark-katex or other math rendering plugins | Via AsciiDoc Limited math support through AsciiDoc syntax |
| GitHub Gists integration | Via plugin Can be implemented with gatsby-remark-embed-gist | Via AsciiDoc Can be embedded using AsciiDoc syntax |