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Gridea vs Eleventy (11ty)
Compare Gridea and Eleventy (11ty) to find the best tool for your needs.
Gridea
A modern static blog writing client with a simple interface, built with Electron and Vue.js.
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Eleventy (11ty)
A simpler static site generator focused on flexibility and performance.
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Pricing
Free (open source)
Free (open source)
Pros & Cons
Gridea
Pros
- User-friendly desktop GUI interface
- Real-time preview
- Custom theme support
- Multi-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- GitHub Pages and Coding Pages integration
Cons
- Fewer plugins than established generators
- Limited advanced customization options
- Smaller community than Hugo or Jekyll
- Some features still in development
- Desktop app required (no web interface)
Eleventy (11ty)
Pros
- Zero client-side JavaScript by default
- Extremely flexible templating
- Fast builds
- Easy to learn and use
Cons
- Smaller ecosystem than Gatsby/Hugo
- Less built-in features
- Documentation can be sparse
- Requires some technical knowledge
Features comparison
| Feature | Gridea | Eleventy (11ty) |
|---|---|---|
| Core Features | ||
| SEO | Yes Built-in SEO settings with customizable meta tags and descriptions | Via integration Requires custom implementation or adding meta tags in templates |
| Sitemap | Yes Automatic sitemap generation | Via plugin Can be added with plugins like eleventy-plugin-sitemap |
| RSS Feed | Yes Built-in RSS feed generation | Via plugin Available through plugins like eleventy-plugin-rss |
| Theming system | Yes Built-in theme system with customizable options and several included themes | Partial No formal theming system, but flexible templating allows for theme-like structures |
| Plugin system | No No extensible plugin architecture | Yes Extensible through JavaScript plugins and custom shortcodes |
| Content Management | ||
| Emoji | Via Markdown Supported through standard Markdown emoji syntax | Via plugin Can be implemented through markdown-it plugins |
| Image optimization | Limited Basic image handling but no advanced optimization features | Via plugin Available through eleventy-img or similar plugins |
| Taxonomies | Limited Support for basic categories and tags only | Via integration Can be implemented through custom collections and tags |
| Pagination | Yes Built-in pagination for post listings | Yes Built-in pagination API |
| Table of contents | Partial Depends on theme support | Via plugin Can be implemented through markdown-it plugins or custom functions |
| Comments | Yes Built-in support for Disqus and Gitalk comment systems | Via integration Can integrate with services like Disqus, Utterances, etc. through template includes |
| Integrations | ||
| Social media integration | Partial Basic social media links and sharing buttons built into themes | Via integration Requires custom implementation in templates |
| Analytics | Yes Built-in Google Analytics integration | Via integration Easy to add through template includes |
| Newsletter | Via integration Requires manual integration through theme customization | Via integration Can be added through template includes |
| Search | Limited Basic search functionality dependent on theme | Via integration Options include Algolia, Lunr.js, or custom client-side implementation |
| Headless CMS integration | No Not designed for headless CMS integration | Yes Good support for various headless CMS options through data fetching |
| Advanced Features | ||
| Multilingual | Limited Interface can be changed, but content multilingual support is limited | Via integration Possible through directory structure and custom collections |
| AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) | No Not supported natively | Via integration Can be implemented through custom output formats |
| PWA (Progressive Web App) | No Not supported natively | Via integration Can be implemented through custom service worker and manifest files |
| Specialized Content | ||
| PlantUML | No Not natively supported | Via plugin Can be implemented through markdown-it plugins or custom shortcodes |
| Mermaid | Via integration Possible through custom code insertion, but not natively supported | Via plugin Can be implemented through custom shortcodes or markdown-it plugins |
| KaTeX (math) | Via integration Can be integrated through theme customization | Via plugin Can be implemented using eleventy-plugin-katex or similar solutions |
| GitHub Gists integration | Via integration Possible through custom code blocks, but not a built-in feature | Via integration Can be implemented through custom shortcodes |