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HubPress vs Eleventy (11ty)
Compare HubPress and Eleventy (11ty) to find the best tool for your needs.
HubPress
A simple static site generator for blogs, powered by GitHub Pages and a clean web-based admin interface.
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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
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
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 | HubPress | Eleventy (11ty) |
|---|---|---|
| Core Features | ||
| SEO | Limited Basic SEO features through theme templates | 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 | Limited Small selection of pre-built themes with limited customization | Partial No formal theming system, but flexible templating allows for theme-like structures |
| Plugin system | No No extensible plugin system | Yes Extensible through JavaScript plugins and custom shortcodes |
| Content Management | ||
| Emoji | Via AsciiDoc Limited support through AsciiDoc syntax | Via plugin Can be implemented through markdown-it plugins |
| Image optimization | No No built-in image optimization | Via plugin Available through eleventy-img or similar plugins |
| Taxonomies | Limited Basic tagging system only | Via integration Can be implemented through custom collections and tags |
| Pagination | Yes Basic pagination for post listings | Yes Built-in pagination API |
| Table of contents | Via AsciiDoc Can be generated through AsciiDoc syntax | Via plugin Can be implemented through markdown-it plugins or custom functions |
| Comments | Yes Disqus integration included | Via integration Can integrate with services like Disqus, Utterances, etc. through template includes |
| Integrations | ||
| Social media integration | Partial Basic social sharing options included in themes | Via integration Requires custom implementation in templates |
| Analytics | Yes Google Analytics integration included | Via integration Easy to add through template includes |
| Newsletter | No No built-in newsletter support | Via integration Can be added through template includes |
| Search | No No built-in search functionality | Via integration Options include Algolia, Lunr.js, or custom client-side implementation |
| Headless CMS integration | No Works directly with GitHub as content storage | Yes Good support for various headless CMS options through data fetching |
| Advanced Features | ||
| Multilingual | No No multilingual support | Via integration Possible through directory structure and custom collections |
| AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) | No No AMP support | Via integration Can be implemented through custom output formats |
| PWA (Progressive Web App) | No No PWA support | Via integration Can be implemented through custom service worker and manifest files |
| Specialized Content | ||
| PlantUML | No Not supported natively | Via plugin Can be implemented through markdown-it plugins or custom shortcodes |
| Mermaid | No Not supported natively | Via plugin Can be implemented through custom shortcodes or markdown-it plugins |
| KaTeX (math) | Via AsciiDoc Limited math support through AsciiDoc syntax | Via plugin Can be implemented using eleventy-plugin-katex or similar solutions |
| GitHub Gists integration | Via AsciiDoc Can be embedded using AsciiDoc syntax | Via integration Can be implemented through custom shortcodes |