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