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Jekyll vs Bloggrify
Compare Jekyll and Bloggrify to find the best tool for your needs.
Jekyll
A simple, blog-aware static site generator perfect for personal, project, or organization sites.
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Bloggrify
A modern static site generator designed specifically for bloggers with focus on simplicity and performance.
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Pricing
Free (open source)
Free (open source)
Pros & Cons
Jekyll
Pros
- Fast and secure static sites
- GitHub Pages integration
- Simple to use for developers
- Great for blogs and documentation
Cons
- Requires Ruby knowledge for customization
- Not suitable for dynamic content
- No visual editor for non-technical users
- Build time increases with site size
Bloggrify
Pros
- Optimized for blogging workflows
- Fast build and deploy times
- Simple configuration
- Built-in SEO optimization
Cons
- Newer project with smaller community
- Limited themes compared to established generators
- Requires command line familiarity
- Less documentation available
Features comparison
| Feature | Jekyll | Bloggrify |
|---|---|---|
| Core Features | ||
| SEO | Partial Basic features built-in, but requires 'jekyll-seo-tag' plugin for full functionality | Yes Built-in SEO features including Open Graph, Twitter Cards, canonical URLs, etc. |
| Sitemap | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-sitemap' plugin | Yes |
| RSS Feed | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-feed' plugin | Yes |
| Theming system | Yes Built-in theming system with many available themes | Yes Built-in theming system, though limited number of themes available |
| Plugin system | Yes Rich plugin system with many extensions available | Yes Uses Nuxt modules and layers for extensibility, though ecosystem is limited as many features are built-in |
| Content Management | ||
| Emoji | Via plugin Requires 'jemoji' plugin | Yes |
| Image optimization | Via plugin Options include 'jekyll-picture-tag', 'jekyll-responsive-image', or manual integration | Yes Built-in image optimization using Nuxt Image |
| Taxonomies | Partial Native support for categories and tags, but limited for custom taxonomies without plugins | Partial Built-in support for tags and categories |
| Pagination | Via plugin Native in older versions, but requires 'jekyll-paginate' or 'jekyll-paginate-v2' for recent versions | Yes |
| Table of contents | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-toc' plugin or using kramdown with toc option | Yes |
| Comments | Via integration Integration with third-party services like Disqus, Utterances, or staticman | Yes Built-in integration with Hyvor comment system |
| Integrations | ||
| Social media integration | Partial Basic support via Liquid templates, but requires customization for advanced integration | Yes Built-in shortcodes for embedding videos and sharing buttons |
| Analytics | Via integration Easily integrable via snippets in Liquid templates | Yes Built-in integrations with multiple analytics platforms (Fathom, Pirsch, Google Analytics, Hakanai Pulse, Umami, Matomo) |
| Newsletter | Via integration Requires third-party services integration like Hakanai, Mailchimp, ConvertKit, etc. | Yes Built-in integration with Hakanai pulse and mailjet |
| Search | Via plugin Options include 'jekyll-algolia', 'simple-jekyll-search', or 'jekyll-lunr-js-search' | Limited Basic built-in search functionality using XML file generated at build time |
| Headless CMS integration | Via integration Compatible with Forestry, Netlify CMS, CloudCannon, Contentful via custom configuration | Via integration No existing integrations, but likely possible through custom implementation |
| Advanced Features | ||
| Multilingual | Limited Basic support via collections or plugins like 'jekyll-polyglot' or 'jekyll-multiple-languages-plugin' | Via integration Possible through integration with existing support for hreflang alternates |
| AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-amp-pwa-plugin' or custom configuration | Via integration Possible through custom integration but not built into the framework |
| PWA (Progressive Web App) | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-pwa-plugin' or custom configuration | Via integration Possible through custom integration but not built into the framework |
| Specialized Content | ||
| PlantUML | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-plantuml' or 'jekyll-diagrams' plugin | Yes |
| Mermaid | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-mermaid' plugin or custom JavaScript integration | Yes |
| KaTeX (math) | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-katex' plugin or custom JavaScript integration | Yes |
| GitHub Gists integration | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-gist' plugin | Via integration |