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Jekyll vs Gridea
Compare Jekyll and Gridea 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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Gridea
A modern static blog writing client with a simple interface, built with Electron and Vue.js.
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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
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)
Features comparison
| Feature | Jekyll | Gridea |
|---|---|---|
| Core Features | ||
| SEO | Partial Basic features built-in, but requires 'jekyll-seo-tag' plugin for full functionality | Yes Built-in SEO settings with customizable meta tags and descriptions |
| Sitemap | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-sitemap' plugin | Yes Automatic sitemap generation |
| RSS Feed | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-feed' plugin | Yes Built-in RSS feed generation |
| Theming system | Yes Built-in theming system with many available themes | Yes Built-in theme system with customizable options and several included themes |
| Plugin system | Yes Rich plugin system with many extensions available | No No extensible plugin architecture |
| Content Management | ||
| Emoji | Via plugin Requires 'jemoji' plugin | Via Markdown Supported through standard Markdown emoji syntax |
| Image optimization | Via plugin Options include 'jekyll-picture-tag', 'jekyll-responsive-image', or manual integration | Limited Basic image handling but no advanced optimization features |
| Taxonomies | Partial Native support for categories and tags, but limited for custom taxonomies without plugins | Limited Support for basic categories and tags only |
| Pagination | Via plugin Native in older versions, but requires 'jekyll-paginate' or 'jekyll-paginate-v2' for recent versions | Yes Built-in pagination for post listings |
| Table of contents | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-toc' plugin or using kramdown with toc option | Partial Depends on theme support |
| Comments | Via integration Integration with third-party services like Disqus, Utterances, or staticman | Yes Built-in support for Disqus and Gitalk comment systems |
| Integrations | ||
| Social media integration | Partial Basic support via Liquid templates, but requires customization for advanced integration | Partial Basic social media links and sharing buttons built into themes |
| Analytics | Via integration Easily integrable via snippets in Liquid templates | Yes Built-in Google Analytics integration |
| Newsletter | Via integration Requires third-party services integration like Hakanai, Mailchimp, ConvertKit, etc. | Via integration Requires manual integration through theme customization |
| Search | Via plugin Options include 'jekyll-algolia', 'simple-jekyll-search', or 'jekyll-lunr-js-search' | Limited Basic search functionality dependent on theme |
| Headless CMS integration | Via integration Compatible with Forestry, Netlify CMS, CloudCannon, Contentful via custom configuration | No Not designed for headless CMS integration |
| Advanced Features | ||
| Multilingual | Limited Basic support via collections or plugins like 'jekyll-polyglot' or 'jekyll-multiple-languages-plugin' | Limited Interface can be changed, but content multilingual support is limited |
| AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-amp-pwa-plugin' or custom configuration | No Not supported natively |
| PWA (Progressive Web App) | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-pwa-plugin' or custom configuration | No Not supported natively |
| Specialized Content | ||
| PlantUML | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-plantuml' or 'jekyll-diagrams' plugin | No Not natively supported |
| Mermaid | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-mermaid' plugin or custom JavaScript integration | Via integration Possible through custom code insertion, but not natively supported |
| KaTeX (math) | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-katex' plugin or custom JavaScript integration | Via integration Can be integrated through theme customization |
| GitHub Gists integration | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-gist' plugin | Via integration Possible through custom code blocks, but not a built-in feature |