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Jekyll vs HubPress
Compare Jekyll and HubPress 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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HubPress
A simple static site generator for blogs, powered by GitHub Pages and a clean web-based admin interface.
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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
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
Features comparison
| Feature | Jekyll | HubPress |
|---|---|---|
| Core Features | ||
| SEO | Partial Basic features built-in, but requires 'jekyll-seo-tag' plugin for full functionality | Limited Basic SEO features through theme templates |
| 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 | Limited Small selection of pre-built themes with limited customization |
| Plugin system | Yes Rich plugin system with many extensions available | No No extensible plugin system |
| Content Management | ||
| Emoji | Via plugin Requires 'jemoji' plugin | Via AsciiDoc Limited support through AsciiDoc syntax |
| Image optimization | Via plugin Options include 'jekyll-picture-tag', 'jekyll-responsive-image', or manual integration | No No built-in image optimization |
| Taxonomies | Partial Native support for categories and tags, but limited for custom taxonomies without plugins | Limited Basic tagging system only |
| Pagination | Via plugin Native in older versions, but requires 'jekyll-paginate' or 'jekyll-paginate-v2' for recent versions | Yes Basic pagination for post listings |
| Table of contents | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-toc' plugin or using kramdown with toc option | Via AsciiDoc Can be generated through AsciiDoc syntax |
| Comments | Via integration Integration with third-party services like Disqus, Utterances, or staticman | Yes Disqus integration included |
| Integrations | ||
| Social media integration | Partial Basic support via Liquid templates, but requires customization for advanced integration | Partial Basic social sharing options included in themes |
| Analytics | Via integration Easily integrable via snippets in Liquid templates | Yes Google Analytics integration included |
| Newsletter | Via integration Requires third-party services integration like Hakanai, Mailchimp, ConvertKit, etc. | No No built-in newsletter support |
| Search | Via plugin Options include 'jekyll-algolia', 'simple-jekyll-search', or 'jekyll-lunr-js-search' | No No built-in search functionality |
| Headless CMS integration | Via integration Compatible with Forestry, Netlify CMS, CloudCannon, Contentful via custom configuration | No Works directly with GitHub as content storage |
| Advanced Features | ||
| Multilingual | Limited Basic support via collections or plugins like 'jekyll-polyglot' or 'jekyll-multiple-languages-plugin' | No No multilingual support |
| AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-amp-pwa-plugin' or custom configuration | No No AMP support |
| PWA (Progressive Web App) | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-pwa-plugin' or custom configuration | No No PWA support |
| Specialized Content | ||
| PlantUML | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-plantuml' or 'jekyll-diagrams' plugin | No Not supported natively |
| Mermaid | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-mermaid' plugin or custom JavaScript integration | No Not supported natively |
| KaTeX (math) | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-katex' plugin or custom JavaScript integration | Via AsciiDoc Limited math support through AsciiDoc syntax |
| GitHub Gists integration | Via plugin Requires 'jekyll-gist' plugin | Via AsciiDoc Can be embedded using AsciiDoc syntax |