Jekyll: Blog-aware static website generator written in Ruby

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I’ll probably manage my next blog using a static site generator, and Jekyll is the current front-runner. The Jekyll documentation is quite good.

  • Supports Markdown and Textile markup
  • Uses the Liquid templating engine
  • Blog aware: Supports permalinks, categories, pages, posts, & custom layouts
  • Can import from CSV, Drupal 6, Drupal 7, Enki, Ghost, Google Reader, Joomla, Jrnl, Marley, Mephisto, Movable Type, Posterous, RSS, S9Y, Textpattern, Tumblr, Typo, WordPress, and WordPress.com
  • Free hosting with Github Pages
  • Comes with a built-in development server for local preview