Static site generator

<p>Static site generators (SSGs) are <a href="/facts/Software_engine/QhIAMMBg">software engines</a> that use text input files (such as <a href="/facts/Markdown/yAL6qk7M">Markdown</a>, <a href="/facts/ReStructuredText/Eh7XGmed">reStructuredText</a>, <a href="/facts/AsciiDoc/WUVfzXFW">AsciiDoc</a> and <a href="/facts/JSON/bs1rUAhd">JSON</a>) to generate <a href="/facts/Static_web_page/BtP4660l">static web pages</a>. Unlike dynamic websites, these static pages do not change based on the request. This simplifies the requirements for the <a href="/facts/Back_end_(computing)/QVUfH8gu">backend</a> and allows the site to be distributed via <a href="/facts/Content_delivery_network/SVuID7jd">content delivery networks</a> (CDN)s. The simple design also makes it harder for attackers to modify the website due to the smaller <a href="/facts/Attack_surface/KxF9Y8XK">attack surface</a> of these relatively simple backends. Some of the most popular static site generators are <a href="/facts/Jekyll_(software)/1BXPTF9V">Jekyll</a>, <a href="/facts/Hugo_(software)/z64dwHpH">Hugo</a>, <a href="/facts/Eleventy_(software)/DdTzJr0j">Eleventy</a>, <a href="/facts/Gatsby_(software)/RPlV1bqF">Gatsby</a>, and <a href="/facts/Next.js/By3lmkSa">Next.js</a>, SSGs are typically for rarely changing, informative content, such as product pages, news articles, software documentation, and blogs.
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Static site generator