Statiq
Statiq is a static generation platform for websites, documentation sites, and custom generator applications.
What Statiq is
Statiq is a static generation platform for websites, documentation sites, and custom generator applications. Statiq Web supports Markdown, Razor, Handlebars, and HTML templates, plus JSON and YAML data files, and includes a local preview server. Statiq Docs adds .NET API documentation support and can generate documentation from source files, assemblies, projects, or solutions. The Statiq Framework provides more than 100 modules and supports custom pipelines, data sources, layouts, and modules. Statiq Web documents deployment support for Netlify, Azure App Service, and GitHub Pages. It runs inside a user’s console application, not as a standalone statiq.exe, and requires the .NET Core SDK. Statiq supports C#/.NET on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Commercial-use licensing costs $50 a month per developer per major version, while the Web/Docs license costs $50, paid once per developer.
Good
- More than 100 framework modules
- Supports several template languages
- Includes local preview server
- Documents deployment to three services
- Runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows
Watch out
- Requires the .NET Core SDK
- Runs inside a console application
- Commercial license limits apply
- Private license support is not guaranteed
Who it suits
Statiq suits developers building static websites, documentation, or custom generators with C#/.NET. Statiq Docs is intended for documentation sites and API documentation.
Verdict
Statiq provides a modular .NET foundation for static sites, documentation, and custom generators. Its licensing distinguishes free or non-commercial use from paid commercial use, with additional limits in the public license.
Plans and prices
From Statiq's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial-use license | $50 a month | Current major version · $50 per developer, per major version |
| Statiq Web/Docs commercial-use license | $50, paid once | commercial use of Statiq Web and Statiq Docs · new major versions outside the one-year grace period require a new license · $50.00 per developer; covers all releases of the current major version |
The facts
Each one read from Statiq's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Application model
- Statiq runs inside a user's console application and does not ship as a standalone statiq.exe.checked 9 Oct 2001
What it does
- Content and templates
- Statiq Web supports Markdown, Razor, Handlebars, and HTML templates, along with JSON and YAML data files.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Content sources
- databasechecked 20 Sep 2001
- Deployment
- Statiq Web documents built-in deployment support for Netlify, Azure App Service, and GitHub Pages.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Extensibility
- Statiq applications can be extended with custom pipelines, data sources, layouts, and modules.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Framework
- Statiq Framework provides more than 100 modules for building custom static generator applications.checked 9 Oct 2001
- License limits
- The public license permits commercial use only for organizations with fewer than 10 employees and contractors and less than $100,000 USD prior-year revenue; commercial use outside those limits requires a private license.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Local preview server
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
- Product
- Statiq is a static generation platform for using or creating static generators.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Runtime requirement
- Statiq Web consists of .NET Core libraries and requires the .NET Core SDK.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Security
- The deployment guidance recommends placing secrets such as access tokens and passwords in environment variables for continuous integration environments.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Statiq Docs
- Statiq Docs adds .NET API documentation support and other functionality for documentation websites on top of Statiq Web.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Statiq Web
- Statiq Web is a static website generation toolkit built on Statiq Framework.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Support
- The maker says they try to respond to support requests, but purchasing a private license does not include guaranteed support or priority issue resolution.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Supported languages
- C#/.NETchecked 20 Sep 2001
- Who it is for
- Statiq Docs is intended for documentation sites and can generate API documentation from source files, assemblies, projects, or solutions.checked 9 Oct 2001
Money
- Free use
- Statiq Framework and most peripheral projects use the MIT license, while the public license also allows non-commercial use of Statiq Web and Docs.checked 9 Oct 2001
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