Assemble
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VisitAssemble vs Eleventy
What both publish
| Fact | Assemble | Eleventy |
|---|---|---|
| CMS integration | No | Yes |
| Community support | The README directs users with questions or suggestions to its Gitter conversation or Twitter account. | The official site links to documentation, Discord, Mastodon, Bluesky, a newsletter, YouTube, and GitHub. |
| Content sources | markdown | markdown |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| License | The maker’s Grunt Assemble repository says it is released under the MIT license. | The official documentation repository is marked as MIT licensed. |
| Local preview server | No | Yes |
| Multilingual support | No | Yes |
| Supported languages | JavaScript,Node.js | HTML,Markdown,WebC,JavaScript,Liquid,Nunjucks,Handlebars,Mustache,EJS,Haml,Pug,TypeScript,JSX,MDX,Sass |
| What it does | The project describes Assemble as a command line tool and developer framework for rapid prototyping and static site generation. | Eleventy is a simpler static site generator that compiles templates into HTML. |
Assemble plans
- AssembleFree
Eleventy plans
- EleventyFree
Pick Assemble if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.
Pick Eleventy if…
Eleventy suits developers building static sites with templates and content such as Markdown. It may not suit projects that need a single-page application approach.