Eleventy
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What both publish
| Fact | Eleventy | Middleman |
|---|---|---|
| Community support | The official site links to documentation, Discord, Mastodon, Bluesky, a newsletter, YouTube, and GitHub. | Users can ask questions in the Middleman community forum. |
| Content sources | markdown | markdown |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Local preview server | Yes | Yes |
| Multilingual support | Yes | Yes |
| Supported languages | HTML,Markdown,WebC,JavaScript,Liquid,Nunjucks,Handlebars,Mustache,EJS,Haml,Pug,TypeScript,JSX,MDX,Sass | Ruby |
| What it does | Eleventy is a simpler static site generator that compiles templates into HTML. | Middleman is a static site generator for building websites with tools used in modern web development. |
Eleventy plans
- EleventyFree
Middleman plans
No prices published.
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.
Pick Middleman if…
Middleman suits Ruby users building static websites who want template engines, extensions, and localized pages. It is less suited to someone seeking Rack development mode as the main hosting approach.