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90k

gohugoio/hugo

Static site generators are where web tooling fashions show up first. Jekyll's early curve is a fossil record of the GitHub Pages era, Hugo's steady grind proves single-binary speed never goes out of style, and Astro's near-vertical takeoff is what happens when a project catches the islands-architecture moment perfectly. If you want to see a tooling generation change hands in one chart, this is the category.

Ranked by current GitHub stars · growth = stars gained in the trailing 90 days · data updated Nov 2026

Static site generators — star history
90k STARS18 YR 1 MOgohugoio/hugo90kwithastro/astro64kjekyll/jekyll52khexojs/hexo42k11ty/eleventy20kgetzola/zola18k

gohugoio/hugo: 90,469 stars on November 14, 2026. withastro/astro: 63,937 stars on November 13, 2026. jekyll/jekyll: 51,775 stars on November 14, 2026. hexojs/hexo: 41,776 stars on November 12, 2026. 11ty/eleventy: 20,037 stars on November 13, 2026. getzola/zola: 17,604 stars on November 13, 2026.

Star history for gohugoio/hugo
DateStars
July 4, 20132
October 23, 2013260
January 11, 2014475
March 18, 2014738
May 23, 20141007
July 25, 20141280
September 23, 20141710
November 24, 20142020
January 23, 20152481
March 24, 20153059
June 4, 20153689
August 3, 20154380
October 2, 20154981
December 1, 20156157
January 30, 20166956
March 30, 20167743
May 30, 20168616
July 29, 20169346
September 27, 201610232
November 26, 201611650
January 25, 201712668
March 26, 201713962
May 25, 201715147
July 24, 201716296
September 22, 201717367
November 21, 201718681
January 20, 201820017
March 21, 201821512
May 20, 201822916
July 19, 201824364
September 29, 201826118
November 28, 201827487
January 28, 201928956
March 29, 201930535
May 28, 201932053
July 27, 201933474
September 25, 201934756
November 24, 201936007
January 23, 202037428
March 23, 202038800
May 22, 202040372
July 21, 202041826
September 19, 202042948
November 18, 202044423
January 17, 202145656
March 18, 202146877
May 17, 202148052
July 16, 202149368
September 15, 202150641
November 14, 202151741
January 25, 202253199
March 26, 202254521
May 25, 202255829
July 24, 202257124
September 22, 202259113
November 21, 202260459
January 20, 202361565
March 21, 202362843
May 20, 202363996
July 19, 202365149
September 17, 202366186
November 16, 202367173
January 15, 202468229
March 15, 202469343
May 15, 202470505
July 14, 202471555
September 12, 202472692
November 11, 202473914
January 10, 202575271
March 11, 202576853
May 22, 202579330
July 21, 202580811
September 19, 202582211
November 18, 202583518
January 17, 202684952
March 18, 202686200
May 17, 202687377
July 16, 202688526
September 14, 202689565
November 14, 202690469
Star history for withastro/astro
DateStars
April 9, 20211
June 27, 20212966
July 22, 20215064
August 16, 20215583
September 10, 20215915
October 5, 20216957
October 30, 20217308
November 24, 20217613
December 19, 20217948
January 13, 20228469
February 12, 20229581
March 9, 20229898
April 3, 202210177
April 28, 202210626
May 22, 202211066
June 16, 202211471
July 11, 202211956
August 5, 202212353
August 30, 202217125
September 24, 202218930
October 19, 202219912
November 13, 202220889
December 8, 202221622
January 2, 202322274
January 27, 202323922
February 21, 202325631
March 18, 202326594
April 11, 202327488
May 6, 202328198
May 31, 202328828
June 30, 202329638
July 25, 202330235
August 19, 202330960
September 13, 202332899
October 8, 202333824
November 2, 202334584
November 27, 202335291
December 22, 202336070
January 16, 202436820
February 10, 202437838
March 5, 202438587
March 30, 202439825
April 24, 202440524
May 19, 202441144
June 13, 202441774
July 8, 202442347
August 2, 202442945
August 27, 202443527
September 21, 202444064
October 16, 202444663
November 15, 202445284
December 10, 202446023
January 4, 202546643
January 28, 202547245
February 22, 202547889
March 19, 202548472
April 13, 202549106
May 8, 202549656
June 2, 202550153
June 27, 202550703
July 22, 202551227
August 16, 202551702
September 10, 202552161
October 5, 202552604
October 30, 202553107
November 24, 202553568
December 18, 202554049
January 12, 202654646
February 6, 202655726
March 3, 202656461
April 2, 202657388
April 27, 202658196
May 22, 202658954
June 16, 202659755
July 11, 202660556
August 5, 202661249
August 30, 202661931
September 24, 202662602
October 19, 202663240
November 13, 202663937
Star history for jekyll/jekyll
DateStars
October 19, 20081180
January 9, 20091528
March 31, 20091938
June 22, 20092336
September 15, 20092681
December 8, 20093021
March 1, 20103438
May 23, 20103784
August 12, 20104198
November 3, 20104655
February 8, 20115148
May 1, 20115657
July 22, 20116083
October 12, 20116453
January 3, 20126807
March 27, 20127148
June 19, 20127417
September 29, 20127584
February 14, 20137778
May 6, 20138897
July 27, 20139770
October 16, 201310539
January 5, 201411358
March 28, 201412285
June 17, 201413227
September 6, 201414112
November 27, 201414962
February 16, 201515978
May 8, 201516944
July 29, 201517979
November 3, 201519222
January 24, 201620435
April 14, 201621754
July 4, 201622816
September 24, 201623847
December 14, 201624776
March 5, 201725776
May 26, 201726719
August 15, 201727671
November 4, 201728631
January 25, 201829775
April 16, 201830876
July 6, 201831717
September 26, 201832536
December 16, 201833355
March 7, 201934175
May 28, 201935013
August 17, 201935688
November 6, 201936401
January 27, 202036989
May 3, 202037779
July 24, 202038493
October 14, 202039062
January 3, 202139628
March 26, 202140190
June 15, 202140675
September 4, 202141164
November 25, 202141656
February 14, 202242162
May 6, 202242719
July 27, 202243274
October 16, 202243740
January 5, 202344239
March 28, 202344799
June 17, 202345374
September 7, 202345817
November 28, 202346260
February 17, 202446722
May 8, 202447201
July 30, 202447631
November 4, 202448195
January 25, 202548616
April 16, 202549073
July 7, 202549533
September 28, 202550061
December 18, 202550451
March 10, 202650791
May 31, 202651177
August 22, 202651492
November 14, 202651775
Star history for hexojs/hexo
DateStars
September 23, 2012167
April 13, 2013295
June 25, 2013691
September 6, 2013840
November 16, 20131004
January 20, 20141236
March 26, 20141470
May 28, 20141785
July 29, 20142107
September 29, 20142509
December 12, 20142994
February 12, 20153467
April 15, 20154034
June 16, 20154593
August 17, 20155234
October 18, 20155876
December 19, 20156684
February 18, 20167469
April 20, 20168411
June 21, 20169411
August 22, 201610251
October 23, 201611167
December 24, 201612045
February 24, 201713200
April 26, 201714239
June 27, 201715062
August 28, 201716050
October 29, 201716982
December 30, 201717910
March 2, 201818851
May 15, 201819975
July 16, 201820694
September 16, 201821440
November 16, 201822082
January 17, 201922838
March 20, 201923607
May 21, 201924434
July 22, 201925247
September 22, 201925957
November 23, 201926602
January 23, 202027198
March 25, 202027785
May 26, 202028373
July 27, 202028840
September 27, 202029339
November 28, 202029702
January 29, 202130117
March 31, 202130536
June 2, 202130916
August 3, 202131318
October 17, 202131711
December 19, 202132081
February 19, 202232451
April 23, 202232905
June 24, 202233316
August 25, 202233685
October 25, 202234022
December 26, 202234347
February 26, 202334725
April 29, 202335196
June 30, 202335558
August 31, 202335963
November 2, 202336257
January 2, 202436605
March 4, 202436913
May 6, 202437329
July 8, 202437696
September 9, 202438060
November 11, 202438410
January 12, 202538764
March 27, 202539149
May 30, 202539402
August 1, 202539665
October 2, 202539978
December 6, 202540217
February 6, 202640445
April 12, 202640658
June 15, 202641490
August 28, 202641636
November 12, 202641776
Star history for 11ty/eleventy
DateStars
December 20, 201760
February 16, 2018236
April 9, 2018413
June 8, 2018523
August 5, 2018647
September 17, 2018789
November 1, 2018926
December 12, 20181056
January 22, 20191323
March 2, 20191561
April 20, 20191959
May 29, 20192205
July 9, 20192435
August 17, 20192662
September 25, 20192945
November 4, 20193206
December 13, 20193476
January 22, 20203765
March 1, 20204189
April 10, 20204565
May 19, 20205152
June 28, 20205579
August 6, 20206058
September 14, 20206597
October 24, 20206975
December 2, 20207276
January 11, 20217633
February 19, 20217961
March 31, 20218297
May 9, 20218628
June 25, 20218928
August 4, 20219213
September 12, 20219506
October 22, 20219822
November 30, 202110055
January 9, 202210279
February 17, 202210698
March 28, 202210948
May 8, 202211213
June 17, 202211534
July 27, 202211740
September 4, 202212042
October 14, 202212273
November 22, 202212513
December 31, 202212715
February 9, 202313036
March 20, 202313336
April 29, 202313570
June 7, 202313790
July 17, 202314026
September 3, 202314337
October 12, 202314546
November 21, 202314776
December 30, 202314978
February 8, 202415221
March 18, 202415480
April 27, 202415679
June 6, 202415894
July 15, 202416112
August 24, 202416293
October 2, 202416525
November 11, 202416758
December 20, 202416954
January 29, 202517166
March 9, 202517367
April 18, 202517579
May 27, 202517809
July 7, 202518063
August 16, 202518311
September 24, 202518500
November 11, 202518703
December 20, 202518867
January 28, 202619057
March 9, 202619264
April 20, 202619412
May 31, 202619553
July 11, 202619676
August 22, 202619803
October 2, 202619924
November 13, 202620037
Star history for getzola/zola
DateStars
March 20, 20171
July 14, 2017111
November 3, 2017618
January 8, 2018677
March 12, 2018741
May 30, 2018809
August 1, 2018880
September 15, 20181036
November 9, 20181128
December 28, 20181307
February 15, 20191458
April 5, 20191560
May 18, 20191700
June 28, 20191846
August 11, 20191985
September 23, 20192161
November 4, 20192402
December 18, 20192572
January 29, 20202720
March 12, 20202883
April 21, 20203075
May 30, 20203235
July 10, 20203441
August 19, 20203668
September 30, 20203892
November 10, 20204175
December 20, 20204308
January 30, 20214697
March 11, 20215931
April 19, 20216257
June 7, 20216464
July 16, 20216627
August 26, 20216819
October 5, 20217018
November 16, 20217181
December 26, 20217383
February 4, 20227631
March 16, 20227808
April 26, 20228011
June 5, 20228261
July 16, 20228492
August 24, 20228721
October 4, 20228981
November 14, 20229223
December 24, 20229435
February 2, 20239723
March 13, 20239974
April 23, 202310264
June 2, 202310486
July 13, 202310723
August 30, 202310978
October 8, 202311179
November 18, 202311385
December 28, 202311607
February 5, 202411844
March 16, 202412047
April 25, 202412245
June 5, 202412417
July 15, 202412632
August 23, 202412910
October 2, 202413137
November 12, 202413540
December 21, 202413988
January 30, 202514237
March 11, 202514550
April 20, 202514763
May 30, 202515009
July 9, 202515197
August 18, 202515436
September 26, 202515646
November 13, 202515875
December 23, 202516075
February 2, 202616323
March 15, 202616536
April 23, 202616791
June 2, 202616980
July 15, 202617135
August 23, 202617308
October 2, 202617454
November 13, 202617604

How each series was read

  • gohugoio/hugo

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • withastro/astro

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • jekyll/jekyll

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • hexojs/hexo

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • 11ty/eleventy

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • getzola/zola

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

Ranking

6 repositories

Static site generators ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1gohugoio/hugo90,471~1.5k2013debt charts
2withastro/astro63,940~2.4k2021debt charts
3jekyll/jekyll51,776~3452008debt charts
4hexojs/hexo41,777~1782012debt charts
511ty/eleventy20,037~2542017debt charts
6getzola/zola17,604~3362017debt charts

Repository health compared

Live analysis · unavailable data stays labelled

Popularity is only one axis. Compare technical scale, maintenance cadence, ownership resilience and change pressure against the same completed analysis that sits behind each report.

Reach

Popularity and real-world adoption

Signalgohugoio/hugowithastro/astrojekyll/jekyllhexojs/hexo11ty/eleventygetzola/zola
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 90,47163,94051,77641,77720,03717,604
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+1,501Best result in this row: +2,422+345+178+254+336
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.13 years5.7 years18 years14 years9.0 years9.9 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalgohugoio/hugowithastro/astrojekyll/jekyllhexojs/hexo11ty/eleventygetzola/zola
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalgohugoio/hugowithastro/astrojekyll/jekyllhexojs/hexo11ty/eleventygetzola/zola
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalgohugoio/hugowithastro/astrojekyll/jekyllhexojs/hexo11ty/eleventygetzola/zola
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalgohugoio/hugowithastro/astrojekyll/jekyllhexojs/hexo11ty/eleventygetzola/zola
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Head to head

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Frequently asked

Which of these static site generators has the most GitHub stars?

gohugoio/hugo is the most-starred of the static site generators gitdebt compares, with 90,471 GitHub stars as of Nov 2026. It earned its first star in 2013.

Which of these static site generators is growing the fastest?

withastro/astro added the most stars over the last 90 days of its cached history — about 2,422 new stars, compared with about 1,501 for the category leader gohugoio/hugo. 90-day figures are approximate for older repos, whose history is downsampled.

How is this comparison computed?

The table ranks public repository metadata by current total stars. Each curve is that repository's stored star series — read from GitHub's own star history, or from an older stargazer-list or historical-data read until gitdebt reads it again — drawn on shared axes, with trailing 90-day growth estimated from it. The legend under the chart names each series' own source and coverage date. Repo-health charts come independently from each repository's commit history.

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