Alternatives to Wix in 2026

Hugo gohugoio

The world’s fastest framework for building websites.

Developer tool Production-ready You want a fast, dependency-free generator for docs, blogs or marketing sites with thousands of pages.

★ 90k Apache-2.0 Go Active, pushed today

Gatsby gatsbyjs

React-based framework with performance, scalability, and security built in.

Framework or platform Production-ready You maintain an existing Gatsby site; new projects are better served by Astro or Next.js.

★ 56k MIT JavaScript Active, pushed 13 days ago

Ghost TryGhost

Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.

Complete system Production-ready You publish content and want to run paid memberships or newsletters without taking a platform cut.

★ 56k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed today

Jekyll jekyll

:globe_with_meridians: Jekyll is a blog-aware static site generator in Ruby

Developer tool Production-ready You want a simple blog or project site on GitHub Pages with the widest theme selection.

★ 52k MIT Ruby Active, pushed 20 days ago

Hexo hexojs

A fast, simple & powerful blog framework, powered by Node.js.

Developer tool Production-ready You want a blog generator in the JavaScript ecosystem with many ready-made themes.

★ 42k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed 7 days ago

Halo halo-dev

Halo 是一款强大易用的开源建站工具，从个人博客、知识库，到企业官网、在线商城，Halo 都能助您轻松实现，一站式满足您的多样化建站需求。

Complete system Production-ready You want a WordPress-style site builder with a strong Chinese community and plugin market.

★ 40k GPL-3.0 Java Active, pushed today

Buildawesome 11ty

A simpler site generator. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.

Developer tool Production-ready You want a flexible, low-JavaScript site generator and prefer configuring things yourself over a framework's conventions.

★ 20k MIT JavaScript Active, pushed today

Decap CMS decaporg

A Git-based CMS for Static Site Generators

Building block Production-ready You have a Hugo, Jekyll, Eleventy or similar site and want a free editing UI with content kept in Git.

★ 19k MIT JavaScript Active, pushed 2 days ago

Zola getzola

A fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in. https://www.getzola.org

Developer tool Production-ready You want a Hugo-like single-binary generator with simpler templates for a blog or docs site.

★ 18k EUPL-1.2 Rust Active, pushed today

Quarkdown iamgio

🪐 Markdown with superpowers: from ideas to papers, presentations, websites, books, and knowledge bases.

Developer tool Usable You write papers, books or presentations and want Markdown with LaTeX-like layout control.

★ 16k GPL-3.0 Kotlin Active, pushed yesterday

Quartz jackyzha0

🌱 a fast, batteries-included static-site generator that transforms Markdown content into fully functional websites

Developer tool Production-ready You keep notes in Obsidian and want to publish them as a free digital garden site.

★ 14k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed yesterday

Pelican getpelican

Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax. Powered by Python.

Developer tool Production-ready You work in Python and want a mature blog generator you can extend with Python plugins.

★ 13k AGPL-3.0 Python Active, pushed 20 days ago

Starlight withastro

🌟 Build beautiful, accessible, high-performance documentation websites with Astro

Framework or platform Production-ready You need a fast, good-looking docs site for a product or open-source project with minimal setup.

★ 9.5k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed today

Publii GetPublii

The most intuitive Static Site CMS designed for SEO-optimized and privacy-focused websites.

Complete system Production-ready A non-developer wants a fast static blog or small business site without running a server.

★ 7.4k GPL-3.0 HTML Active, pushed today

Middleman middleman

Hand-crafted frontend development

Developer tool Usable You maintain an existing Middleman site or work in Ruby and want its conventions.

★ 7.1k MIT Ruby Active, pushed today

Zensical zensical

A modern static site generator by the Material for MkDocs team

Developer tool Experimental You run a Material for MkDocs site and want to follow its authors' successor, or start new docs on it.

★ 6.1k MIT Rust Active, pushed 3 days ago

Vike vikejs

(Replaces Next.js/Nuxt) 🔨 Build mission-critical applications with stability and development freedom.

Framework or platform Usable You want Next.js or Nuxt-style SSR without being locked into their conventions or hosting.

★ 5.8k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed today

Beautiful Jekyll daattali

✨ Build a beautiful and simple website in literally minutes. Demo at https://beautifuljekyll.com

Template or starter Production-ready You want a clean personal site or blog live on GitHub Pages in minutes without coding.

★ 5.8k MIT HTML Active, pushed 18 days ago

Actions-gh-pages peaceiris

GitHub Actions for GitHub Pages 🚀 Deploy static files and publish your site easily. Static-Site-Generators-friendly.

Developer tool Production-ready Your workflow pushes generated sites to a gh-pages branch or an external repo.

★ 5.4k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed today

WriteFreely writefreely

A clean, Markdown-based publishing platform made for writers. Write together and build a community.

Complete system Usable You want a distraction-free blog that Mastodon users can follow.

★ 5.3k AGPL-3.0 Go Active, pushed yesterday

AstroPaper satnaing

A minimal, accessible and SEO-friendly Astro blog theme.

Template or starter Production-ready You want a clean developer blog on Astro to fork and customise.

★ 5.2k MIT Astro Active, pushed yesterday

Hugo-theme-academic-cv HugoBlox

🎓 Academic portfolio that boosts citations. AI generates pages, you own as Markdown. BibTeX auto-import, Jupyter, LaTeX, slides, visual block editor — free to host forever. 学术主页，AI 生成，Markdown 拥有 👇

Template or starter Production-ready A researcher wants a free academic homepage listing publications and talks.

★ 5.1k MIT Jupyter Notebook Active, pushed 2 days ago

Docfx dotnet

Static site generator for .NET API documentation.

Developer tool Production-ready You publish docs for a .NET library and need API reference generated from the source.

★ 4.4k MIT C# Active, pushed today

Pagescms hunvreus

The simplest CMS you'll ever need. Manage content and media right in your GitHub repository.

Complete system Usable Non-developers need to edit a Git-based static site and you want a hosted editor without setting up a backend.

★ 4.2k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed 18 days ago

Lektor lektor

The lektor static file content management system

Developer tool Usable You want a static site with a local editing UI and structured content models, built in Python.

★ 3.9k BSD-3-Clause Python Active, pushed 4 days ago

Dumi umijs

📖 Static Site Generator for component library development

Developer tool Production-ready You maintain a React component library, particularly in the Umi or Ant Design ecosystem.

★ 3.8k MIT JavaScript Active, pushed 4 days ago

Nextra shuding

Simple, powerful and flexible site generation framework with everything you love from Next.js.

Framework or platform Production-ready Your team already uses Next.js and wants a docs site in the same stack.

★ 14k MIT TypeScript Slowing, pushed 3 months ago

Analog analogjs

The fullstack meta-framework for Angular. Powered by Vite and Nitro

Framework or platform Usable Your team works in Angular and wants Next.js-style SSR and static sites.

★ 3.2k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed today

Sveltia CMS sveltia

Leading Git-based headless CMS. Successor to Netlify/Decap CMS. Modern UX, first-class i18n support, mobile support + numerous improvements. Framework-agnostic, open source & free.

Building block Usable You run a static site with Decap or Netlify CMS, or want one, and prefer an actively developed drop-in replacement.

★ 3k MIT JavaScript Active, pushed today

Nikola getnikola

A static website and blog generator

Developer tool Production-ready You want to blog with Jupyter notebooks or reStructuredText in a Python toolchain.

★ 2.7k MIT Python Active, pushed 9 days ago

Medium A Medium Corporation

Online publishing platform (founded 2012)

Complete system Production-ready You want to write and reach readers without running a site, and do not need your own brand or domain.

4.2k readers a month Since 2012 Commercial

Squarespace Squarespace

Create a website and grow your business with a free Squarespace trial. Start with customizable website templates, AI website builder tools, or a domain name.

Complete system Production-ready A small business, creative or freelancer wants a good-looking site quickly and does not need custom code.

1.4k readers a month Since 2004 Commercial

WordPress.com Automattic

Create your WordPress website with built-in hosting, premium themes, and powerful tools. No technical setup required. Start building today—free plan available.

Complete system Production-ready You want WordPress without managing hosting, and may later move to self-hosted WordPress.

814 readers a month Since 2005 Commercial