Global Static Site Generator Usage Statistics and Market Share
We are tracking usage statistics and market share of 15 web technologies in Static Site Generator. In February 2025 the most popular web technology in Static Site Generator is Nuxt.js with 41% market share. In second place there is Gatsby with 25% market share. After that there are Hugo with 18%, Jekyll with 3% and Hexo with 3% market share. Top 5 web technologies together have 89% market share. The remaining 10 web technologies in Static Site Generator have a combined market share of 11%.
About Static Site Generator
A static site generator is a tool to auotomate the creation of a static HTML websites.
We are tracking 15 different technologies in Static Site Generator.
There are 280,417 websites using Static Site Generator in out database.
Static Site Generator Usage Statistics and Market Share in February 2025
Technologies in Static Site Generator
Nuxt.js
Nuxt is a Vue framework for developing modern web applications.
Gatsby
Gatsby is a React-based open-source framework with performance, scalability and security built-in.
Hugo
Hugo is an open-source static site generator written in Go.
Jekyll
Jekyll is a simple, blog-aware, static site generator for personal, project, or organization sites.
Hexo
Hexo is a blog framework powered by Node.js.
SitePad
Build your professional website using easy to use editor and publish static web pages.
Gridsome
Gridsome is a free and open-source Vue-powered static site generator for building static websites.
Docusaurus
Docusaurus is a tool for teams to publish documentation websites.
Pelican
Octopress
Octopress is a static blogging framework.
Eleventy
Eleventy (11ty) a simpler static site generator.
VuePress
VuePress is a static site generator with a Vue-powered theming system, and a default theme for writing technical documentation.
Phenomic
Phenomic is a modular website compiler.
Cecil
Cecil is a CLI application, powered by PHP, that merge plain text files (written in Markdown), images and Twig templates to generate a static website.
Saber
Saber is a framework for building static websites.
Static Site Generator Market Share History in Last 12 Months
Technology | April 2024 | May 2024 | June 2024 | July 2024 | August 2024 | September 2024 | October 2024 | November 2024 | December 2024 | January 2025 | February 2025 |
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Nuxt.js | 39.41% | 39.47% | 39.51% | 39.36% | 39.63% | 39.76% | 39.89% | 40.00% | 40.38% | 40.56% | 40.69% |
Gatsby | 26.21% | 26.19% | 26.14% | 26.14% | 25.92% | 25.78% | 25.70% | 25.55% | 25.16% | 24.99% | 24.82% |
Hugo | 17.43% | 17.42% | 17.43% | 17.48% | 17.51% | 17.53% | 17.51% | 17.54% | 17.58% | 17.59% | 17.66% |
Jekyll | 10.08% | 10.06% | 10.06% | 10.11% | 10.03% | 10.01% | 9.97% | 9.96% | 9.93% | 9.90% | 9.85% |
Hexo | 3.20% | 3.20% | 3.20% | 3.20% | 3.18% | 3.17% | 3.16% | 3.15% | 3.14% | 3.12% | 3.11% |
Gridsome | 1.06% | 1.05% | 1.05% | 1.05% | 1.03% | 1.02% | 1.02% | 1.01% | 0.99% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
SitePad | 0.88% | 0.88% | 0.88% | 0.89% | 0.92% | 0.94% | 0.96% | 0.99% | 0.99% | 1.02% | 1.04% |
Docusaurus | 0.67% | 0.67% | 0.68% | 0.71% | 0.72% | 0.72% | 0.72% | 0.73% | 0.75% | 0.76% | 0.78% |
Octopress | 0.39% | 0.39% | 0.39% | 0.38% | 0.37% | 0.37% | 0.36% | 0.36% | 0.36% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
Pelican | 0.39% | 0.39% | 0.39% | 0.38% | 0.38% | 0.37% | 0.37% | 0.37% | 0.37% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
VuePress | 0.12% | 0.12% | 0.12% | 0.12% | 0.13% | 0.13% | 0.13% | 0.13% | 0.13% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Eleventy | 0.12% | 0.12% | 0.12% | 0.13% | 0.14% | 0.15% | 0.15% | 0.16% | 0.17% | 0.19% | 0.20% |
Phenomic | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.02% |
Saber | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Cecil | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |