Hexo | Open Source Static Site Generator and Blog Framework

Overview

Static Site Generators are a new, hybrid approach to web development that allow you to build a powerful, server-based website locally on your computer but pre-builds the site into static files for deployment. Static site generators are growing in popularity among developers. And, Hexo is one of the best choices available.

Hexo is blazing fast and backed by Node.js’s powerful runtime. Hundreds of files take only seconds to build. All features of GitHub Flavored Markdown are supported. One command deployment is one of the best features of Hexo.

Hexo comes with a powerful API. Therefore, allows unlimited possibilities of extensibility. Various plugins are available to support most template engines (EJS, Pug, Nunjucks, and many others). Easily integrate with existing NPM packages (Babel, PostCSS, Less/Sass, etc). It has huge library of spectacular, feature-packed and customizable themes. You an create your own using any compatible template engines.