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Gridsome VS Hexo

Gridsome

Gridsome is a cutting-edge website development framework for building quick, safe, and deployable websites. To develop an SEO-friendly markup, static HTML files are generated. Once loaded in the browser, the markup hydrates into a Vue. js-powered SPA.

A Gridsome website will receive nearly flawless page speed ratings, which are crucial for SEO and user experience in today's market. This makes the website scalable, quick to deploy, and search engine-indexable.


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Hexo

Hexo is a Node.js based static site generator that is quick, easy, and effective. It supports several themes and plugins for customization and enables you to produce static sites from source files, including Markdown.

Organizing and structuring material is made simple with built-in support for tags, categories, and pagination. Live reloading and a built-in development server in Hexo let you preview changes as they happen.

Hexo is a flexible static site generator since it is simple to combine with other programs like Google Analytics, Disqus, and others. It is well-liked by developers who need a quick and simple solution to build a blog or documentation website.

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  • Gridsome
    • Static site generation
    • Pulls data from APIs, databases, and other sources at build time
    • Built time is fast because it does not pre - fetch data
    • Fast Performance
    • Automatic Code Splitting
    • Serverless Deployment
    • No Hot reloading
    • Good SEO
    • Growing Community Support
    • Ecosystem is Smaller but growing
    • Founded in 2017, Sweden
  • Hexo
    • creates static HTML files from formats like Markdown or others.
    • JavaScript used as a language support
    • Static site generator
    • Customizable
    • To build static websites

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FrameWork Gridsome Hexo
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Written in
JavaScript
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Template Language
vue
EJS, HTML, Nunjucks.
Based on JS framework
Vue.js
Built-in module bundler
webpack
Static pages (SSG)
Dynamic pages (SSR)
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TypeScript support

gridsome-plugin-typescript

Serverless Functions (API)
Focus on plugin system
Themes ecosystem
Hot reloading
Code Splitting
Content Preview
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Third-party Script Optimization
Image Optimization
An option to disable runtime JS
Critical CSS Extraction
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Data fetching
10+ Headless CMS examples
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Authentication

Adding search
Ecommerce

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Regular security audits by external researchers
Environment Variables
Content Security Policy (CSP)
Custom HTTP headers rules
Written In-
Javascript
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