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Jekyll VS Docsify
Jekyll
Jekyll is a static site generator that is open source and free. Jekyll may be used to create websites with robust and user-friendly navigation, much like a content management system (like Drupal and WordPress).
Without a database or any server-side code, Jekyll enables you to dynamically create a website or blog and then serve it statically.
This indicates that the finished product is quite effective, especially for blogs with large traffic, while typical dynamic blogging systems like WordPress require several tricks and optimization strategies to function well.
Docsify
A static site generator made exclusively for building documentation webpages, Docsify is compact and easy to use. It is created using the well-liked Node.js runtime environment and is built in JavaScript. You are able to start producing your documentation straight away because it is simple to use and does not need to be configured.
To make it simple to navigate through huge documentation sets, Docsify automatically creates a table of contents and search feature based on the headers in your markdown files. You can observe your changes in real-time thanks to its built-in development server and live to reload.
It also supports various languages, and you may use custom CSS to change the look of your documentation site. Developers that need to produce and maintain documentation should consider using Docsify.
Jekyll
- 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
- Manual Code Splitting
- Serverless Deployment
- No Hot reloading
- Good SEO
- Large and Active Community Support
- Large and Diverse Eco system
- Founded in 2008, United states
Docsify
- To build documentation websites
- Automatic Code Splitting
- No Hot reloading
- Founded in 2015, china
- JavaScript
- Static site generator
- Simple file structure, no setup needed
| FrameWork | Jekyll | Docsify |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | Learn more | Learn More |
| Written in | Ruby | HTML (Markup Language) |
| Template Language | Liquid | HTML |
| Based on JS framework | ||
| Built-in module bundler | ||
| Static pages (SSG) | ||
| Dynamic pages (SSR) | ||
| - | ||
| TypeScript support | ||
| Serverless Functions (API) | yes but need to do separately | |
| Focus on plugin system | ||
| Themes ecosystem | ||
| Hot reloading | ||
| Code Splitting | Manual Code Splitting | |
| Content Preview | - | |
| - | ||
| Third-party Script Optimization | - | |
| Image Optimization | - | |
| An option to disable runtime JS | No runtime JS required by default | - |
| Critical CSS Extraction | - | |
| - | ||
| Data fetching | Yes using JS | |
| 10+ Headless CMS examples | - | |
| Authentication | ||
| Adding search | N/A | |
| Ecommerce | ||
| - | ||
| Regular security audits by external researchers | ||
| Environment Variables | ||
| Content Security Policy (CSP) | Custom HTTP headers rules |
Static Site Generators
The ease, security advantages, and speedy content delivery make static site generators the next big thing.
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