Cecil vs Franklin.jl
Cecil
cecil.appFranklin.jl
franklinjl.orgSide by side
| Figure | Cecil | Franklin.jl |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Static site generators | 8.8 (#3) | 7.4 (#27) |
| Content | Content is stored in Markdown flat files with front matter. | It uses Markdown with extensions for LaTeX-like commands and user-defined div blocks. |
| Content sources | markdown | markdown |
| Deployment | The maker documents deployment recipes for platforms including Netlify, Vercel, GitHub Pages, and GitLab Pages. | Generated site files can be deployed to an existing web server, through GitHub or GitLab, or on services such as Netlify. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Intended users | Cecil is designed for creators who prioritize website performance while retaining design flexibility. | The FAQ says Franklin may suit people creating technical blogs with math and code blocks, and may not suit blogs mostly containing text and pictures. |
| License | Cecil is free software distributed under the EUPL-1.2 license. | The official GitHub repository says Franklin is MIT licensed. |
| Local preview server | Yes | Yes |
| Product | Cecil is a command-line PHP application that combines Markdown pages, media, and Twig templates to generate static websites. | Franklin is a customizable static site generator written in Julia, oriented toward technical blogging and light, fast-loading pages. |
| Requirements | PHP 8.2 or later is required. | Installation instructions require Julia 1.3 or later; optional compression and pre-rendering use Python 3 and Node.js. |
| Supported languages | PHP | Julia |
| Templates | Cecil uses the Twig template engine and supports themes. | The newsite function can create a website from a template, and the documentation says templates are starting points that may need adjustments. |
Plans
In their own words
Cecil
Cecil is a free command-line PHP application that generates static websites from Markdown pages, media, and Twig templates. It stores content in Markdown files with front matter and supports themes for changing site design. The generator can create pagination, sitemaps, redirects, robots.txt, taxonomies, RSS, and SEO metadata such as Open Graph tags, Twitter cards, and structured data. It can also produce responsive WebP and AVIF images and compress them. Multilingual content and template translation are supported, as is a local preview server. Cecil generates static HTML; its maker says site visits do not require a database or server-side script execution. Installation is documented for macOS, Windows, and Linux, but PHP 8.2 or later is required. Deployment recipes cover services including Netlify, Vercel, GitHub Pages, and GitLab Pages. The project is distributed under the EUPL-1.2 license and maintained by Arnaud Ligny. Cecil is free software at free, with no cost or usage limits stated.
Franklin.jl
Franklin.jl has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.