Eleventy vs Stapy

Eleventy is a free static site generator that compiles templates into HTML. It starts with zero configuration and also allows flexible configuration as project needs change. Content can come from Markdown, and templates can use HTML, JavaScript, WebC, Liquid, Nunjucks, Handlebars, Mustache, EJS, Haml, Pug, TypeScript, JSX, MDX, Sass, and custom formats. Eleventy does not require a JavaScript framework and produces zero client-side JavaScript by default. It can fit into an existing directory structure, letting teams convert selected templates rather than an entire site. The tool includes a local preview server, CMS integration, and multilingual support. It requires JavaScript and recommends Node.js version 18 or newer; quick-start commands are provided for macOS, Linux, and Windows, and for npm, pnpm, and Yarn. Its documentation says it probably is not the right tool for single-page applications, given its defaults and full-page navigation. Eleventy supports self-hosted use and is marked MIT licensed. The homepage reports a build time of 1.93 seconds for 4,000 Markdown files.

Stapy is a free, open-source static site generator from Magentix for building sites with Python. It runs on Linux and Windows, needs Python 3.6 or newer, and works without additional packages. A local preview server lets you view generated pages while working. Stapy writes static files into environment directories under the web directory, including a production directory intended for publishing. Page data is kept in JSON files, and page settings can be combined with layouts at several levels. Templates provide variables, included content, plugin methods and reusable child blocks. Themes can inherit from parent themes, with individual files overriding inherited files. Python plugins can alter content and page data during rendering, handle HTTP requests or add template methods. An official plugin adds a web editor at /_editor by default. Publishing documentation covers SFTP, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, Vercel and GitHub Pages. The free plan costs nothing.