Harp vs Lume
Harp
harp.shLume
lume.landSide by side
| Figure | Harp | Lume |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Static site generators | 7.8 (#16) | 8.4 (#11) |
| Content sources | markdown | markdown |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | Harp can be used as middleware in an Express and Node.js application as an asset pipeline. | Official deployment documentation covers GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, Codeberg Pages, Deno Deploy, Netlify, Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, Render, and other hosts. |
| Local preview server | Yes | Yes |
| Product | Harp describes itself as a static web server with built-in preprocessing. | Lume is a static site generator for Deno. |
| Support | The documentation offers platform personal support, an IRC community, GitHub issues, and Stack Overflow; it also says the Harp Platform has a free trial. | The project directs users to its Discord for help and ideas. |
| Supported languages | Node.js,JavaScript,CoffeeScript | Deno,JavaScript,TypeScript |
| Templates | Harp supports layouts and reusable partials for Jade and EJS. | The homepage lists Markdown, Vento, Nunjucks, Liquid, JSX, TSX, JavaScript, TypeScript, Pug, and Eta as supported template options. |
Plans
In their own words
Lume
Lume is a free static site generator for Deno, suited to projects that keep their content in files and publish static websites. It handles Markdown and supports formats including YAML, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSX, Vento, and Nunjucks, with room to add more formats. Site data can come from JSON or YAML files, or from a database or API through JavaScript or TypeScript. Processors can alter HTML, CSS, and JavaScript assets, while plugins add options for areas such as image processing, SEO, internationalization, and template engines. Lume says its output does not add client-side JavaScript. It uses Deno and HTTPS imports to obtain project dependencies, and Deno must be installed before setup. Generated sites can be deployed through services including GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, Codeberg Pages, Deno Deploy, Netlify, Vercel, and Cloudflare Pages. Since it generates static sites only, interactive features such as forms, comments, and search need separate approaches or integrations. Content remains in repository files that can be edited, exported, or moved.