Lume vs Middleman
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| Figure | Lume | Middleman |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Static site generators | 8.4 (#11) | 7.5 (#26) |
| Content sources | markdown | markdown |
| Deployment | The documentation describes deployment through GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, Codeberg Pages, Deno Deploy, Netlify, Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, and other hosts. | The maker describes `middleman-deploy` as a deployment tool that supports rsync, FTP, SFTP, or Git. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Multilingual support | Yes | Yes |
| Local preview server | Yes | Yes |
| Product | Lume is a static site generator for Deno. | Middleman is a static site generator built as an easy-to-use framework for building websites. |
| Support | The project directs users to its Discord for help and ideas. | The maker offers paid consultation and development, including code reviews, team education, custom extension development, and project architecture planning. |
| Supported languages | Deno,JavaScript,TypeScript | Ruby |
| Templates | The homepage lists Markdown, Vento, Nunjucks, Liquid, JSX, TSX, JavaScript, TypeScript, Pug, and Eta as supported template options. | Middleman ships with ERB, Haml, Sass, SCSS, and CoffeeScript template engines, and supports more through Tilt-enabled gems. |
| What it does | Lume is a static site generator for Deno. | Middleman is a static site generator for building websites with tools used in modern web development. |
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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.
Middleman
Middleman has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.