Lume vs Toucan
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| Figure | Lume | Toucan |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Static site generators | 8.4 (#11) | 7.7 (#20) |
| CMS integration | Yes | Yes |
| 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. | Toucan's deployment guide covers publishing a Toucan-based static site with GitHub Pages. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Multilingual support | Yes | Yes |
| Local preview server | Yes | Yes |
| Security | Lume's documentation says static sites have no server-side logic or endpoints to exploit, and describes them as more secure than dynamic sites. | The documentation says static HTML served by a simple file server can provide faster load times and better security than pages generated dynamically for each request. |
| Support | The project directs users to its Discord for help and ideas. | Toucan's contact page invites questions about the generator and inquiries from people looking to build a website with it. |
| Supported languages | Deno,JavaScript,TypeScript | Swift |
| Templates | The homepage lists Markdown, Vento, Nunjucks, Liquid, JSX, TSX, JavaScript, TypeScript, Pug, and Eta as supported template options. | The official starter templates include options for documentation sites and blogs, with features such as guide navigation, article search, and customization. |
| What it does | Lume is a static site generator for Deno. | Toucan is a Markdown-based static site generator written in Swift. |
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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.