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title: "Smashing Magazine: Static Website Generators Reviewed: Jekyll, Middleman, Roots, Hugo | Netlify"
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Our CEO Matt Biilmann compares 5 modern site generators; Hugo, Jekyll, Middleman & Roots.

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-   [Static](/blog/tags/static/)
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