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I tested the speed of four static site generators: Nikola, Pelican, Hexo and Octopress, in a clean environment. Spoiler alert: Nikola won.

Disclaimer: author is a developer and user of Nikola. The test environments used were the same for all four generators.

Generators tested

  • Nikola v7.6.1, by Roberto Alsina, Chris Warrick and contributors; Python; MIT license

  • Pelican v3.6.0, by Alexis Metaireau and contributors; Python; GNU AGPL license

  • Hexo v3.1.1, by Tommy Chen and contributors; Node.js; MIT license

  • Octopress v2.0, by Brandon Mathis and contributors; Ruby; MIT license (based on Jekyll)

HTML5 Powered with CSS3 / Styling, and Semantics
Recently, the HTML5 logo was published. As W3C states, [i]t stands strong and true, resilient and universal as the markup you write. [...] And it certainly doesn't use tables for layout. The logo’s site presents you with many information about HTML5, the new possibilities and the new logo. Due to that, I decided to make use of HTML5. Right now, the blog is using the HTML5 semantics and CSS3.