middleman/middleman Alternatives

choose it if you prefer Python/Jinja and need built-in blog/import/content workflows.

A static website and blog generator

choose it when your team already works with Laravel Blade/PHP and wants simple static sites.

Simple static sites with Laravel’s Blade.

choose it over Middleman for an actively developed Ruby SSG with a more modern asset pipeline and componentized frontend.

A next-generation progressive site generator & fullstack framework, powered by Ruby

choose it when you want a single-binary static site generator with very fast builds and Go tooling instead of a Ruby runtime.

The world’s fastest framework for building websites.

choose it when you need a Vue-based full-stack/static framework with server and component architecture, not a Ruby template-based SSG.

The full-stack Vue framework.

choose it when you want a React and GraphQL content architecture instead of Middleman's Ruby/ERB pipeline.

React-based framework with performance, scalability, and security built in.

choose it when you want a component-based content web framework with static output and optional islands instead of Middleman's Ruby templates.

The web framework for content-driven websites. ⭐️ Star to support our work!

choose it only if you want to define sites in Swift code, but it is stale and unmaintained.

A static site generator for Swift developers

choose it only for a Django-template-based workflow from an unmaintained project.

Static site generator for designers. Uses Python and Django templates.

choose it for a Vue/GraphQL Jamstack site if you accept a stale codebase with no recent maintenance.

⚡️ The Jamstack framework for Vue.js

choose it only for a legacy Gulp-driven static-site pipeline, but it is archived and outdated.

A delicious blend of gulp tasks combined into a configurable asset pipeline and static site builder

choose it when you want a ready-made Astro-based documentation site rather than hand-crafting one in Middleman.

🌟 Build beautiful, accessible, high-performance documentation websites with Astro

choose it for fast Rspack/Rsbuild-based documentation sites when you don't need Middleman's general-purpose Ruby pipeline.

🦀 A fast Rsbuild-based static site generator.

choose it when your content is Markdown-first and you want a batteries-included publishing site rather than a custom Middleman build.

🌱 a fast, batteries-included static-site generator that transforms Markdown content into fully functional websites

choose it only for old Handlebars/Grunt-era Node static site development, but it is unmaintained.

Get the rocks out of your socks! Assemble makes you fast at web development! Used by thousands of projects for rapid prototyping, themes, scaffolds, boilerplates, e-books, UI components, API documentation, blogs, building websites/static site generator, an alternative to Jekyll for gh-pages and more! Gulp- and grunt-friendly.

choose it for non-developers who want a desktop GUI CMS to produce static sites, but it is not a library or build-time framework.

The most intuitive Static Site CMS designed for SEO-optimized and privacy-focused websites.