Picking a static site generator

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I am looking for a static site generator for a private site where I can put my journal (markdown files). I never used one and there are so many.

Do you use a static site generator? If so, which one and why? Which ones did you consider?

I would prefer one based on a technology that I can at least understand. I already know some javascript and python and will be studying it in the near future. A long time ago I worked with PHP, so that might be ok too.

I noticed a lot of positive reviews for Eleventy (a recent one and javascript based) and I like some of the features of MkDocs (python). I am willing to spend some time testing two or three, but which ones? Or does the technology notmatter as long as you don’t customize it?

A lot of them mention that you can upload it to Netlify, some of the tutorials only mention Netlify, but as I have my own webserver that is where I want to upload it to.

Which ones do you recommend?

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Check out Gatsby and deploy it on netlify will cost you nothing.
The learning curve is not that difficult. You can make own website in a month or two
Tutorial link :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzWIUX3CpuI
You can add Contentful as CMS.

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Thanks for the video, it looks very interesting and helpful to get started.

I will give Netlify a try for a small project so that I know what it is and how to use it, but not for a private project.
As I have my very own LEMP VPS (I even have two) and a couple of domain names, I want to upload the site to my own web server.

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Hey there,

there is a great comparison site for static site generators:

You can select your preferred language and see some options.

I used Gatsby a lot, but I will give Next a try.

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Wow you have your own web servers. Good to know . Best of luck with the site. :v::v:

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Hi,

I forgot to update this post.
I have chosen Hugo. Instead of blogging and making JS projects, I am now making my own Hugo theme. I guess that counts as a project too.

Cheers,