How to choose the right static site generator

This post provides a guide on choosing a static site generator (SSG) by outlining an evaluation toolkit (use case, languages/frameworks, ecosystem, community, specialty). It then reviews several SSGs (Hugo, Zola, Jekyll, Hexo, GatsbyJS, Astro) and discusses their benefits, features, and deployment options, with a specific focus on deploying to GitLab Pages. It highlights the single binary approach of Hugo and Zola, and the standard approach of Jekyll and Hexo, and touches on more flexible SSGs like GatsbyJS and Astro.