Let's say your next project is going to be a simple HTML website for a resumé, marketing a product or service, documenting your software, or something along those lines. A great option for you is to build your website using static site generators (SSG). There are tons of static site generators in a range of programming languages, such as JavaScript, Ruby, Go — the list goes on. In this article, I'm going to list five popular static site generators and their main features, so that you can form a better idea of which one among them would be a good fit for your project. I'm not claiming that I've provided the definitive list of SSGs or that I personally favor any of the software I include in my list over any other that's available out there. However, all of the products in the list are popular, performant, well-documented and well-supported. What Is a Static Site Generator? A common CMS (Content Management System), like WordPress for instance, builds the web pag