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Eleventy

Eleventy is a simpler static site generator

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Quick Start in 2 Steps

Create a Markdown file.

echo '# Page header' > index.md
Eleventy requires Node.js 14 (expand to learn more)

You can check whether or not you have Node installed by running `node --version` in a terminal window. (Well, wait—what is a Terminal window?)

If the command is not found or it reports a number lower than 14, you will need to download and install Node.js before moving on to the next step.

Run Eleventy.

npx @11ty/eleventy

Eleventy compiles any files in the current directory matching valid file extensions (.md is one of many) to the output folder (_site by default). It might look like this:

Writing _site/index.html from ./index.md (liquid)
Wrote 1 file in 0.03 seconds (v2.0.1)

Run npx @11ty/eleventy --serve to start up a local development server and open http://localhost:8080/ in your web browser of choice to see your web site.

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Why should you use Eleventy?

Get started with Eleventy today! or read more about Eleventy’s project goals.

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Todd and Bruce said this button should be bigger and as you can see they were right.

Built With Eleventy

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Don’t take my word for it Rainbow

Listen to what these happy developers are saying about Eleventy:

“Don’t tell Zach I said it but Eleventy is seeming fresh as hell so far” Mat Marquis’s Twitter PhotoMat Marquis

“Eleventy is absolutely wonderful. It’s by far the nicest static site generator I’ve used in what feels like forever.” Addy Osmani’s Twitter PhotoAddy Osmani

“2022 winner of the Google Open Source Peer Bonus Award” IndieWeb Avatar for https://google.com/Google

“Jekyll is dead to me” IndieWeb Avatar for https://andy-bell.co.uk/Andy Bell

“I heard Eleventy was good” Lach Zeatherman’s Twitter PhotoLach Zeatherman

“#1 Product of the Day (May 2022)” IndieWeb Avatar for https://producthunt.com/Product Hunt

“I looked into and actively tried using various static site generators for this project. Eleventy was the only one I could find that gave me the fine-grained control I needed at blazingly fast build times.” Mathias Bynens’s Twitter PhotoMathias Bynens

“Eleventy is almost fascinatingly simple.” Chris Coyier’s Twitter PhotoChris Coyier

“Eleventy + Netlify have become my new workflow for static sites. I think I'm in love.” Mina Markham’s Twitter PhotoMina Markham

“Eleventy is a killer static site generator. That’s all.” Sara Soueidan’s Twitter PhotoSara Soueidan

“I use Eleventy on almost every project at this point and I love it.” IndieWeb Avatar for https://lea.verou.me/Lea Verou

…and many more!

Alternatives

This project aims to directly compete with all other static site generators. We encourage you to try out a few others: