A serious alternative to Jekyll is Nanoc[1]. It is absurdly easy to compile any format to another format using a simple 'Rules' file. I for example have pandoc -> HTML with custom syntax highlighting and LaTeX -> pdf on my personal website [2]. Everything is customization and configurable so you can have your own conventions for posts, etc.<p>[1]: <a href="https://github.com/ddfreyne/nanoc" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/ddfreyne/nanoc</a>
[2]: <a href="https://github.com/zmanji/zameermanji.com" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/zmanji/zameermanji.com</a>
I was quite disappointed with Jekyll/Octopress - output was ok, but trying to dig into it was just a rabbits hole - so I started my own tool (still early in dev but I'm going to be working on it over Christmas) - <a href="https://npmjs.org/package/hyde" rel="nofollow">https://npmjs.org/package/hyde</a>
This is fantastic news. I use Jekyll for many things, but was getting sick of it not supporting fenced code blocks in Markdown.<p>So I made the classic mistake and built a Node.js Jekyll clone -- there are a few other static site generators in Node, but none used the exact same file structure as Jekyll (unless I missed some, which is entirely possible).<p>It now handles most Jekyll sites I've tested, including Mojombo's:<p><a href="https://github.com/fortes/enfield" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/fortes/enfield</a><p>or<p>`npm install -g enfield`<p>Supports plugins as well. Patches welcome!
This is great news, yes, but past failure to delegate is evident here.<p>Also life happens while making other plans.<p>So I welcome the announcement and I'll be super happy once umpteen long-waiting pull requests are processed.<p>But somehing tells me, don't hold my breath.
This is great news, especially given the Github Pages integration with Jekyll. Having a programmer-friendly blog platform without the need to worry about hosting/deployment (easy, but another time consumer) is a good thing.<p>One thing that Jekyll needs to improve is the process for getting a blog up and running quickly. I turned to Octopress for that (being a Jekyll "framework") but I think it's an function Jekyll itself could provide for.
I'm looking at building my company's CMS workflow with Jekyll so it's good to near this.<p>I'll have non developers creating and maintaining pages and posts, so I'm hoping I can build an easy workflow with just Jekyll and a bit of prose.io. I've not found any sort of site generator/convertor that's geared for use by non-developers.
Super happy. I've made probably half dozen blogs using Octopress/Jekyll. Looking forward to Octopress 2.1, which apparently is stalled: <a href="https://github.com/imathis/octopress/branches" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/imathis/octopress/branches</a><p>Hopefully this'll help spur Octopress dev, too.
While I don't currently use jekyll any longer (switched to pelican[1] a while back), it is great to see it being picked up again!<p>[1]: <a href="https://github.com/getpelican/pelican" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/getpelican/pelican</a>