Static site generator with GUI backend? (Publii alternative)

I like Publii a lot, but there's no support as the team is small.

Are there any other static site generators with GUI backend?

I found Gatsby, NextJs, Hugo, etc, but all of them are CLI or code-based.

Bloodseeker said:

I like Publii a lot, but there's no support as the team is small.

Are there any other static site generators with GUI backend?

I found Gatsby, NextJs, Hugo, etc, but all of them are CLI or code-based.

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There are Headless CMSes out there like Forestry or Strapi that integrate very nicely with several static site generators. They provide a wordpress like frontend and plug into the cli backend of your SSG.

You'll need to build up the base templates (and there are several premade themes out there for that) and integrate the cms yourself but after that it's smooth.

Maybe I will write up a tutorial about setting up a SSG blog/content site here someday if enough people ask about it.

I use next.js +yii2 for the backend. yii2 has a feature called gii, which is game changing. It’s a fully featured gui based crud/model/controller/form generator.

For the actual db (migration/interaction) I use prisma though.

Ashk881 said:

There are Headless CMSes out there like Forestry or Strapi that integrate very nicely with several static site generators. They provide a wordpress like frontend and plug into the cli backend of your SSG.

You'll need to build up the base templates (and there are several premade themes out there for that) and integrate the cms yourself but after that it's smooth.

Maybe I will write up a tutorial about setting up a SSG blog/content site here someday if enough people ask about it.

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Will give them a try.

+1 for your tutorial

Gogol said:

I use next.js +yii2 for the backend. yii2 has a feature called gii, which is game changing. It’s a fully featured gui based crud/model/controller/form generator.

For the actual db (migration/interaction) I use prisma though.

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That's too techy for me lol

Bloodseeker said:

Will give them a try.

+1 for your tutorial


That's too techy for me lol

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Well then, go for strapi. It’s 100% no code solution.

I have been following publii since years now and have 1 static site made with this great cms hosted on github pages for free as well.

Publii is the only one with GUI i guess among all the SSG's.

They do have a support forum, kindly reach out to them with your problem.

You can try HTMLY which is a flatfile cms and I also heard about Ghost & 11ty integration for static sites. Ghost is also a cool and lightweight CMS.

IMHO Publii is the leader in SSG arena with so many inbuilt options including SEO .

I have used Joomla to generate and maintain a large static project in the past and it worked out quite well. There are a lot of resources on how to do that in the Joomla community.