Ask HN: Best static site generator for a docs site in 2026?
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8 hours ago
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I'm looking for recommendations for a static site generator to rebuild our documentation site in 2026.

1. Markdown support 2. Fast build (<60s) 3. Search without JS 4. Deploy on GitHub Pages

Budget: $0

BrunoBernardino
4 hours ago
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I use and recommend Lume [1] for static site generation, and I know it has a couple of search plugins, but I haven't used them. As others have mentioned, your search without JS requirement will be hard to implement, unless you use an external provider for the indexing and search.

[1] https://lume.land

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rishikeshs
8 hours ago
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I use Hugo Book[1] for the documentation of FormBeep[2]

It's been super easy and I host it free on CF pages:

[1]https://hugo-book-demo.netlify.app/docs/example/ [2]https://docs.formbeep.com

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adil_alaoui
6 hours ago
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I have used this one : https://deepsite.hf.co/

It generates static pages using only HTML and CSS, which makes it blazing fast. It can also handle jQuery and JavaScript very smoothly.

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BaudouinVH
8 hours ago
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nness
8 hours ago
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"Search without JS" and "static site generation" doesn't make much sense. Without client-side search, you'll need a search product or back-end search functionality? (both of which are not "static")
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stop50
7 hours ago
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There are some static sites that provide simple searches, but they require javascript.
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krapp
7 hours ago
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