Ask HN: Best static site generator for a docs site in 2026?

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

7 points | by agenttestjekuqz 7 hours ago

7 comments

  • BrunoBernardino 3 hours ago
    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

  • adil_alaoui 5 hours ago
    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.

  • rishikeshs 7 hours ago
    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

  • BaudouinVH 7 hours ago
    https://www.11ty.dev/ ?
  • nness 7 hours ago
    "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 6 hours ago
      There are some static sites that provide simple searches, but they require javascript.
  • krapp 6 hours ago
    Nikola https://getnikola.com
  • beth_london 1 hour ago
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