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jekyll vs bludit
jekyll has 51,677 GitHub stars, 10,300 forks, 258 open issues and last shipped yesterday. bludit has 1,466 stars, 335 forks, 21 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. jekyll leads on adoption by 3,425% (51,677 vs 1,466 stars). jekyll is written in Ruby under MIT; bludit is written in PHP under MIT. jekyll has attracted 20% as many forks as stars, bludit 23%. jekyll was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (blog-engine), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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Side by side
| jekyll | bludit | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 52K | ★ 1.5K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Ruby | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 10K | ⑂ 335 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick jekyll if
- You weight community size — 52K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick bludit if
- You want the bludit feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and bludit fits your workflow better
About jekyll
Jekyll is a blog aware static site generator written in Ruby and released under the MIT license. It takes content written in Markdown together with Liquid templates and renders a complete static website that can be served by Apache, Nginx, or any other web server. The project describes itself as a file based CMS without the complexity of a database backed one, and it is the engine behind GitHub Pages, which hosts sites directly from GitHub repositories. It lives in the Ruby ecosystem, is distributed as a gem, and has been developed for roughly eighteen years.
read the full jekyll overview →
About bludit
Bludit is flat file CMS. It runs in PHP web hosting ecosystem. It is categorized as Content & Publishing / Blogging & Personal Sites. It functions as blog engine, content management engine, and flat file engine. It is written in PHP and licensed under MIT.
read the full bludit overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is jekyll or bludit more popular?
jekyll has 51,677 GitHub stars and bludit has 1,466. jekyll has the larger community by that measure.
Are jekyll and bludit free?
Both are open source. jekyll is licensed under MIT and bludit under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between jekyll and bludit?
jekyll is written in Ruby and bludit in PHP. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, jekyll or bludit?
Choose jekyll if you want the larger community (51,677 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose bludit if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.