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jekyll vs Flask-Blogging
jekyll has 51,677 GitHub stars, 10,300 forks, 258 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Flask-Blogging has 700 stars, 162 forks, 22 open issues and last shipped 7 months ago. jekyll leads on adoption by 7,282% (51,677 vs 700 stars). jekyll is written in Ruby under MIT; Flask-Blogging is written in Python under MIT. jekyll has attracted 20% as many forks as stars, Flask-Blogging 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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| jekyll | Flask-Blogging | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 52K | ★ 700 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Ruby | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-03-06 |
| Forks | ⑂ 10K | ⑂ 162 |
| 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 Flask-Blogging if
- You want the Flask-Blogging feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and Flask-Blogging 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 Flask-Blogging
Flask Blogging is a Markdown based blog engine shipped as a Flask extension, letting Python developers add a complete blog — Markdown editor, image uploads, LaTeX math, multi user auth — straight into an existing Flask site.
read the full Flask-Blogging overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is jekyll or Flask-Blogging more popular?
jekyll has 51,677 GitHub stars and Flask-Blogging has 700. jekyll has the larger community by that measure.
Are jekyll and Flask-Blogging free?
Both are open source. jekyll is licensed under MIT and Flask-Blogging under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between jekyll and Flask-Blogging?
jekyll is written in Ruby and Flask-Blogging in Python. 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 Flask-Blogging?
Choose jekyll if you want the larger community (51,677 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Flask-Blogging if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.