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jekyll vs nodepress
jekyll has 51,676 GitHub stars, 10,300 forks, 258 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. nodepress has 1,525 stars, 308 forks, 17 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. jekyll leads on adoption by 3,289% (51,676 vs 1,525 stars). jekyll is written in Ruby under MIT; nodepress is written in TypeScript under MIT. jekyll has attracted 20% as many forks as stars, nodepress 20%. 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 | nodepress | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 52K | ★ 1.5K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Ruby | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-06-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 10K | ⑂ 308 |
| 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 nodepress if
- You want the nodepress feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and nodepress 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 nodepress
NodePress is a TypeScript based headless content management system API service for the surmon.me blog, built with NestJS. It provides a RESTful blog API service, while the frontend, administration, native application, and AI agent are separate related projects. The project lives in the NestJS and TypeScript ecosystem, and it is released under the MIT license.
read the full nodepress overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is jekyll or nodepress more popular?
jekyll has 51,676 GitHub stars and nodepress has 1,525. jekyll has the larger community by that measure.
Are jekyll and nodepress free?
Both are open source. jekyll is licensed under MIT and nodepress under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between jekyll and nodepress?
jekyll is written in Ruby and nodepress in TypeScript. 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 nodepress?
Choose jekyll if you want the larger community (51,676 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose nodepress if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.