# 11ty/eleventy-base-blog

A starter repository for a blog web site using the Eleventy static site generator.

Repository: https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-base-blog
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/eleventy-base-blog
Homepage: https://demo-base-blog.11ty.dev/
Language: Nunjucks
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: eleventy, eleventy-sample, blog
Last push: 2026-07-24T16:54:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3152, "days_push": 40, "days_rel": 701, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1537, forks 712 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:00.146687+00:00)

## What it is
A starter repository (boilerplate) for building a blog with the Eleventy static site generator, preconfigured with layouts, navigation, image optimization, and syntax highlighting. It produces fully pre-rendered, zero-JavaScript static sites with strong Lighthouse performance out of the box.

## Use cases
- start a personal blog with eleventy
- create a static blog site with no javascript
- boilerplate for an 11ty blog
- fast static site with optimized images
- starter template for a markdown blog
- deploy a blog to a subfolder

## When to choose
- you want to launch a blog quickly on Eleventy with best practices preconfigured
- you need a zero-JavaScript, performance-focused static site
- you want built-in image optimization, syntax highlighting, and draft support

## When to avoid
- you need a dynamic, server-rendered application with user accounts
- you don't want to use Eleventy or the Node.js ecosystem
- you need a CMS-backed multi-author publishing platform out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: static-site-generator, templating, image-processing, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, documentation, cms
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: eleventy, starter-template, blog, static-site, zero-javascript, nunjucks, markdown, boilerplate, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- 11ty/eleventy-base-blog (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:00.146687+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T08:32:45.075867+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-base-blog (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:00.146687+00:00, sha 25072b3ffd16)
  - homepage: https://demo-base-blog.11ty.dev/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:32:39.633339+00:00, sha aa30d05f0bdc)
  - site_page: https://www.11ty.dev/docs/config (fetched 2026-08-29T11:32:39.644105+00:00, sha cd984609d065)
  - site_page: https://demo-base-blog.11ty.dev/about (fetched 2026-08-29T11:32:39.642438+00:00, sha 16c9ec99e4ec)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.