getzola/zola

Health v2 · maintenance only

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17379 stars · 1176 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Zola is a fast static site generator written in Rust that ships as a single self-contained binary with Sass compilation, syntax highlighting, search, and other features built in. It uses the Tera template engine and Markdown content to generate fully static sites for blogs, documentation, and landing pages.

Use cases

• build a static blog from markdown files
• generate documentation site with no javascript dependencies
• create a fast personal website with a single binary tool
• host a knowledge base or wiki as static files
• build a multilingual static site
• deploy a static site to netlify or cloudflare pages
• replace hugo or jekyll with a rust-based site generator

When to choose

• you want a zero-dependency single-binary static site generator
• you need built-in sass compilation and syntax highlighting without a node toolchain
• you want fast builds, with typical sites generated in under a second
• you prefer the tera template engine over go templates or liquid
• you want client-side search with no server or third-party service

When to avoid

• you need dynamic server-side functionality, user accounts, or a database
• you require a large plugin or extension ecosystem like jekyll or eleventy
• you want deep javascript framework integration or component-based authoring
• you need advanced multilingual support beyond the current basic implementation
• you prefer writing templates in a language other than tera

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

static-site-generator templating markdown search-engine image-processing cli web-development documentation cms developer-tools cross-platform cli windows blog-engine sass-compilation syntax-highlighting tera-templates multilingual live-reload single-binary no-dependencies jamstack themes command-line linux macos

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