Pelican
Ranked 10 of 10 static site generators by recommenders
Open-source Python static site generator that users report works well, especially for people who already know Python.
Open-source Python static site generator that users report works well, especially for people who already know Python.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works well in practice
“I use pelican, with a bunch of self-made plugins, and it works very well.”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Jeffgeerling.com has been Migrated to Hugo” “Pelican is what I use, and it works well.”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Jeffgeerling.com has been Migrated to Hugo” Good fit for Python users
“Best Python SSG is mostly down to Hugo and Pelican as far as I can tell.”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Jeffgeerling.com has been Migrated to Hugo” “Happy Pelican user. If you know Python, it's the way to go.”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Jeffgeerling.com has been Migrated to Hugo”
Other static site generators people recommend
The four most recommended other static site generators, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astro | 174 | 36 | 83% | 13 | 2 yrs9 owners | Approved |
| Hugo static site generator | 85 | 40 | 68% | 12 | 3.5 yrs9 owners | Approved |
| Jekyll | 29 | 14 | 67% | 7 | 10 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| Eleventy | 22 | 3 | 88% | 6 | 3 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| PelicanThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I use pelican, with a bunch of self-made plugins, and it works very well.”
“Best Python SSG is mostly down to Hugo and Pelican as far as I can tell.”
“Pelican is what I use, and it works well.”
“Happy Pelican user. If you know Python, it's the way to go.”
“Open-source and BYOK (not shared with me), give it a try.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.