11ty/eleventy

A simpler site generator. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.

19,899

stars

3,686

commits

JavaScript

primary language

Sep 10, 2026

updated

build.awesome.me/
blog-engine
documentation-tool
eleventy
javascript
static-site-generator
templates

README

Build Awesome (balloon) and 11ty Logo

Build Awesome (Eleventy) 🕚⚡️🎈🐀

A simpler static site generator. An alternative to Jekyll. Written in JavaScript. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.

Works with HTML, Markdown, JavaScript, Liquid, Nunjucks, with addons for WebC, Sass, Vue, Svelte, TypeScript, JSX, and many others!

Documentation

Installation

npm install @awesome.me/buildawesome --save-dev

# Backwards compatible here too:
npm install @11ty/eleventy --save-dev

Read our Getting Started guide.

Tests

npm test

We have a few test suites, for various reasons:

These run in various environments:

Community Roadmap

Plugins

See the official docs on plugins.

Contributors

(top 30 of 113)

zachleat

3,208 commits

dependabot[bot]

114 commits

MadeByMike

32 commits

kleinfreund

29 commits

11ty/eleventy

A simpler site generator. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.

19,899

stars

3,686

commits

JavaScript

primary language

Sep 10, 2026

updated

build.awesome.me/
blog-engine
documentation-tool
eleventy
javascript
static-site-generator
templates

README

Build Awesome (balloon) and 11ty Logo

Build Awesome (Eleventy) 🕚⚡️🎈🐀

A simpler static site generator. An alternative to Jekyll. Written in JavaScript. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.

Works with HTML, Markdown, JavaScript, Liquid, Nunjucks, with addons for WebC, Sass, Vue, Svelte, TypeScript, JSX, and many others!

Documentation

Installation

npm install @awesome.me/buildawesome --save-dev

# Backwards compatible here too:
npm install @11ty/eleventy --save-dev

Read our Getting Started guide.

Tests

npm test

We have a few test suites, for various reasons:

These run in various environments:

Community Roadmap

Plugins

See the official docs on plugins.

Contributors

(top 30 of 113)

zachleat

3,208 commits

dependabot[bot]

114 commits

MadeByMike

32 commits

kleinfreund

29 commits

Languages

JavaScript

97.7%

Nunjucks

1.5%