getzola/zola
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A fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in. https://www.getzola.org
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Updated 10/2/2026
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Use Cases & Benefits
- Generates fast static websites from markdown and templates using a single binary with built-in features.
- Offers an all-in-one static site generator with integrated templating, asset management, and multilingual support without external dependencies.
- Use for building personal or professional blogs with syntax highlighting and easy content management.
- Use for creating multilingual documentation sites with automatic table of contents and internal linking.
- Use for deploying static sites on platforms like Netlify, Vercel, or Cloudflare Pages with live reload and search capabilities.
About zola
zola (né Gutenberg) 
A fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in.
To find out more see the Zola Documentation, look in the docs/content folder of this repository or visit the Zola community forum.
This tool and its template engine tera were born from an intense dislike of the (insane) Golang template engine and therefore of Hugo that I was using before for 6+ sites.
List of features
- Single binary
- Syntax highlighting
- Sass compilation
- Assets co-location
- Multilingual site support (Basic currently)
- Image processing
- Themes
- Shortcodes
- Internal links
- External link checker
- Table of contents automatic generation
- Automatic header anchors
- Aliases
- Pagination
- Custom taxonomies
- Search with no servers or any third parties involved
- Live reload
- Deploy on many platforms easily: Netlify, Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, etc
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