Jekyll

Verified detail: Markdown and Liquid become static pages.

CategoryStatic site tools

Best suited to

Developer-led websites and pre-rendered content.

Pricing & plansFree license; hosting billed separately

Key facts

Verified detail	Markdown and Liquid become static pages
Best suited to	Developer-led websites and pre-rendered content.
Before you commit	Before choosing: how will editors preview changes and trigger rebuilds?
Pricing & plans	Free license; hosting billed separately Official website ↗
Source	jekyllrb.com ↗

Oct 21, 2026

Free license; hosting billed separately

Software license only; hosting and operations cost extra.

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Company name	Jekyll open-source project

May 7, 2014
Product update
Jekyll 2.0: collections expanded publishing beyond blog posts, alongside built-in Sass support.
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Oct 27, 2015
Product update
Jekyll 3.0: incremental regeneration and plugin hooks changed how large sites build and extend functionality.
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Jul 26, 2016
Product update
Jekyll 3.2 introduced RubyGem-packaged themes, separating reusable layouts and styles from site content and making theme updates easier to distribute.
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Jan 2, 2018
Product update
Jekyll 3.7: LiveReload brought automatic browser refresh during local site development.
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Aug 20, 2019
Product update
Jekyll 4.0: Liquid and Markdown caching accelerated builds while Ruby 2.4 became the minimum requirement.
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