Eleventy quickly builds speedy web sites. Originally pitched as the JavaScript alternative to Jekyll, Eleventy has matured into a popular modern web site generator.
Eleventy is production ready and trusted by:
Trusted by
Google
Netlify
CSS Tricks
Foursquare
web.dev
WebPageTest
A11Y Project
Open Web Docs
V8
W3C
Cern
Chrome Developers
Stack Overflow
Lit
Jamstack
MIT
CSIS
Greenpeace
ESLint
reveal.js
Panic
Filament Group
Set Studio
Ookla
Khan Academy
Basecamp
Snowpack
ffconf
UX London
Nordhealth
Orange
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
The government of France
…and more
Eleventy is zero-config (by default) with flexible configuration options.
Eleventy uses independent template languages. We don’t want to hold your content hostage with a custom format. If you decide to use a different syntax later, having your content decoupled in this way will make migration easier.
Eleventy works with multiple template languages. You can pick one or use them all together in a single project:
Eleventy is not a JavaScript framework—that means zero boilerplate client-side JavaScript. We’re thinking long-term to opt-out of the framework rat race. The tool chain, modules, and components you use in your front end stack are decoupled from this tool. Work from a solid foundation of pre-rendered templates that suit your project’s progressive enhancement baseline requirements.
Eleventy works with your project’s existing directory structure and allows incremental adoption. You don’t need to start an Eleventy project from scratch. Eleventy is flexible enough to allow conversion of only a few templates at a time. Migrate as fast or as slow as you’d like.
Eleventy works great with data—use front matter and/or load from an API using data files to inject into your templates.
“I actually used Eleventy for the first time this week. Loved it.” —Paul Lewis
“Eleventy is almost fascinatingly simple.” —Chris Coyier
“Don’t tell Zach I said it but Eleventy is seeming fresh as hell so far” —Mat Marquis
“Seriously can't remember enjoying using a Static Site Generator this much. Yes Hugo is rapid, but this is all so logical. It feels like it was designed by someone who has been through lots of pain and success using other SSGs.” —Phil Hawksworth
“Eleventy is absolutely wonderful. It’s by far the nicest static site generator I’ve used in what feels like forever.” —Addy Osmani
“Think the reason everyone is loving [Eleventy] so much (myself included) is that it doesn't come with a prescription about data sources or template rendering.” —Brian Leroux
“I looked into and actively tried using various static site generators for this project. Eleventy was the only one I could find that gave me the fine-grained control I needed at blazingly fast build times.” —Mathias Bynens
“Just the kind of simple / common sense tool I love. The data/folder hierarchy mechanism is super obvious and elegant.” —Heydon Pickering
Google
Netlify
CSS Tricks
Foursquare
web.dev
WebPageTest
A11Y Project
Open Web Docs
V8
W3C
Cern
Chrome Developers
Stack Overflow
Lit
Jamstack
MIT
CSIS
Greenpeace
ESLint
reveal.js
Panic
Filament Group
Set Studio
Ookla
Khan Academy
Basecamp
Snowpack
ffconf
UX London
Nordhealth
Orange
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
The government of France
Andy Bell
