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Eleventy is known for both its lightweight core in the form of speedy installs/builds and lightweight site output in the form of speedy sites!

• Eleventy runs npm install 352% faster than Gatsby.
• Eleventy builds markdown 592% faster than Next.js.
• Eleventy builds markdown 1081% faster than Astro.
• Eleventy builds markdown 1399% faster than Gatsby.
• Eleventy runs npm install 89% faster than Remix.

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Eleventy allows you full control over the output. That also means that by-default we do not include any costly runtime JavaScript bundles that often hamper site performance!

Sites listed on the Eleventy Leaderboards are tested and ranked (approximately) monthly as a fun community way to maintain speedy site performance for Eleventy sites.

• Want to add your site to the Leaderboards?

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• You can analyze your project’s specific build performance metrics using Debug Mode.
• The Directory Output plugin will also report per-template performance and file size information.
• Tip: Take passthrough copy out of your build-loop with the Eleventy Dev Server.

Other pages in Overview:

• Glossary
• Testimonials
• Performance