Eleventy, a simpler static site generator.

Quick Start #

Eleventy v1.0.0 requires Node 12 or newer. Use node --version on the command line to find your local Node version.

npm install -g @11ty/eleventy
echo '# Page header' > README.md
eleventy

This will compile any files matching valid input template file extensions (.md is one of them) in the current directory into the output folder (defaults to _site).

Writing _site/README/index.html from ./README.md (liquid)
Wrote 1 file in 0.03 seconds (v1.0.0)

Run eleventy --serve to start up a web server. Then open http://localhost:8080/README/ in your web browser of choice to see your Eleventy output.

➡ Keep going! Read a longer Getting Started guide or check out the full Documentation for v1.0.0.

Eleventy is supported by… #

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Built With Eleventy #

11ty.dev

Featured · Spoiler alert: it’s this web site.

The A11Y Project

Screenshot of https://www.a11yproject.com/

Featured · The A11Y Project is a community-driven effort to make digital accessibility easier.

CERN WorldWideWeb Rebuild

Screenshot of https://worldwideweb.cern.ch/

Featured · 2019 rebuilding of the original NeXT web browser

Chrome Dev Summit

Screenshot of https://developer.chrome.com/devsummit/

Featured · Chrome Dev Summit is an annual conference where developers can learn about the latest tools and updates coming to the Google Chrome browser. (Built with Eleventy in 2019 and 2020!)

Chrome Developers

Screenshot of https://developer.chrome.com/

Featured · This is Chrome's official site to help you build Extensions, publish on the Chrome Web Store, optimize your website, and more.

CSS Tricks Conferences

Screenshot of https://conferences.css-tricks.com/

Featured · CSS-TRICKS presents Upcoming Conferences related to Front-End Design & Development.

Duet Design System

Featured · Duet provides a set of organized tools, patterns and practices that work as the foundation for LocalTapiola and Turva digital products and experiences.

ESLint

Featured · Find and fix problems in your JavaScript code.

ffconf

Featured · ffconf is a full day of eight carefully curated sessions for an audience that cares about the future of the web, and who want their ideas challenged.

Foursquare

Featured · Foursquare is the most trusted, independent location data platform for understanding how people move through the real world.

Khan Academy Report

Screenshot of https://khanacademyannualreport.org/

Featured · Khan Academy’s mission is to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.

MIT Digital Humanities

Screenshot of https://digitalhumanities.mit.edu/

Featured · Advancing the humanities with code, communication, and community.

Netlify

Featured · The home page for Netlify, the fastest way to build the fastest sites.

Google V8

Featured · V8 is Google’s open source high-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, written in C++.

web.dev

Featured · Get the web's modern capabilities on your own sites and apps with useful guidance and analysis from web.dev.

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Don’t take my word for it #

Listen to what these happy developers are saying about Eleventy:

“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

“Just the kind of simple / common sense tool I love. The data/folder hierarchy mechanism is super obvious and elegant.” —Heydon Pickering

“I heard Eleventy was good” —Lach Zeatherman

“Eleventy is absolutely wonderful. It’s by far the nicest static site generator I’ve used in what feels like forever.” —Addy Osmani

“Eleventy is my fave.” —Tatiana Mac

“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

“I actually used Eleventy for the first time this week. Loved it.” —Paul Lewis

“Jekyll is dead to me” —Andy Bell

Read the replies to: “Fans of Eleventy.... why do you like it better than other static site generators?”

“Eleventy and web components go really, really well together.” —Justin Fagnani

“Eleventy + Netlify have become my new workflow for static sites. I think I'm in love.” —Mina Markham

“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