# Hexo vs Zola

| Attribute | Hexo | Zola |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 48.5 (28% (low)) | 41.7 (28% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 6 | 81 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 21,451 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 41,773 | 17,378 |
| deployment.options | - | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A static blog generator powered by Node.js that rapidly compiles markdown files. It offers extensible plugins, multiple template engines, and command-line deployment tools. | Compiles entire websites into static files using a single binary, eliminating the need for server management or external tooling. Renders sites in under a second with built-in support for templating, syntax highlighting, and Sass compilation. |
| integrations.count | 9 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"EJS"},{"name":"Pug"},{"name":"Nunjucks"},{"name":"Babel"},{"name":"PostCSS"},{"name":"Less"},{"name":"Sass"},{"name":"GitHub Flavored Markdown"},{"name":"Octopress"}]` | `[{"name":"Cloudflare Pages"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | Rust |
| license.spdx | MIT | EUPL-1.2 |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://hexo.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T08:20:59.628Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.getzola.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T16:36:33.466Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| release.cadence_days | 80 | 43 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/v8.1.2","date":"2026-05-06T13:24:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/v8.1.1","date":"2025-10-31T12:03:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/v8.1.0","date":"2025-10-26T11:58:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/v8.0.0","date":"2025-09-15T14:57:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/v7.3.0","date":"2024-07-01T14:41:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/v7.2.0","date":"2024-04-17T10:43:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/v7.1.1","date":"2024-01-22T11:19:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/v7.1.0","date":"2024-01-19T14:15:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/v7.0.0","date":"2023-10-31T13:37:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/v7.0.0-rc2","date":"2023-07-11T13:53:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.0.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/v7.0.0-rc1","date":"2023-03-18T04:35:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.0.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/6.3.0","date":"2022-09-08T13:13:34Z","type":"stable","version":"6.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/6.2.0","date":"2022-05-10T20:32:20Z","type":"stable","version":"6.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/5.4.2","date":"2022-04-07T13:15:40Z","type":"stable","version":"5.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/6.1.0","date":"2022-03-11T12:07:34Z","type":"stable","version":"6.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/5.4.1","date":"2022-01-22T11:33:20Z","type":"stable","version":"5.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/6.0.0","date":"2021-12-22T13:30:54Z","type":"stable","version":"6.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/5.4.0","date":"2021-02-21T08:06:23Z","type":"stable","version":"5.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/5.3.0","date":"2020-12-17T14:05:12Z","type":"stable","version":"5.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/5.2.0","date":"2020-09-17T09:07:55Z","type":"stable","version":"5.2.0"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.23.4","date":"2026-08-20T16:35:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.23.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.23.3","date":"2026-08-11T13:37:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.23.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.23.2","date":"2026-08-07T09:49:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.23.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.23.1","date":"2026-08-05T12:03:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.23.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.23.0","date":"2026-08-05T10:50:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.23.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.22.1","date":"2026-01-22T09:13:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.22.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.22.0","date":"2026-01-09T22:37:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.22.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.21.0","date":"2025-07-14T21:33:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.21.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.20.0","date":"2025-02-14T21:53:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.20.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.19.2","date":"2024-08-15T18:43:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.19.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.19.1","date":"2024-06-24T21:33:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.19.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.19.0","date":"2024-06-20T21:47:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.19.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.18.0","date":"2023-12-18T22:50:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.18.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.17.2","date":"2023-03-19T19:58:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.17.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.17.1","date":"2023-02-24T21:43:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.17.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.17.0","date":"2023-02-16T20:17:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.17.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.16.1","date":"2022-08-14T15:14:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.16.0","date":"2022-07-16T21:59:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.15.3","date":"2022-01-23T14:00:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.15.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.15.2","date":"2021-12-10T22:08:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.15.2"}]` |
| security.scorecard | 6.2 | 5.2 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":2,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=hexo&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgetzola%2Fzola&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Static Site Generators)

| Capability | Hexo | Zola |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Runtime | - | - |
| Build model | - | - |
| Incremental builds | - | - |
| Islands partial hydration | - | - |
| I18n | - | - |
| Image optimization | - | - |
| Docs specialised | - | - |
| Plugin ecosystem size | - | - |
| Zero js by default | - | - |
| Mdx component embeds | - | - |
| Single binary no deps | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:59:46.832Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*