Eleventy
A lightweight static site generator requiring minimal configuration and supporting multiple template languages
- Also known as
- eleventy
Available worldwide
What is Eleventy?
A static site generator written in JavaScript that transforms template files of various formats into HTML. It runs locally on your computer and produces sites without client-side JavaScript by default.
Eleventy pricing
We don't have Eleventy's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Eleventy does
The capabilities that matter for documentation tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Tool kind
- Static-site generator
- Engine / language
- JavaScript
- Authoring format
- Markdown
- API reference from OpenAPI / code
- ✓
- Multi-version docs
- ✗
- Internationalisation
- ✗
- Search
- -
- Theming / custom design
- ✓
- Edit-in-Git / WYSIWYG round-trip
- ✗
- Self-hostable
- ✓
- Official managed host
- ✗
- Built-in usage analytics
- ✗
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Windows
- Self-hosted
Integrations (11)
Independently observed- HTML
- Markdown
- JavaScript
- Liquid
- Nunjucks
- WebC
- Sass
- Vue
- Svelte
- TypeScript
- JSX
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Eleventy FAQ
Common questions about Eleventy, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Eleventy?
Eleventy is a static site generator that lets you author content in standard formats like Markdown and choose from various template languages without vendor lock-in. It emphasizes simplicity and flexible gradual migration between versions. It is indexed under Documentation Tools.
Source: https://11ty.dev
Is Eleventy free to use?
Eleventy is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://11ty.dev
What platforms does Eleventy support?
Eleventy supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://11ty.dev
Can Eleventy be self-hosted?
Yes. Eleventy can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://11ty.dev
What does Eleventy integrate with?
We have confirmed 11 integrations for Eleventy, including HTML, Markdown, JavaScript, Liquid, Nunjucks, WebC, Sass and Vue, plus 3 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://11ty.dev
Is Eleventy open source?
Yes. Eleventy is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Source: https://github.com/11ty/eleventy
Eleventy alternatives
Other documentation tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- DocusaurusStatic site generator focused on documentation projectshigh · 79%
- Sphinxmedium · 69%
- MintlifyA documentation platform that automatically synchronizes content with your codebase and optimizes it for both human developers and AI agents.medium · 74%
- GitBookDocumentation platform that synchronizes with your product code and keeps content accurate through automation and collaborationhigh · 75%
- Read the DocsHost and automatically build documentation from your source code repositorieslow · 44%
- HugoA high-performance static site generator for rapid website developmentlow · 49%
Compare Eleventy
Side by side against other documentation tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Eleventy, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package downloads | 67 | 0.17 | 11.5 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 99 | 0.07 | 6.6 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.08 | 6.2 | ✓ |
| Security score | 78 | 0.05 | 4.1 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 25 | 0.12 | 2.9 | ✓ |
| Stars | 81 | 0.03 | 2.7 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 31 | 0.05 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 5 | mediumsource · 2026-09-11 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 67% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | I18n: No · Kind: static_generator · Engine: JavaScript · Runtime: node · Git sync: No · Analytics: No | mediumsource · 2026-09-11 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 11 | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | JavaScript | highsource · 2026-09-11 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-09-11 · 99% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-14 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Security
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