Nanoc

8.3easy start · #4 of 35
in Static site generators

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on Linux, Mac, Windows.

Nanoc is ranked #4 of 35 in static site generators on The Geeks Club, made by Nanoc (Berlin, Germany). It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Nanoc Free passion project · provided free of charge nanoc.denisdefreyne.com · 1 Oct 2026

Compared on static site generators

Free plan: Yes
Content sources: database
CMS integration: No
Incremental builds: Yes
Multilingual support: Yes
Local preview server: Yes
Supported languages: Ruby

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The record

What it does: Nanoc is a flexible static-site generator that transforms content such as Markdown or AsciiDoc into HTML.
Site scale: Nanoc is fit for building anything from a small personal blog to a large corporate website.
Content model: Nanoc is not a CMS; it processes content that is usually managed on the filesystem.
Workflow: Nanoc is a command-line application where sites are developed locally and generated sites are deployed when finished.
Metadata: Nanoc supports free-form metadata, allowing pages to be processed as articles, chapters, reviews, recipes, and other types.
Markup and templates: Nanoc supports markup languages including Markdown, AsciiDoc and Textile, and templating languages including eRuby, Haml and Mustache.
Extensibility: Nanoc lets users write custom filters and helpers.
External data: Nanoc can pull data from databases and web APIs.
Deployment: Nanoc integrates with various deployment mechanisms and provides a nanoc deploy command, with examples for Git, rsync, GitHub Pages, Bitbucket, GitLab Pages and Netlify.
Deployment checks: Nanoc can run pre-deployment checks.
Security: The site says static sites do not contain dynamic content and are therefore immune to most common attacks.
Supported systems: Nanoc officially supports macOS and Linux; Windows is not officially supported and has some limitations.
Runtime: Nanoc requires Ruby 3.1 or higher and the CRuby implementation for guaranteed support.
Installation: Nanoc is installed using RubyGems with the command gem install nanoc.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Static Site Generators in 2026#4 of 35

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Sources

nanoc.denisdefreyne.com/about/· checked 1 Oct 2026
nanoc.denisdefreyne.com· checked 1 Oct 2026
nanoc.denisdefreyne.com/doc/deploying/· checked 1 Oct 2026
nanoc.denisdefreyne.com/doc/installation/· checked 1 Oct 2026