Simple yet powerful CMS with Jekyll
January 17, 2018

Simple yet powerful CMS with Jekyll

Kyle Taylor | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Jekyll

We use Jekyll as a basic content management system framework for building basic, static, (and mostly freely hosted) websites. Generally the websites are either small prototypes, landing pages for new products or something new we're launching, or even as a basic blogging platform for one of our community driven technology sites. Jekyll helps you get up and running very quickly with a bare bones blog enabled site.
  • Lightweight blogging framework
  • Lots of support documentation
  • Can host practically anywhere
  • Complicated for non-technical users
  • Can be difficult to enter in new content
  • Implementing dynamic components can be challenging
  • Jekyll has improved our time to market in cases of new projects
  • Jekyll has reduced the cost of hosting a website
Jekyll has a much lower technical overhead in terms of server and hosting requirements to launch a site, but at the same time has a much more technical "interface" and doesn't have the dynamic capability, user management, or permission system as a standard CMS like Drupal or WordPress already has baked in.
Jekyll is perfect for building MVP websites as a way to prototype new projects, products, or landing pages. It is also great for technically savvy individuals who want to start a personal blog or portfolio website without dealing with the security of a server or databases. It can be challenging to pick up, but is very effective when you need it.