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Jekyll vs Pelican
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Jekyll | Pelican |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Ruby | Python |
| Licence | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Stars | 52k | 13k |
| Latest | v4.4.1 | 4.12.0 |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-04-20 |
| Release cadence | about 67 days between releases | about 54 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 6 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 0 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Pelican replaces Jekyll. Alternatives to Jekyll →
Full replacementWritten in Python, with Jinja templates and Markdown or reStructuredText content.
Jekyll
- v4.4.12025-01-29Restore globbed path behavior in front matter defaults (#9762)
- v4.4.02025-01-27Allow marking specific highlighted lines via Liquid (#9138)
- v4.3.42024-09-16Backport #9662 for v4.3.x: Relax version constraint on wdm in new Gemfile (#9683)
- v3.9.42023-12-28Backport #9392 for v3.9.x: Add support for Ruby 3.3 Logger (#9513)
- v4.3.32023-12-27Backport #9392 for v4.3.x: Fix backward compatibility issues in the Logger (#9510)
Jekyll
unsigned The latest release, v4.4.1, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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Pelican
unsigned The latest release, 4.12.0, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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